The College of Engineering, Design, Art and Technology (CEDAT) held its 9th Annual Open day on 28th and 29th February 2020. The Open Day, which was launched in 2012 aims at exhibiting and promoting the innovative research ideas of students at the College. This year, the guest of honor at the event was Hon Florence...Read More

Different But One is an annual exhibition featuring the most recent art works by the teaching staff at Margaret Trowell School of Industrial and Fine Art (MTSIFA). It includes works from all the different disciplines of art in the department: painting, sculpture, ceramics, fashion, jewelry, weaving, video art and more. In her remarks, the exhibition’s...Read More

On Tuesday 18th February 2020, Maximus Byamukama, a lecturer in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering successfully defended his PhD titled “Energy Harvesting, Storage and Management for Environment Monitoring Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) in the East African Region”. Maximus (Centre) in group photo with his advisors and panelists after his defense His study investigated...Read More

Frede Hansen (Centre) explains a photo in the exhibition This exhibition featured photographs taken by Frede Hansen and Derrick Ssemwogerere. Frede Hansen is a Danish Art lover and collector who since 1997 has been visiting Uganda every year to buy art works from different artists in the country. Mr. Hansen is also a photographer whose...Read More

Group photo of participants at the workshop The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (DCEE) hosted a half-day stakeholders’ consultation workshop on Thursday 13th February, 2020 from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm at Food Science Conference Hall. The purpose of the workshop was to gather views on the relevance of the proposed curriculums of MSc/PGD...Read More

Mathias Tusiime with some of his woodcuts on his handmade paper. (Casey Smith) Casey Smith presented on his month-long trip to Kampala, Uganda as part of a cultural immersion program for artists through apexart. He explored the city and prestigious Makerere University in particular, where he learned about their printmaking techniques using hand-registered woodcuts on MDF....Read More

A team of 17 people have today November 17th completed a week-long tour of various PPP projects in South Africa. The team interacted and learnt from a host of experts in the field of PPPs. The team, comprising Uganda National Roads Authority staff, National Information Technology Authority, Kabale Hospital, Makerere University as well private business...Read More

The inaugural meeting of EACREEE’s Board of Directors closed with a strong commitment for scaling-up its operations. The Board approved internal rules and procedures including Financial Regulations and Rules, Staff Regulations and Rules, Procurement Manual, among others. The approval of these instruments makes it now possible for EACREEE to contract, receive and make payments, receive...Read More

Students of CEDAT together with those from Aalto University have come together to develop solutions to problems in and around Makerere University under the Problem Based Learning (PBL) umbrella. The team from Aalto University arrived in Uganda on Saturday 2nd February 2019 and left on Thursday 28th February 2019. The students formed 3 groups that...Read More

The College of engineering, Design, Art and Technology on Friday January 25th hosted a delegation of researchers from Karlsruhe, Germany, led by the Mayor, Dr Frank Mentrup. The researchers were at Makerere university to seek ways in which the institutions from Germany can collaborate CEDAT researchers. The Principal, Prof. Henry Alinaitwe addresses the delegation and...Read More