John Pancras Mukasa Lubowa Ssebuwufu, commonly known as John Ssebuwufu is a

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and administrator. He is a former chancellor of

Kyambogo University Kyambogo University (KYU) is a public university in Uganda. It is one of the eight public universities and degree-awarding institutions in the country with the motto, "Knowledge and Skills for Service." History Kyambogo University was establishe ...

, Uganda's second-largest public university serving between 2014-2022 having served for 2 terms. He was installed as chancellor on 19 February 2014, replacing Eric Tiyo Adriko, who had completed his two term tenure. The correct spelling of his last name is ''Ssebuwufu''. However the literature contains many instances where the name is spelled with a single "s".

Background

He was born in Uganda's Central Region in 1947.

Education

Ssebuwufu attended

Namilyango College Namilyango College is a boys-only boarding middle and high school located in Mukono District in the Central Region of Uganda, whose history and excellence in sports and academics have made it one of the most prestigious schools in Uganda. It is ...

for his middle and high school education in the 1960s. He studied at

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, for his

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and

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degrees, both in Chemistry. In 1974, he won a scholarship to study for a

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at Queen's University Belfast in

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, from which he graduated in 1977. Ssebuwufu spent another two years at Queen's University on a postdoctoral fellowship also in chemistry.

Work experience

On returning to

in 1979, Ssebuwufu was appointed as lecturer in the Department of Chemistry at

. He continued in that position until 1985, when he was promoted to senior lecturer. In 1987, he became the head of the Chemistry Department at the university. In 1990, he was elevated to the rank of

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and was appointed principal of the Institute of Teacher Education; now part of

. He served in that capacity until 1993 when he was appointed

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, Uganda's oldest and largest public university. He served as vice chancellor until the expiration of his tenure in 2004. In February 2014, the

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appointed him chancellor of

Other responsibilities

In addition to his responsibilities at Kyambogo University, Ssebuwufu is the current Vice Chancellor of the University of Kisubi (UniK) which was formerly known as 'Kisubi Brothers University College'' (KBUC), a constituent college of

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to which he had also served as the Principal. In 2013, he was appointed as the

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of the UbuntuNet Alliance, the regional research and education network for

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and

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. In the past, he has served as the director of research programs at the Association of African Universities (AAU) in

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. Ssebuwufu is a member of the World Bank Millennium Science Initiative and is one of the technical experts for Uganda. He serves as the chairman of the board of directors for following Ugandan companies and businesses: *

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- A subsidiary of Citigroup of

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(UMI) * National Environment Management Authority of Uganda (NEMA) * National Council for Science and Technology

References

Succession table as vice chancellor of Makerere University

Succession table as chancellor of Kyambogo University

External links

Website of Kyambogo UniversityWebsite of Makerere UniversityWebsite of Uganda Martyrs University
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ssebuwufu, John 1947 births Living people Ganda people Vice-chancellors of universities in Uganda Ugandan chemists Alumni of Queen's University Belfast Makerere University alumni People educated at Namilyango College Kyambogo University academics Ugandan Roman Catholics Fellows of Uganda National Academy of Sciences