The African Centre of Excellence in Materials Product Development and Nanotechnology (MAPRONANO ACE) Makerere University, in partnership with the Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Uganda Virus Research Institute and Ben Gurion University, Israel will be conducting a short course training in Bioinformatics and Next Generation Sequencing (NGS). The course will take place on Monday 5th...Read More

Today’s world is faced with a number of challenges, including significant growth in the global urban population and increasing transportation requirements in a context of new climate and environmental issues. Buildings and infrastructure alone account for 40% of energy consumed and greenhouse gas emissions produced worldwide. And this means that they are at the heart...Read More

The First Lady and Minister for Education and Sports, Hon. Janet Kataha Museveni has launched the Eastern & Southern Africa Higher Education   Centres of Excellence(ACEII- Uganda Chapter). Uganda participated in the grant proposals calls and won four (4) Centres. Makerere University won two $12 million USD World Bank Grants for the Centre of Excellence in...Read More

Of recent, some students have admitted that alcoholism is affecting their academic performance, and that was the basis of identifying yesterdays’ public lecture Guest Speaker, Mr Bill Kahirimbanyi Bekunda. Bill, a former alcoholic and rehabilitated addict, is the Executive Director of Healthy Youth Lifestyle Options, a non-profit organization that is helping families, companies and institutions...Read More

L-R: Prof. Nawangwe, Prof. Bazeyo, Mr. Sanyu and Dr. Nakayiwa during the meeting The Vice Chancellor Makerere University, Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe yesterday held a meeting with staff of CEDAT. The Vice Chancellor was accompanied by members of Management who included the Deputy Vice Chancellor in charge of Finance and Administration, Prof. William Bazeyo, the Director...Read More

he College of Engineering, Design, Art and Technology recently won a USD6 million grant to open an Africa Center of Excellence in Materials Product Development and Nanotechnology (MAPRONANO ACE). The Center was developed out of the need to strengthen research and training in the thematic areas of materials science and engineering, nanotechnology and nanomedicine in...Read More

Representing the Minister of Education and Sports at the CEDAT Open Day, Hon. Charles Bakabulindi commended students of the College of Engineering, Design, Art and Technology for the innovations exhibited. He however challenged them to improve on their level of skills and innovativeness.  “You cannot be called an engineer unless you are innovative” he said....Read More

The Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation Honourable Elioda Tumwesigye has strongly commended Makerere University and all other research led academic institutions for their great contribution to curbing unemployment levels by equipping youth with knowledge and skills relevant to Uganda’s development. This was during the 6th Makerere University CEDAT Open Day organised by students and...Read More

Makerere University, together with the University of Dar-es-Salaam, University of Nairobi and Aalto University in Finland, recently teamed up on a project on “Strengthening Problem- Based Education in East African Universities 2017-2020”, funded by the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Problem-Based Education/ Problem- Based Learning (PBL) is a particularly powerful multidisciplinary approach to seeking and...Read More

This exhibition is inspired by personal experiences and observations of young women at campus. As a lecturer at Makerere University, I am privileged to interact with many students, both inside and outside class. After talking with many young women about womanhood, I started making sculptures which reflect their fragile responses.  These mostly emphasised expressions, dreams...Read More