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Mak-MasterCard Scholars Guided on Academic Discipline

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10 years ago

September 28, 2015

Makerere University Vice Chancellor, Prof. John Ddumba-Ssentamu with some of the MasterCard Foundation Scholars.

Makerere University Academic Registrar Mr. Alfred Namoah Masikye has advised students to respect and adhere to the university rules and regulations if they are to excel in their academics. Addressing the second cohort of the Makerere University MasterCard Foundation (MCF) Scholarship Program recipients on 12^th September 2015 in the Makerere University Senate Conference Hall, Mr. Masikye said that following the University rules, guarantees a favorable learning environment and guidelines to help students achieve their academic goals and objectives. He therefore urged Scholars to always fulfill their academic responsibilities and obligations to enable the smooth running of the university activities.

“You are purposely here for academics. Looking thoroughly at your admission letters, they clearly state that you are admitted on the academic program not anything else. Therefore as students of Makerere University, you have some responsibilities and obligations to follow. It is your responsibility to fulfill all the registration procedures so as to ensure that you are part and parcel of the university community. And to register, you should have paid the tuition and functional fees. I am glad that MCF will take care of all the dues. On your part, ensure that you attend all lectures, do all coursework, tests and the final exam,” he explained.

Mr. Masikye congratulated students upon their admission to Makerere University and assured the freshers that they made the right choice to join the best university in Africa. He nevertheless cautioned students on bad behavior and hooliganism saying that such acts can result into expulsion from the university as well as the termination of their scholarship awards.

Reiterating the essence of rules and regulations, Makerere University Dean of Students Mr. Cyriaco Kabagambe encouraged students to consider academics as one of the duties they have to perform as respectable citizens of Uganda.“I advise you to utilize the rights and privileges you, have to study. You have been enrolled on a scholarship program to facilitate your right to education. Therefore treasure that has been given to you and do what is expected of you,” he said.

Mr. Henry Nsubuga- Manager Counselling and Guidance Centre (CGC) tipped students on how to overcome University Challenges, have a balanced social life and excel in academics. Speaking to over 49 students, Mr. Nsubuga said that students face many challenges; peer pressure being the major one. He confirmed that such challenges have led the growing rate of school dropouts among university students.

“Guard yourself against these vices if you want to attain your goal of studying. Be the master of your past, present and the future. Let’s not criticize ourselves because this is the beginning. Always remember these words: I can still move on, I am not the only person. Lastly mind a lot about the positive things you have achieved,” Mr. Nsubuga advised.

Emphasizing the need to participate in leadership and students social affairs, Makerere University Guild President H.E Bala David encouraged students not to ignore other university activities. “Although the cardinal reason is academics, you should also join other curriculums and social networks. This will help you add value to yourself. I advise you to discover your talent and area of interest. Leadership is one of the great opportunities you have at Campus and when God has called you to be a leader you must exercise your talent,” he remarked.

The students also received an inspirational talk from Dr. Anthony Muggaga, Deputy Principal, College of Education and External Studies (CEES). In his address entitled ‘What it means to be a successful recipient of a MasterCard Scholarship’, Mr. Mugaaga reminded students of the great oppoutunity they attained to study at Makerere University and being funded under MasterCard Foundation. He therefore advised students to defend, protect and fully utilize the chance in order to achieve their goals and objectives.

“Always learn to go beyond academics, seek for more opportunities and discover your talent. Opportunities come once but they are never brought to your face. Look for them and utilize them,” Dr. Muggaga urged the students.

The MCF Coordinator Dr. Florence Nakayiwa, thanked all the facilitators for the wonderful message they passed on to the students. Dr. Nakayiwa said that the information given will create a smooth and favorable environment for the students to have an enjoyable stay at campus and understand their responsibilities and rights as Makerere students as well as MCF Scholars. She therefore encouraged students to fully utilize the opportunity they had been availed to study hard and achieve their goals and objectives.

“Your responsibility here is to study. You have come to Makerere University to get a degree, so make sure you leave this place with a degree. We want 100% pass rate and this should be put deep in your mind since you are entirely responsible for sitting the exams. Our role is to provide you with the conducive environment and total support so that you can attain that. In this case I urge you to read hard and achieve your personal, the University’s as well as the Foundation’s expectations. I will be proud to stand here and announce that all of you have graduated with the upper second degree and above,” Dr. Florence told the students.

The orientation climaxed with the awarding ceremony during which the Makerere University Vice Chancellor Prof. John Ddumba-Ssentamu, awarded letters to the 49 first year Scholars. These letters are the confirmation that the recipients are Makerere University students under the MasterCard Foundation Program. Students will use the letters to introduce themselves to their Colleges as well as gain access to university facilities.

Article by Nabatte Proscovia; Mak Public Relations Office

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Special Exam Results -Diploma in Performing Arts 2025/26

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3 days ago

June 28, 2025

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The results for the 2025/2026 special entry examination for the Diploma in Performing Arts held on Saturday 17^th May, 2025. Candidates who scored a final mark of 50% and above passed the Examination and have been recommended to the university’s Admissions Committee for consideration.

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Mature Age Scheme Exam Results for 2025/2026

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4 days ago

June 27, 2025

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The Office of Academic Registrar, Makerere University has released full results for the Mature Age Entry Scheme Examinations for the Academic Year 2025/2026 held on Saturday 14th December, 2024.

The Candidates who scored a final mark of 50% and above passed the examination and have been recommended by the Pre-Entry & Mature Age Committee to the University’s Admissions Board for Consideration.

The Aptitude Exam Results for 2025/2026 Academic Year released in February 2025 can be found here.

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Call for Application: 2025 SNRM session 4 Summer School

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4 days ago

June 26, 2025

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Participants in focused group discussions. Leiden-Delft-Erasmus East Africa Research Network (LEARN) in collaboration with the Urban Action Lab at Makerere University a workshop to deliberate strategies for mitigating the impacts of climate change in urban centres in the East African Region, Theme: “Resilient Urban Futures: Adapting Livelihoods to Climate Change”, 4th-5th September 2024, School of Public Health Auditorium, Kampala Uganda.

Context:
Natural resources in Africa are being depleted at an alarming rate due to several factors, including unsustainable human activities, climate change, and population growth. A primary condition of sustainable development is to ensure that the pressures do not exceed the environmental limits, and that demand for the resources does not exceed levels that can be sustainably provided by nature. Therefore, there is a pressing need for transformative, systems-thinking approaches and tools that can tackle the diverse challenges facing these systems. In Africa, this need is compounded by a lack of data and monitoring, which significantly hinders sustainable decision-making.

Investing in young scientists who are committed to take lead in sustainable management of Africa’s natural resources is very important. Capacity building of young scientists will enhance their knowledge and skill on sustainable natural resources and their involvement for implementation of the sustainable development goals (SDG’s) in Africa. To this effect, SNRM summer schools have been implemented in three sessions in 2019, 2020, and 2022 with support from Volkswagen Foundation; to build a critical mass of skilled and competent young natural resource scientists in Africa through training, capacity building and mentorship. Session 4 (2025) will target competent young scientists (MSc and PhD students) in Africa and Germany to further develop their knowledge and skills in systems thinking, advanced data collection and analysis, and application of emerging digital technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), internet of things (IoT), and embracing transdisciplinary approaches. In addition, we include an ideation workshop where students can work on real problems to come up with solutions for sustainable transformations in natural resource use.

Organizers: Leibniz Universität – Hannover (Germany), University of Antananarivo, University of Abomey Calavi (Benin), Makerere University (Uganda), University of Ghana (Ghana), University of Parakou (Benin), The Technical University of Kenya, with financial support from the Volkswagen Foundation (Germany).

Venue and dates: Nairobi, Kenya, 16-28 November 2025

Target: MSc and PhD students, early in the program of less than 35 years of age from any university/research institution in either sub-Saharan Africa or Germany with an interest in natural resources management.

Participants and Scholarships: The course is fully funded and open to 20 MSc and PhD students from Africa, and 5 from Germany. Funding will cover the costs of air ticket, accommodation, meals, visa, and transportation. However, participants will cover the cost of their travel health insurance.

Topics

SNRM Summer School Session 4: Transformative pathways in biodiversity management and conservation.
This summer school is designed to deliver four modules over a two-week period. The modules are designed to enable the students to acquire new ways of designing data collection protocols and analysis for transformative sustainable natural resources management.

Module 4.1: Data collection I
Skills in data collection for a transformative and sustainable management of natural resources (water, wildlife, forest, land, livestock, crops) monitoring and data collection techniques; remote monitoring tools, earth observation system data, e.g. satellite data sources, LIDAR, and UAV aerial images. Collect and analyse In-situ data on biotic and abiotic parameters, map and analyse data using R or Google Earth Engine, field data collection and retrieving data from online databases.

Module 4.2 Data management and processing
Introduction to tools and methods of managing large and diverse data sets of natural resources such as time series, spatial, directional, and multivariate data. Practicals will include data storage, organization and conversion into various formats using databases such as PostgreSQL and statistical programming software such as R and Python; scripts.

Module 4.3 Ecological monitoring, modelling and management
This module aims to teach participants how to anticipate and validate trends that can be observed in various ecosystems. Lectures include ecological monitoring and its design; population monitoring studies; metrics in population monitoring; methods for monitoring and assessing marine ecosystems; human ecology to socio-ecological systems; climate change impact of ecosystems; suitability assessments; overview of the principles underlying wildlife monitoring and prediction systems for climate change adaptation. Practicals will include field data collection (individual and group); ecological data analysis using R or PAST; modelling and experiencing the behaviour of complex systems using Vensim.

Module 4.4 Natural habitat restoration ideation lab
This module is designed to spur students’ innovation and creativity, and to help students comprehensively identify interdependencies across the 17 SDG goals. Participants will be trained on ideation processes for solutions and intervention for transformative natural resource management. They will work collaboratively in small groups on case studies and develop pathways of transformative sustainable natural resource management. Examples of projects include forest (mangrove) ecosystem and habitat restoration, improved technologies for agricultural production, nature-based solutions for improving water quality, and reversing land degradation.

Language: The course will be delivered in English. Participants are expected to be fluent in writing and speaking the English language.

How to apply

Applicants are kindly requested to fill in the application form available from https://snrmafrica.com/ and submit the following documents in English through the system.

a curriculum vitae (maximum 2 pages)
a letter of motivation (maximum 1 page)
a confirmation of university enrolment
a reference letter from the academic supervisor
project summary of MSc/ PhD project (1 page including objectives, methodology
and key findings or expected outcomes).

Important dates
Application deadline: 30^th June 2025.
Announcement of accepted applicants: 15^th August 2025.
Confirmation of attendance by selected participants: 12^th Sept 2025.
Summer school held: 16 – 28 Nov 2025.

Further information is available from

The secretariat info@snrmafrica.com
Dr Lydia Olaka lydiaolaka@tukenya.ac.ke
Prof. Dr. Hartmut Stuetzel stuetzel@gem.uni-hannover.de