| Makerere University Kampala (MAK) | |
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| Motto | We Build for the Future |
| Established | 1922 |
| Type | Public |
| Vice-Chancellor | Vernesias Baryamureeba |
| Students | 40,000 |
| Location | Kampala,  Uganda |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | http://www.mak.ac.ug |
Makerere University (MAK), Uganda's largest university, was first established as a technical school in 1922, and in 1963 it became the University of East Africa, offering courses leading to general degrees of the University of London. It became an independent national university in 1970 when the University of East Africa was split into three independent universities: University of Nairobi (Kenya), University of Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) and Makerere University. Today, Makerere University has 22 faculties, institutes and schools offering programmes for about 30,000 undergraduates and 3,000 postgraduates.
Makerere was home to many post-independence African leaders, including former Ugandan president Milton Obote and late Tanzanian president Julius Nyerere. Former Tanzanian president Benjamin Mkapa and current Kenyan president Mwai Kibaki are also Makerere alumni.
In the years immediately after Uganda's independence, Makerere University was a focal point for the literary activity that was central to African nationalist culture. Some prominent writers, including Nuruddin Farah, Ali Mazrui, David Rubadiri, Okello Oculi, Ngugi wa Thiongo, John Ruganda, Paul Theroux, V.S.Naipaul and Peter Nazareth, were at Makerere University at one point in their writing and academic careers.
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Faculities and institutes
Constituent College
Faculties
- Faculty of Agriculture
- Faculty of Arts
- Faculty of Computing and Information Technology
- Faculty of Economics and Management
- Faculty of Forestry and Nature Conservation
- Faculty of Law
- Faculty of Science
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- Faculty of Technology
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Institutes
- Institute of Adult and Continuing Education (IACE)
- Institute of Environment and Natural Resources (MUIENR)
- Institute of Social Research (MISR)
- Institute of Statistics and Applied Economics
- Institute of Psychology
- East African Institute for Higher Education Studies and Development (EAIHESD)
Schools
- School of Education
- School of Industrial and Fine Arts
- School of Library and Information Science
- Makerere University Business School
- Graduate School
Departments
Current students and staff
Notable former and current faculty and administrators
- Nuwagaba Augustus, Associate Professor Department of Social Work and Social Administration
- Hugh Dinwiddy, lecturer in literature, Warden of Northcote Hall
- Mahmood Mamdani, political scientist and historian
- Ali Mazrui, academic, historian and political scientist
- Apolo Nsibambi, current Prime Minister of Uganda and former Chancellor of Makerere University
- Barack Obama, Sr., father of U.S. President Barack Obama
- Joe Oloka-Onyango, former Dean of Law and human rights expert
- Okot p'Bitek, poet
- Sylvia Tamale, women's rights activist
- Ngugi wa Thiongo, novelist
- Timothy Wangusa, author, poet, one time minister of education
- John L. Ziegler, former Director of Uganda Cancer Institute, current Professor in Residence Emeritus at UCSF[1]
Notable alumni
Political figures and Government employees
- Godfrey Binaisa, former President of Uganda
- Professor Gilbert Bukenya Balibaseka, Vice-President of Uganda
- Kanyama Chiume, agitator for independence of Nyasaland (now Malawi)
- Daphrosa Gahakwa, Rwandan Education Minister
- Joseph Kabila, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Specioza Kazibwe, former Vice President of the Republic of Uganda
- Mwai Kibaki, President of Kenya
- Charles Kikonyogo, former Governor, Bank of Botswana,and former Governor, Bank of Uganda
- Samson Kisekka, former Vice President of Uganda
- Benedicto Kiwanuka, first Prime Minister and first Chief Justice of Uganda
- Yusuf Lule, former President of Uganda
- Benjamin Mkapa, former President of Tanzania
- Ssentongo J.B.M., former Vice Chairman DP-USA and First Chief Ambassador, Ugandan North American Association.
- Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile, Governor, Bank of Uganda
- Sir Frederick Muteesa II, former Kabaka of Buganda and first President of Uganda
- Apolo Nsibambi, Prime Minister of Uganda and former Chancellor of Makerere University
- Julius Kambarage Nyerere, the first President of Tanzania
- Oginga Odinga, first Vice President of Kenya
- Milton Obote, two-time former President of Uganda
- Ruhakana Rugunda, Physician and Permanent representative of Uganda to the United Nations
- Kizza Besigye, Physician, Retired Colonel in the UPDF, Opposition politician, Leader of the Forum for Democratic Change party, former presidential candidate 2001 and 2006.
- Crispus Kiyonga, Physician, Minister of Defense of Uganda
Sportspeople
- Henry Osinde - Ugandan born Cricketer currently Canadian fast bowler.
Writers and journalists
- Michael Nsimbi, "Father of Ganda literature"
- Peter Nazareth, author, critic
- Okello Oculi, author, poet
- Okot p'Bitek, poet
- Charles Onyango-Obbo, journalist and political commentator
- David Rubadiri, Malawian poet, novelist, diplomat
- Jameela Siddiqi, novelist, broadcaster, journalist
- Ngugi wa Thiongo, Kenyan novelist
- Timothy Wangusa, author, poet, one time minister of education
- John Nagenda, writer, political commentator and adviser to the president of Uganda, Mr.Yoweri Museveni
Others
- Matthew Lukwiya (R.I.P), physician in Gulu during the 2000 Ebola outbreak
- Patrick Mazimhaka, Deputy Chairperson of the African Union's African Commission
- Harry Nkumbula, a leader during Zambia's struggle for independence
- Olara Otunnu, former United Nations Under-Secretary General and Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict
- John Sentamu of York, England, the first black Archbishop of the Church of England
- Peter Takirambudde, Executive Director of Human Rights Watch for sub-Saharan Africa
- Andrew Mwenda, the Managing Director of the "Independent" Newspaper in Uganda
- Kay Amin (R.I.P), a wife of Idi Amin
- Martin Ssempa - controversial Ugandan pastor and AIDS activist
Other buildings
Lumumba Hall is a campus residence hall which can accommodate up to 7000 students. The residents refer to themselves as Gallant Elephants. The hall is associated with a womens' residence hall, Mary Stuart Hall, whose residents call themselves the Gallant Boxers. Together, they are referred to as Lumbox.
The hall was built in the 1960s, and opened in 1971. It is named after Patrice Lumumba, a freedom fighter of the Republic of the Congo. Outside the hall is a monument to General Elly Tumwine Gongom. In a symbol of AIDS awareness, the statue wears a new condom daily.
Frederick K. Byaruhanga has said that the students' plans to overthrow the military government of Idi Amin were first formulated in the hall.
Upcountry campuses
In January 2010, the university announced the opening of two new campuses, one in the city of Fort Portal, approximately 311 kilometres (193 mi), by road, west of Kampala, and another one in the city of Jinja, approximately 86 kilometres (53 mi), by road, east of Kampala. The following courses will be offered at the upcountry campuses: [2]
- Eastern campus, Jinja
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
- Bachelor of Information Technology (BIT)
- Bachelor of Law
- Bachelor of Developmental Studies
- Bachelor of Tourism
- Western campus, Fort Portal
- Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com)
- Bachelor of Business Administration
- Bachelor of Science in Surveying
- Bachelor of Science in Land Economics
- Bachelor of Science in Conceptual Economics
- Bachelor of Science in Business Statistics.
See also
- African Writers Conference
- East African Geographical Review
- African Geographical Review
- List of universities in Uganda
- Makerere University College of Health Sciences
References
- Student Power in Africa's Higher Education: A Case of Makerere University (African Studies: History, Politics, Economics and Culture) (Hardcover)
by Frederick K. Byaruhanga
- Active Ministries, http://www.activatedministries.org/core/samples/115/activate.1.pdf
External links
- Official website
- Faculty of Computing and Information Technology
- Makerere University Africa and World Rankings at Webometrics.info
Coordinates: 00°21′00″N 32°34′03″E / 0.35°N 32.5675°E
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