Kampala University (KU) is a fully fledged, private, chartered, recognized and accredited university in

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Location

, KU maintained the following campuses: 1.

Ggaba Ggaba is a neighborhood within the city of Kampala in the Central Region of Uganda. Location Ggaba is located on the northern shores of Lake Victoria, at the southern tip of the city of Kampala. Fgaba is generally a low topography area, It is b ...

: The main campus is in a neighborhood in

Makindye Division Makindye Division is one of the five administrative divisions of Kampala, the capital of Uganda, and the largest city in that country. The city's five divisions are: (a) Kampala Central Division (b) Kawempe Division (c) Lubaga Division (d) Makindye ...

, approximately southeast of the central business district (CBD) of

Kampala Kampala (, ) is the capital and largest city of Uganda. The city proper has a population of 1,680,000 and is divided into the five political divisions of Kampala Central Division, Kawempe Division, Makindye Division, Nakawa Division, and Ruba ...

, the capital and largest city of Uganda. The coordinates of the main campus are 0°15'38.0"N, 32°38'08.0"E (Latitude:0.260556; Longitude:32.635556). 2.

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: Located in another Kampala neighborhood, approximately , west of the city's CBD. 3.

Masaka Masaka is a city in the Buganda Region of Uganda, west of Lake Victoria. The city is the headquarters of Masaka District. Location Masaka is approximately to the south-west of Kampala on the highway to Mbarara. The city is close to the Equator ...

: Approximately southwest of Kampala. 4.

Luweero Luweero is a town in the Central Region of Uganda. It is the main municipal, administrative, and commercial center of Luweero District. History In 1982, in the Ugandan Civil War, Milton Obote's soldiers raided their village, from Kampala. Loca ...

: Approximately , by road, north of Kampala on the

Kampala–Gulu Highway The Kampala–Gulu Highway, also Kampala–Gulu Road, is a road connecting the capital city of Kampala, in the Central Region, with the city of Gulu, the largest urban centre in the Northern Region of Uganda. Location The road starts in Kamp ...

. 5.

Mutundwe Mutundwe is a neighborhood in the town of Ssabagabo in Uganda. The name also refers to Mutundwe Hill, where the neighborhood is located. Location Mutundwe is located in the northwestern edge of Ssabagabo municipality in Wakiso District, in Ugan ...

: In a neighborhood in the newly created town of

Ssabagabo Ssabagabo, also known as Makindye-Ssabagabo or Ssabagabo-Makindye, is a municipality in Uganda. Location The town is located in the hitherto unincorporated Wakiso District, immediately south of Kampala's Makindye Division. It includes the follow ...

Wakiso District Wakiso District is a district in the Central Region of Uganda that partly encircles Kampala, Uganda's capital city. The town of Wakiso is the site of the district headquarters. Kira, the country's second largest city and suburb of Kampala, is i ...

, about , by road, southwest of Kampala's central business district. 6. Jinja, about , by road, east of Kampala along the

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History

KU was founded in 1999. The founding

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, Badru Kateregga, together with other academics and entrepreneurs pooled resources to establish the university. It received its license from the

Uganda National Council for Higher Education The Uganda National Council for Higher Education (UNCHE) is a semi-autonomous government regulatory agency, responsible for the regulation of higher education in Uganda, the third-largest economy in the East African Community. UNCHE is also respon ...

in 2000. During the university's graduation ceremony in March 2012, 2,048 graduates were awarded degrees, diplomas, and certificates in various disciplines. Of these, 57.9 percent were male and 42.1 percent were female. Seventy-four graduates received master's degrees and 24 received postgraduate diplomas.

Affiliation

KU is affiliated with The East African University (TEAU) in

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. Badru Kateregga, the

of KU, also serves as chairman of the

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of TEAU.

Academic schools

KU has seven constituent schools: # Faculty of Industrial Art and Design - Ggaba Campus # Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology - Ggaba Campus # Faculty of Business and Management - Ggaba Campus # Faculty of Natural Sciences - Ggaba Campus # Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences - Ggaba Campus # Faculty of Nursing and Health Sciences - Mutundwe Campus #Faculty of Filmmaking - Kampala Film School Ggaba

Courses

Graduate school courses

* Masters of Public Health *Master of Economic Policy and Management * Masters of Development Studies * Masters of Environmental Management * Masters of English Language and Literature Education * Masters of Educational Management * Masters of Guidance and Counseling * Masters of Business Administration * Masters of procurement and Logistics Management * Masters of Social Work and Community Development * Master of diplomacy and International Relations * Master of Information Technology * Masters of Medicine and Surgery * Masters of Economic Policy and Planning

Undergraduate degree courses

* Bachelor of Industrial Art and Design * Bachelor of Industrial Art and Design with Education *

Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of arts (BA or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four years ...

in Fashion Design * Bachelor of Arts in Interior Design *

Bachelor of Computer Science The Bachelor of Computer Science (abbreviated BCompSc or BCS) is a bachelor's degree awarded by some universities for completion of an undergraduate program in computer science. In general, computer science degree programs emphasize the mathemati ...

Bachelor of Information Technology A Bachelor of Information Technology (abbreviations BIT or BInfTech) is an undergraduate academic degree that generally requires three to five years of study. While the degree has a major focus on computers and technology, it differs from a Compu ...

* Bachelor of Computer Science and

Information Technology Information technology (IT) is the use of computers to create, process, store, retrieve, and exchange all kinds of data . and information. IT forms part of information and communications technology (ICT). An information technology system (I ...

Bachelor of Business Administration Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) is a bachelor's degree in business administration awarded by colleges and universities after completion of undergraduate study in the fundamentals of business administration and usually including advanced ...

* Bachelor of Procurement and Logistics Management * Bachelor of Business Computing * Bachelor of Credit Management * Bachelor of Secretarial and Office Management * Bachelor of Leisure Tourism and Hotel Management * Bachelor of Environmental Management * Bachelor of Arts with Education * Bachelor of Public Administration * Bachelor of Political Science * Bachelor of Social Work and Social Administration * Bachelor of Human Resource Management * Bachelor of Mass Communication.

Diploma courses

* Diploma in Industrial Art and Design * Diploma in Industrial Art and Design with Education * Diploma in Art and Fashion Design * Diploma of Art in Interior Design * Diploma in Computer Science * Diploma in Computer Science and Information Technology * Diploma in Business Administration * Diploma in procurement and Logistics Management * Diploma in Business Computing * Diploma in Credit Management * Diploma in Secretarial and Office Management * Diploma in Leisure Tourism and Hotel Management * Diploma in Environmental Management * Diploma in Public Administration * Diploma in Political Science * Diploma in Social Work and Social Administration * Diploma in Human Resource Management * Diploma in Guidance and Counseling

Certificate courses

* Certificate in Industrial Art and Design * Certificate in Industrial Art and Design with Education * Certificate in Art and Fashion Design * Certificate in Art and Interior Design * Certificate in Computer Science * and Information Technology * Certificate in Business Administration * Certificate in Leisure Tourism and Hotel Management * Certificate in Environmental Management * Certificate in Public Administration * Certificate in Social Work and Social Administration * Certificate in Human Resource Management * Certificate in Guidance and Counseling * Certificate in English Language Communication

References

External links

* {{Universities in Uganda Universities and colleges in Uganda Educational institutions established in 1999 Education in Kampala 1999 establishments in Uganda