The CEDAT Principal, Prof. Henry Alinaitwe, The Dean of the School of The Built Environment, Prof. Moses Musinguzi, The Chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Assoc. Prof. John Baptist Kirabira and Dr. Kenneth Ssemwogerere from the Department of Architecture and Physical Planning on Tuesday 1st May 2018 received the Golden Jubilee Award from the...Read More

The Africa Center of Excellence in Materials, Product Development and Nanotechnology (MAPRONANO ACE) supported by the World Bank and hosted by the College of Engineering Design, Art and Technology (CEDAT) at Makerere University, Kampala Uganda is announcing Master’s and PhD scholarships for academic year 2018/2019. The scholarship program is meant to support research costs for...Read More

The College of Engineering, Design, Art, and Technology (CEDAT) at Makerere University hosted its Third Workshop on Enriching Engineering Education in Sub-Saharan Africa on 12 – 13th April 2018. The workshop was conducted with support from the Royal Academy of Engineering of United Kingdom. The general aim of the support is to enhance Higher Education...Read More

Students take photo with the CEDAT principal, Prof. Henry Alinaitwe after completing the course About twenty-three students completed a rigorous two-week short course on Public Private Partnership conducted at the College of Engineering, Design, Art and Technology (CEDAT), Makerere University. The students, who were drawn from UNRA, NITA, Mulago Hospital and other private organizations successfully completed...Read More

Student teams from the College of Engineering, Design, Art and Technology, Makerere University and Aalto University (Finland), have been working together under the umbrella of the Problem Based Learning East Africa Initiative to find ways to turn plastic waste into valuable products. One of the concepts they developed was showcased in an event called Up-Plastic...Read More

This afternoon, members of the CEDAT and CNS administration, together with representation from Makerere University’s Directorate of Internal Audit witnessed the handover of the CEDAT / CNS procurement office. The office, manned by Mr. Stephen Byaruhanga has been officially handed over to Mr. Deo Ibanda. Mr. Ibanda was formerly procurement officer in CEES / School...Read More

You are invited to attend the introduction of our book, The History of Kigezi: 1900-1970, written and edited by Edward Nobel Bisamunyu and Amanda Tumusiime of Makerere University, Kampala, Monday, 26 February 2018 at 4.00 pm at Makerere Art Gallery. Additional chapters in this book have been derived from a chapter written previously by the...Read More

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 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering held its inaugural workshop on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning on Wednesday 22nd November 2017. The goal of the workshop was to raise awareness among the staff and student body on the concepts of machine learning and latest trends and research in that area. During the event,...Read More