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African Center of Excellence in Materials, Product Development and Nano-Technology, MAPRONANO, Uganda

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...

How Prof. Kyeyune’s gifted hands got him to Pope Francis

Prof. George Kyeyune-MTSIFA, CEDAT (2nd L) assisted by City Businessman-Mr. Yiga (L) and Rtn. Emmanuel Katongole-Quality Chemicals (3rd L) prepares to present a Bust of Uganda Martyr Anderea Kaggwa to Pope Francis during his visit to Munyonyo Shrine, Kampala Uganda on 27th November 2015 On 27th November, Pope Francis made his maiden visit to Uganda....

Symposium on Transformative Digital Technologies

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...

Call for applications for AfDB-HEST Research Support

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...

Start Upper of the Year by Total

Total PLC Uganda has launched a challenge named “Startupper of the year by Total.” Initiated simultaneously by the Total Group in 34 countries in Africa, the competition aims to identify, reward and provide support to the best business creation and business development projects under two years of existence in Uganda. The winning projects will be granted the “Startupper of...

First year students admitted to Makerere in colourful ceremony

The University on Thursday 29th October 2015 officially admitted all first year students in a ceremony presided over by the Vice Chancellor, Prof. John Ddumba –Ssentamu. The colourful ceremony, which started at 2pm, saw academic and administrative staff join the process and witness the swearing-in of the new students. The students swore allegiance to Makerere...
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