By Kikomeko Pius Between 15th and 23rd December 2025, a multi-disciplinary team of engineering students from the Makerere University School of Engineering, in collaboration with Engineers Without Borders East Africa (EWB-EA), conducted a transformative field assessment at Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital (ERRH). The mission aimed to evaluate the facility’s critical infrastructure across the civil, energy,...Read More

On January 5, 2026, the College of Engineering, Design, Art and Technology (CEDAT) at Makerere University witnessed a remarkable academic milestone as Mr. Wangi Geoffrey Mario successfully defended his PhD dissertation. The public defense, held in the CEDAT New Board Room, marked the culmination of years of rigorous research and innovation in the field of...Read More

Makerere University’s Grants Administration and Management Support Unit (GAMSU), conducted a grant writing workshop for the College of Engineering, Design, Art, and Technology (CEDAT) on Wednesday, 24th September 2025. Participants, who included academic staff, researchers, and postgraduate students, were equipped with skills and strategies to secure national and international funding. Prof. Sylvia Antonia Nakimera Nannyonga-Tamusuza,...Read More

This project developed a methodology which addresses delays in road infrastructure projects arising out of escalating costs linked to poor monitoring of the road corridor from inception to actualisation of road establishment. The project aligns with Vision 2040 fundamentals, particularly infrastructure for transport.Read More

Eng. Dr. Seith Mugume, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the College of Engineering, Design, Art and Technology (CEDAT), has been appointed as a Lead Author of Chapter 1, Working Group 1, for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Seventh Assessment Report (AR7). Dr. Mugume will contribute to Framing,...Read More

By Kikomeko Pius On August 21, 2025, a delegation from the Occupational Safety, Health, and Environment (OSHE) improvement project visited Roofings Rolling Mills’ facility in Namanve Industrial Park. The visit represented the project’s fourth major engagement with industry stakeholders, continuing its goal to foster a world-class safety culture within Uganda’s engineering and industrial sectors. This...Read More

The inaugural cohort of the ReSus Summer School Series 2025–2027, held from August 3rd to 12th, 2025, successfully concluded their engagement at Makerere University.Guided by the theme “Renewable Resources for Sustainable Development in Africa (ReSus-AFRICA),” the program convened emerging African researchers to explore innovative, interdisciplinary approaches to sustainability through renewable resources. Prof. Robert Wamala, Director...Read More

Makerere University has officially launched the ReSus Summer School Series 2025–2027, a groundbreaking initiative aimed at equipping Africa’s emerging researchers with the knowledge and tools to harness renewable resources for sustainable development. The program is fully funded by the Volkswagen Foundation under the theme “Renewable Resources for Sustainable Development in Africa (ReSus-AFRICA)”. Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe,...Read More

On 4th August 2025, a team from the project to Advance Occupational Safety, Health and Environment (OSHE) knowledge and skills in Uganda’s higher education institutions and industrial sectors, led by Dr. Abubakar Waswa, Head of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Makerere University, recently visited the Uganda Industrial Research Institute (UIRI) for a...Read More

Makerere University, through its College of Engineering, Design, Art and Technology (CEDAT), proudly hosted the first-ever Joint 8th Advances in Geomatics Research Conference (AGRC) and 14th Eastern Africa Land Administration Network (EALAN) Conference 2025. The event brought together scholars, land professionals, and policymakers to shape the future of land governance across the continent. Makerere’s role as host was...Read More