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Makerere University Fees Waiver for 40 First Year Female Students 2025/2026

Makerere University Tuition and Functional Fees Waiver is a Scholarship Scheme that was initiated by Makerere University Gender Mainstreaming Directorate...
Left to Right: NCBA Bank CEO-Mr. Mark Muyobo, MakEF Board Chairperson-Dr. Maggie Kigozi and the Vice Chancellor-Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe hold the dummy cheque unveiling the UGX 1.45 billion sponsorship for the Makerere Marathon for the next five years. Makerere University Endowment Fund (MakEF)’s flagship initiative – the Makerere University Marathon unveiling of NCBA Bank Uganda as Platinum Sponsor with UGX 1.45 Billion over five years, 9th July 2025, Kampala, East Africa. Left to Right: NCBA Bank CEO-Mr. Mark Muyobo, MakEF Board Chairperson-Dr. Maggie Kigozi and the Vice Chancellor-Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe hold the dummy cheque unveiling the UGX 1.45 billion sponsorship for the Makerere Marathon for the next five years. Makerere University Endowment Fund (MakEF)’s flagship initiative – the Makerere University Marathon unveiling of NCBA Bank Uganda as Platinum Sponsor with UGX 1.45 Billion over five years, 9th July 2025, Kampala, East Africa.
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Mak Marathon Unveils NCBA as Platinum Sponsor
The Vice Chancellor-Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe (R) and MD DFCU Bank-Mr. Charles Mudiwa (L) shake hands after exchanging the signed MoU on 4th July 2025. Makerere University and DFCU Bank Limited sign a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) designed to enhance academic excellence, advance research and innovation capabilities, and provide crucial student support services through key activities; Annual Tumusiime Muteile Lecture, MakRun and Student activities, 4th July 2025, Council Room, Main Building, Makerere University, Kampala Uganda, East Africa. The Vice Chancellor-Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe (R) and MD DFCU Bank-Mr. Charles Mudiwa (L) shake hands after exchanging the signed MoU on 4th July 2025. Makerere University and DFCU Bank Limited sign a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) designed to enhance academic excellence, advance research and innovation capabilities, and provide crucial student support services through key activities; Annual Tumusiime Muteile Lecture, MakRun and Student activities, 4th July 2025, Council Room, Main Building, Makerere University, Kampala Uganda, East Africa.
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Press Release: Mak & DFCU Partner to Enhance Higher Education, Research & Student Support
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Advert: Admission under Mature Age Entry Scheme – Private Sponsorship 2025/2026

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Left to Right: Dr. Mulira from NCHE, Prof. Openjuru, Chair Vice Chancellors' Forum and Prof. Robert Wamala, from Mak-RIF. College of Education and External Studies (CEES), Mak-RIF-funded Capability Enhancement Project for Innovative Doctoral Education at Ugandan Universities (CEPIDE) study research dissemination and launch of Innovative Doctoral Supervision for the 21st Century: Specialized Capacity Building Training Course for Doctoral Supervisors in Uganda, 30th May 2024, Yusuf Lule Central Teaching Facility, Makerere University, Kampala Uganda, East Africa.
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CEPIDE Study Identifies Challenges and Solutions for Low Doctoral Completion Rates in Universities

A recent study by the Capability Enhancement Project for Innovative Doctoral Education at Ugandan Universities (CEPIDE) reveals significant challenges in...
Our Green Campus: The Observatory Hill (Background with masts), School of Social Sciences (Left) and Senate Building (Right) as seen on 15th January 2020 from the Central Teaching Facility 1 (CTF1), Makerere University, Kampala Uganda.
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Committed to Improving Our Infrastructure
The Chancellor-Prof. Ezra Suruma (Right) confers a PhD upon MakSPH's Mr. Godfrey Bwire during Day 1 of the 70th Graduation Ceremony, 14th January 2020, Makerere University, Kampala Uganda.
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MakSPH Grows Number of Public Health Experts in Africa
The Prime Minister-Rt. Hon. Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda (5th L) together with the First Lady and Minister of Education and Sports-Hon. Janet Museveni (5th R) pose for a photo with the Chancellor-Prof. Ezra Suruma (4th L), Chairperson Council-Mrs. Lorna Magara (3rd L), Vice Chairperson Council-Rt. Hon. Daniel Fred Kidega (3rd R), Vice Chancellor-Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe (4th R), DVCAA-Dr. Umar Kakumba (2nd R), DVCFA-Prof. William Bazeyo (2nd L), Academic Registrar-Mr. Alfred Masikye Namoah (R), Principal CHS-Prof. C
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Prime Minister, First Lady Grace 1st Session of 70th Graduation
The First Lady and Minister of Education-Hon. Janet Museveni (2nd Right) flanked by the Prime Minister-Rt. Hon. Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda (2nd Left), Chairperson Council-Mrs. Lorna Magara (Left) and Vice Chairperson Council-Rt. Hon. Daniel Fred Kidega (Right) waves to graduands during Day 1 of the 70th Graduation Ceremony, 14th January 2020, Makerere University, Kampala Uganda.
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Female Students Emerge Best at 70th Graduation Ceremony
The Vice Chancellor-Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe (3rd L), H.E. Mr. Bandar Al Faifi (2nd L), DVCAA-Dr.Umar Kakumba (L), Dr. Sulaiman Alangari (4th L) and other members of the KAICIID Delegation and Makerere University staff pose for a photo outside the Main Building after the visit on 13th January 2020.
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Hosting Delegation from the KAICIID, Saudi Arabia
The Vice Chancellor-Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe (2nd L) receives a souvenir from Dr. Sulaiman Alangari (2nd R) as H.E. Mr. Bandar Al Faifi (R) and another member of the delegation from of Saudi Arabia witness on 13th January 2020, Makerere University, Kampala Uganda.
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King Abdul Aziiz International Centre to establish Institute of Arabic Language at Mak

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Admission List to Bachelor of Education External (BED) 2025/26 -Private Sponsorship
Mak CoBAMS Graduands jubilate on the third session of the 72nd Graduation held on 25th May 2022.
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Undergraduate Admission List Self Sponsorship Scheme 2025/2026
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Re-advert: Admission to Undergraduate Programmes 2025/2026
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Admission Lists -Disability and District Quota Schemes 2025/26
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Diploma/Degree Holders Scheme – Self Sponsorship Admission Lists 2025/26
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Admission Lists for – Bachelor of Laws 2025-26
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Undergraduate Admissions List: Mop-up/Appeals 2025/2026
Dr. Chris Mukiza (L) hands over the donation to Prof. Buyinza Mukadasi (2nd L) as UBOS Board Director Dr. Allen Kabagenyi and other officials witness on 30th June 2025. Makerere University receiving 700 digital tablets from the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), aimed at enhancing statistical research, teaching, and data-driven decision-making across the institution, 30th June 2025, Kampala Uganda, East Africa.
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Makerere University Receives 700 Tablets from UBOS to Boost Statistical Activities
An older photo of the Main Building, Makerere University, Kampala Uganda as seen from across the Freedom Square. Date taken: 22nd October 2012.
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Press Statement on Ranking

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Students walk into the Arts Quadrangle, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala Uganda, East Africa. Students walk into the Arts Quadrangle, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala Uganda, East Africa.
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Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe (C) flanked by Dr. Maggie Kigozi (R) and Mr. Mark Muyobo (L) on 9th July 2025 at Makerere University. Makerere University Endowment Fund (MakEF)’s flagship initiative – the Makerere University Marathon unveiling of NCBA Bank Uganda as Platinum Sponsor with UGX 1.45 Billion over five years, 9th July 2025, Kampala, East Africa. Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe (C) flanked by Dr. Maggie Kigozi (R) and Mr. Mark Muyobo (L) on 9th July 2025 at Makerere University. Makerere University Endowment Fund (MakEF)’s flagship initiative – the Makerere University Marathon unveiling of NCBA Bank Uganda as Platinum Sponsor with UGX 1.45 Billion over five years, 9th July 2025, Kampala, East Africa.
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NCBA Commits UGX 1.45 Billion to Makerere Marathon, Pledges Five-Year Support for Inclusive Education
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Directorate of Graduate Training Empowers PhD Supervisors with Academic Supervision Training
An older photo of the Main Building, Makerere University, Kampala Uganda as seen from across the Freedom Square. Date taken: 22nd October 2012. An older photo of the Main Building, Makerere University, Kampala Uganda as seen from across the Freedom Square. Date taken: 22nd October 2012.
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Press Statement on Ranking
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Re-advert: Admission to Undergraduate Programmes 2025/2026

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An illustration of students from Nabisunsa Girls’ School during a memorable tour of the School of Public Health at Makerere University on June 12, 2025. Ugandan Study Flags Girls and Senior Students as a Mental Health High-Risk Group. Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH), Kampala Uganda, East Africa.
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Ugandan Study Flags Girls and Senior Students as a Mental Health High-Risk Group

Based on research led by Max Bobholz and colleagues from Makerere University in Uganda, Essentia Institute of Rural Health, and...
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Call for Applications: Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) Training Course
A newborn baby in an incubator in Neonatal Care Unit. Makerere University School of Public Health, Baylor Foundation Uganda, Adara Development Uganda, Nsambya Hospital, and the Ministry of Health with funding from ELMA Philanthropies national health systems strengthening initiative the Uganda Newborn Programme (UNP) launched 2022. Program uses regional approach to improve newborn care in three regions of Uganda namely Kampala, North Central and Western regions. Achievements 2025. Kampala, East Africa. A newborn baby in an incubator in Neonatal Care Unit. Makerere University School of Public Health, Baylor Foundation Uganda, Adara Development Uganda, Nsambya Hospital, and the Ministry of Health with funding from ELMA Philanthropies national health systems strengthening initiative the Uganda Newborn Programme (UNP) launched 2022. Program uses regional approach to improve newborn care in three regions of Uganda namely Kampala, North Central and Western regions. Achievements 2025. Kampala, East Africa.
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Call For Applications: PhD Fellowship Training Position
Partnerships for Stronger Knowledge Systems in Africa (KNOSA) East Africa Learning Forum, held July 9–10, 2025, hosted by Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH) with support from the WHO Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, Kampala Uganda, East Africa.
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Makerere Hailed for Its Leadership in Health Policy and Knowledge Systems
Call for Abstracts: Digital Health Africa 2025 Conference, 3-4 September 2025.
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Call for Abstracts: Digital Health Africa 2025
Professor Julius Kikooma, Acting Director of Graduate Training addresses staff at the School of Public Health, Mulago complex. Directorate of Graduate Training (DGT) and Directorate for ICT Support (DICTS) introduction of a prototype Research Information Management System (RIMS) backed by the Government of Uganda through the Makerere University Research and Innovation Fund (Mak-RIF), Lecture Room A, Makerere University School of Public Health, New Mulago Complex, Kampala Uganda, East Africa.
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Makerere rolls out RIMS to streamline graduate research monitoring
Prof. Helen Nambalirwa Nkabala, Principal CHUSS represented the Vice Chancellor at the event. Science of Designing, Adaptation, and Implementation of Evidence-Based Parenting Interventions 12-week course, Child Health and Development Centre (CHDC), College of Health Sciences (CHS) graduation presided over by The Iteso Cultural Leader, His Highness Emorimor Papa Paul Sande Emolot, 11th June 2025, Freedom Square, Makerere University, Kampala Uganda, East Africa.
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Emorimor Calls for Makerere to Upgrade Parenting Course
The heads of the Department of Journalism and Communication and the Department of Community Health and Behavioural Sciences (centre) with participants from the first cohort of the Health Communication short course at Makerere University. June 5, 2025. Intensive one-month course on Health Communication, first cohort June 5 to July 24, 2025, jointly offered by Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH)’s Department of Community Health and Behavioural Sciences (CHBS) and the Department of Journalism and Communication (DJC), School of Languages, Literature, and Communication (SLLC), co-designed in 2024 with support from the Rockefeller Foundation through Amref Health Africa, Kampala Uganda, East Africa.
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MakSPH, DJC Launch Short Course on Health Communication
Kickoff training for teams tasked with collecting data for the Uganda Population-Based HIV Impact Assessment (UPHIA) 2024-2025, held 19th May 2025, Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH) Auditorium, Main Campus, Kampala Uganda, East Africa.
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Call for Abstracts: 2nd East African Symposium and Expo on Trauma, Injuries, and Emergency Care – 2025
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Diploma in Performing Arts Admission List 2025/26

The Office of Academic Registrar, Makerere University has released the admission list of candidates who passed the special entry examinations for...
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Special Exam Results -Diploma in Performing Arts 2025/26
Some of the PhD Students in the audience. College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHUSS) 2025 Graduate Symposium, Day 2, 20th June 2025, Main Hall, Main Building, Makerere University, Kampala Uganda, East Africa. Some of the PhD Students in the audience. College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHUSS) 2025 Graduate Symposium, Day 2, 20th June 2025, Main Hall, Main Building, Makerere University, Kampala Uganda, East Africa.
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CHUSS Graduate Symposium Showcases Research and Fosters Collaboration
The heads of the Department of Journalism and Communication and the Department of Community Health and Behavioural Sciences (centre) with participants from the first cohort of the Health Communication short course at Makerere University. June 5, 2025. Intensive one-month course on Health Communication, first cohort June 5 to July 24, 2025, jointly offered by Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH)’s Department of Community Health and Behavioural Sciences (CHBS) and the Department of Journalism and Communication (DJC), School of Languages, Literature, and Communication (SLLC), co-designed in 2024 with support from the Rockefeller Foundation through Amref Health Africa, Kampala Uganda, East Africa.
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MakSPH, DJC Launch Short Course on Health Communication
At exhibition site on 16th May 2025. L-R: Amb. Mauro Massoni, Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe, Prof. Cecilia Pennacini, Prof. Alessandro Gusman, Prof. Dominic Dipio (2nd R) and other officials. Makerere University, in collaboration with the University of Turin and the Italian Embassy in Kampala, marked four decades of academic and cultural partnership with a landmark photographic exhibition titled "Connecting Cultures: The Italian Ethnological Mission in the Great Lakes Region" 16th May 2025, Arts Quadrangle, College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHUSS), Uganda, East Africa.
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Makerere Marks 40 Years of Cultural and Academic Cooperation with the Italian Ethnographic Mission
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Advert: Application for Additional Undergraduate Programmes 2025/26
The Okot p'Bitek Pavilion, Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR) engulfed in greenery. Kampala Uganda, East Africa.
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Call for Applications: MISR Interdisciplinary MPhil/PhD Programme 2026
The MP, Dr. Cindy Magara, Prof. Helen N. Nkabala, Dr. Eve Nabukya and Dr. Levis Mugumya flash Tuko Pamoja symbol in a group photo. Department of Literature, School of Languages, Literature and Communication, College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHUSS) screening of Tuko Pamoja, a documentary by Dr. Cindy Magara, Nyati Motion Pictures, 13th May 2025, Main Hall, Makerere University, Kampala Uganda, East Africa.
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Makerere Screens Tuko Pamoja, Scholars Call for Creative Arts to Be Recognized as Research Output
Students stroll past the Frank Kalimuzo Central Teaching Facility-CTF (Left) and School of Social Sciences (Right) on the Makerere University Main Campus. Staircase, Walkway, Male, Female, Kampala Uganda, East Africa.
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Directorate of Graduate Training concludes 9-day Phd Cross Cutting Training

By: Moses Lutaaya The Directorate of Graduate Training has completed a 9- day PhD crosscutting training course, inducting three groups...
A photo montage of Dr. Godwin Anywar at the project ‘Traditional medicine in Transition (TMT)’ at the Institute of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany (ISEB) and Botanical Garden, University of Zurich, Switzerland. 4th-12th June 2025. Photo: LinkedIn/Dr. Godwin Anywar A photo montage of Dr. Godwin Anywar at the project ‘Traditional medicine in Transition (TMT)’ at the Institute of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany (ISEB) and Botanical Garden, University of Zurich, Switzerland. 4th-12th June 2025. Photo: LinkedIn/Dr. Godwin Anywar
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CARTA Early Career Researchers in Action
Training of pre-service cadres in outbreak investigation. Photo: CARTA Training of pre-service cadres in outbreak investigation. Photo: CARTA
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Advancing Regional Health Priorities Through the CARTA Research Hubs
Mr. Timothy Mutungi, a certified Remote Sensing Drone Pilot, training the project team in drone operations. At Makerere, the project is coordinated by Dr Alex Nimusiima, third right. Nature-based Solutions for Tea (NbS4Tea) project at College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES), Makerere University, Kampala, Funded by the Danish Fellowship Centre under Denmark’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, deployment of drones to improve environmental and agricultural data collection at Rwebitaba Tea Research Centre in Kyenjojo District, Uganda, East Africa, 19th June 2025.
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NbS4Tea Project Team Makes Great Progress, Deploys Drones for Data Collection
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Directorate of Graduate Training Rolls out Research Management Information Sytems (RIMS)
(L_R) Dr. Dorothy Nampanzira, HOD LIR, Dr. Claire M. Mugasa, DEAN SBLS, Prof. Frank Norbert Mwiine, Principal CoVAB, Assoc. Prof. James Acai Okwee, Deputy Principal CoVAB, and the host, Dr. Amulen Deborah Ruth, at the opening of the symposium on 5th June 2025, at Onomo Hotel in Kampala. Symposium exploring the role of insects in African farming systems convened by Makerere University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Biosecurity (CoVAB) in collaboration with Michigan State University (MSU) 5th-6th June, 2025, Onomo Hotel, Kampala Uganda, East Africa.
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Mak and MSU Host Landmark Symposium on Insects for Food, Feed, and Food Security in Africa
Dr. Aisha Nanyiti presenting about the project. EfD-Uganda Fellows Co-creation workshop with representatives from Government, CSO and the private sector to generate a context-relevant Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSMEs)-led model for supporting the transition to low-carbon ag-tech by smallholder farmers, 25th April 2024, Makerere University, Kampala Uganda, East Africa.
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From risk to resilience: Increasing insurance uptake among farmers in rural Uganda
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Directorate of Graduate Equips Schools and Colleges with Training in Philosophy of Methods
A man reaches for the Uganda National ID from his wallet. New study, “Understanding the Benefits, Costs, and Challenges of the National Identification System in Uganda,” published in Digital Society, for every US$1 invested in the NID system, the return on investment is US$1.35, led by Roy William Mayega from Makerere University School of Public Health’s Resilient Africa Network (MakSPH-RAN), Kampala, Uganda, East Africa.
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Uganda’s National ID Delivers $1.35 for Every $1 Invested
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