The Directorate of Research and Graduate Training (DRGT) in conjunction with the USA partners and Carnegie African Diaspora fellows are organizing training in Research Methods (Quantitative and Qualitative methods) and Data analysis using SAS. The training will run from 12th to 23rd June 2017, 8:30am to 4pm each day. The trainers expect 20 participants, and they will be considered on first-come basis.

This will be a hands-on training involving both theoretical and practical sessions. All participants are therefore required to have laptops, and to download and install free SAS software from Internet before the training starts.

Information about the software to be installed on the participants’ computers can be found at the following link:
https://www.sas.com/en_us/software/university-edition.html

The requirements for the software can be found by scrolling down the previous website or directly by going to the following link:
https://www.sas.com/en_us/software/university-edition.html#m=system-requirements

The venue for the training will be communicated to the shortlisted applicants.

Interested PhD students should submit a one-page application to Ms. Grace Akol in B5, Lincoln Flats, or send an e-mail to akolg[at]rgt.mak.ac.ug.

Closing date is June 7, 2017.

For further information contact Deputy Director, DRGT on Tel. +256-772-443658 or owinyd[at]gmail.com / dowiny[at]covab.mak.ac.ug.