President Museveni on February 16, 2016 formally launched the Kayoola EV, with a promise to increase funding for Kiira Motors Corporation (KMC). The president, siad the vehicle, which runs on solar power, was the future of the motor industry in Uganda. “Solar energy is the way of the future – the only challenge is to...Read More

The MAPRONANO ACE will develop two Master’s programs which are Master of Science in Nanotechnology and Master of Science in Materials and Product Development. Each of these Masters programs is expected to train over 68 students over a period of 4 years which implies that over 68 Master’s graduates will be produced by the MAPRONANO...Read More

A life changing experience On 27th November, Pope Francis made his maiden visit to Uganda. Among the particular areas he visited was the Catholic Shrine at Munyonyo and the Uganda martyrs shrine at Namugongo. It is at Munyonyo that Prof. George Kyeyune, a member of Staff of Makerere University met and shook hands with the...Read More

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering will host a Symposium on Transformative Digital Technologies on Wednesday, 3rd February 2016 in the CEDAT conference Hall. The symposium is co-sponsored by Alcatel Lucent Bell Labs, Nokia and the Marconi Society. This symposium will showcase the work carried out by the Celestini Project at CEDAT as well as act...Read More

Makerere University is benefiting from African Development Bank – Higher Education Science and Technology (AfDB-HEST) merit based scholarships for students in the Science and Technology disciplines.  This scholarship fund is targeting bright graduate students pursuing Masters in any of the fields in Science and Technology, who have completed the coursework but are not able to...Read More