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HEST Graduate Programme: Internship Placement Advert

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3 years ago

January 19, 2023

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Students from the College of Engineering, Design, Art and Technology prepare to showcase their innovations as part of the Presidential Initiative for Science and Technology Stakeholders Forum on 31st July 2014, Makerere University, Kampala Uganda.

Purpose

The program aims to improve graduates’ skills by placing them into selected partner industries for skills gain, facilitating the process and supervising placed interns. Graduates will be placed in their areas of study accordingly.

Time frame

The phased recruitment and placement will start from 1^st December 2022 for a period of three months. Recent university graduates and those awaiting graduation should apply for this opportunity.

Eligibility

The project mainly focuses on university graduates from Makerere University (Mak), Makerere University Business School (MUBS) and Kyambogo University (KYU) who have undertaken the following courses

Makerere University and Kyambogo University

Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering
Bachelor of Science in Telecommunication Engineering
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
Bachelor of Architecture
Bachelor of Science in Construction Management
Bachelor of Science in Land Economics
Bachelor of Science in Quantity Surveying
Bachelor of Science in Land Surveying and Geomatics
Bachelor of Visual Communication Design
Bachelor of Science in Actuarial Science

Makerere University Business School

Bachelor of Arts in Economics
Bachelor of Science in Business Statistics
Bachelor of Business Administration
Bachelor of Commerce
Bachelor of Real Estate Business Mgt.
Bachelor of Science in Accounting
.Bachelor of Science in Finance
Bachelor of Human Resource Mgt.
Bachelor of Leadership and Governance
Bachelor of Procurement and Supply Chain Mgt.
Bachelor of Transport & Logistics Mgt.
Bachelor of International Business
Bachelor of Catering and Hotel Mgt.
Bachelor of Science in Marketing
Bachelor of Travel and Tourism Mgt.
Bachelor of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Mgt.
Bachelor of Business Computing
Bachelor of Office and Information Mgt.

They should not be employed anywhere and should have gone through the traditional internship placement required by their respective universities.

How Students join

Interested university graduates shall submit an online application and contact the designated university contact or focal persons. Successful applicants will be required to complete the three (3) months internship pgoram uninterrupted to fully benefit from the program. Apply here: https://bit.ly/HEST2022

How companies participate

A company interested in hosting interns under the program can fill out an internship acceptance form and forward it to the internship placement officer.

Contacts of University focal persons

Makerere University (Mak)
Dr. Christine Amito
Tel: +256-771-321384
Email: amitoxtine@gmail.com

Makerere University Business School (MUBS)
Ms. Christine Nantambi
Tel: +256-772-654454/+256-703-878277
Email: cnantambi@mubs.ac.ug

Kyambogo University (KYU)
Ms. Nandugwa Harriet
Tel: +256-786030640
Email: hnandugwa@kyu.ac.ug

Contacts of IEED Project Team

Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH)
Ms. Mary Kaakyo,
IEED Project Coordinator
Email: mkaakyo@musph.ac.ug
Tel: +256-706-960075

Makerere University School of Statistics and Planning (MakSSP)
Ms. Afazali Zabibu,
HEST Study Coordinator
Email: zabibu.afazali@gmail.com
Tel: +256-779-912365/+256-705-587072

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