5. RICH CULTURAL DIVERSITY
• 35 Million People
approximately 242,000Sq.
Km
• 56 Tribes
• 40 Languages
• English is the Official
Language
• Swahili is the Second
Recognised Language
11. Vibrant Student Life
• Students Guild
• Basic Sports Facilities
• Dean of Students
• International Relations Office to Support
Occasional Students Exchange Program
12. About Us
• Our Foundation Date: October 28,1989
• Seven Faculties and 2 Research Institutes
• 3,553 students as of April 2017
• 504 members of staff
• Annually graduates 1,000 students
• 11,763 graduates since 1995
• English is language of instruction
13. • Faculty of Medicine (1989)
• Faculty of Science( Education) (1992)
• Faculty of Inter-disciplinary Studies (1998)
• Institute of Tropical Forestry and
Conservation (2001)
• Faculty of Computing and Information
Sciences (2006)
• Faculty of Management Sciences (2010)
• Maternal Newborn &Child Health Institute
(2012)
• Faculty of Applied Science and Technology
(2014)
18. • Faculty of Medicine Community based education
and service(COBERS)
• Student Community Twining project (STP) Under
the weekly IITR student out reach –Helping package
community resources and skills for
entrepreneurship e.g. soap and hygiene project
• ITFC community conservation in Bwindi
• Institute of Computer Science Armed
forces(UPDF,POLICE and PRISIONS)computer skills
enhancement
• Practical financial literacy and practice by Institute
of management sciences e.g. the Ranyamahembe
Sacco project
19. Opportunities for Collaboration
Occasional Students Program
• Staff/ Student Exchange Programmes.
• Joint Research Projects and Publications.
• Joint Applications for Research Grants
• Collaborative Programmes for Example
Erasmus Program
20. Staff/ Student Exchange Programmes.
• Canada
• United States of America
• Norway
• South Africa
• East Africa
• Ethiopia
• Nigeria
• United Kingdom
• Sweden
• Netherlands
21. Funding
University is Funded by;
1) Government of Uganda
2) Private Students – 95% of the
Student Population is Private
3) Grants
400 miles from London
It’s very important that students know that they will not be able to live in London and attend class in Edinburgh.
1 hour by plane, 4.5 hours by train, easy to get to EDI from EU
Distances are short in Scotland compared to Nigeria
Climate is mild – rarely below 0 degrees in cities
Travel to Europe is easy
