The Office of the college Principal is administered by the college Principal and the College Deputy principal.
The Principal, College of Engineering, Design, Art and Technology, Makerere University is the Chief Administrative, Academic and Financial Officer of the College and is responsible to the Vice Chancellor, University Senate and the University Council for promoting and maintaining academic excellence, efficiency and order of the College
Prof. Moses Musinguzi is the current Principal, College of Engineering, Design, Art and Technology, Makerere University since Friday 29th September 2023. He succeeded Prof. Henry Alinaitwe who had served a two term tenure as the head of the college effective 2nd January 2014, a period of ten years and three months, albeit with some intermittent periods of acting appointment.
Prof. Moses Musinguzi is a Professor of Geomatics and Land Management and a registered/licenced Land Surveyor with over 20 years’ practical experience in Land Administration and Geographical / Land Information Systems working as a Researcher, Consultant and Educationist.
He possesses a PhD in Geo-informatics undertaken as a sandwich between Uppsala University in Sweden and Makerere University in Uganda(2004-2007), a Masters Degree in Geographical Information Systems from Nottingham University in the UK (1995-1996) and a Bachelor Of Science In Quantity Surveying from Makerere University (1990-1994)
Prof. Musinguzi has participated in Practical Land Administration processes in Uganda including developing guidelines and technical specifications for systematic land adjudication / demarcation, providing input into the Urban Policy and Land Policy. He is a member of Land Information System working group, Systematic Land Adjudication and Demarcation working group and Law reform working group of the Ministry of Lands Housing and Urban Development. He also played a key role in piloting certification of customary land in Uganda using fir-for-purpose land administration concepts.
Prior to his appointment as Principal, College of Engineering, Design, Art and Technology (CEDAT), he had served as the the Dean of the School of the Built Environment at Makerere University and served as a member of the University Contracts Committee, Senate Academic Policies and Appeals Committee and Senate Anti-Sexual Harassment Committee. Furthermore, he has supervised and still supervising Masters and PhD students in Land Administration at Makerere University in Uganda, and has also has supervised students at KTH in Sweden and Technical University of Munich in Germany.
Office of the Principal
The college principal is assisted in the delivery of his duties by assisted by an Administrative Assistant. The Administrative Assistant helps the Principal meet his objectives and targets by effectively planning his schedule and travels both within and outside the country.
The office has administrative offices that assist the college principal in the delivery of his duties and these are; College Bursar’s Office, College Human Resource Office, College Communication Office, College ICT Office, College Registrar’s Office, College Librarian Office and College Custodian office