St. Lawrence University is a private university in

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Location

The University campus is located in Mengo,

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, in

, Uganda's largest city and capital. The university campus sits on of land and is located near Kabaka's Lake, in Mengo, close to the main

Lubiri Lubiri (or Mengo Palace) is the royal compound of the Kabaka or king of Buganda, located in Mengo, a suburb of Kampala, the Ugandan capital. The original Lubiri was destroyed in the May 1966 Battle of Mengo Hill, at the culmination of the strug ...

(Palace of the

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), west of the

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of Kampala. The coordinates of the main campus are 0° 18' 6.00"N, 32° 33' 43.00"E (Latitude:0.301667; Longitude: 32.561945).

History

The University was founded in 2006. The University took in the first class of students in September 2007.

Academic departments

St. Lawrence University is composed of five faculties: Faculties of SLAU
* Faculty of

Business Studies Business studies, often simply called business, is a field of study that deals with the principles of business, management, and economics. It combines elements of accountancy, finance, marketing, organizational studies, human resource management, a ...

* Faculty of

Education Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty. Va ...

* Faculty of

Humanities Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture. In the Renaissance, the term contrasted with divinity and referred to what is now called classics, the main area of secular study in universities at the t ...

* Faculty of

Computer Science Computer science is the study of computation, automation, and information. Computer science spans theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, information theory, and automation) to Applied science, practical discipli ...

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 ...

* Faculty of

Industrial Art Industrial design is a process of design applied to physical products that are to be manufactured by mass production. It is the creative act of determining and defining a product's form and features, which takes place in advance of the manufactu ...

Design A design is a plan or specification for the construction of an object or system or for the implementation of an activity or process or the result of that plan or specification in the form of a prototype, product, or process. The verb ''to design'' ...

Courses offered

The following courses are offered at the University:

Undergraduate degree courses

* Bachelor of Information Technology *

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 Business Administration *

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 ...

with education * Bachelor of Development Studies * Bachelor of Economics * Bachelor of Environment Management * Bachelor of Guidance & Counseling * Bachelor of Public Administration * Bachelor of Mass Communication * Bachelor of Social Work & Social Administration * Bachelor of Industrial Art and Design * Bachelor of International Relations and Diplomatic Studies * Bachelor of Tourism and Hospitality Management

Diploma courses

* Diploma in Business Administration * Diploma in Information Technology * Diploma in Industrial Art and Design

Certificate courses

* Certificate in Information Technology * Certificate of Industrial Art and Design

References

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About SLAU
{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Lawrence University, Uganda Universities and colleges in Uganda Educational institutions established in 2006 Lubaga Division 2006 establishments in Uganda

Location

History

Academic departments

Courses offered

Undergraduate degree courses

Diploma courses

Certificate courses

See also

References

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