Uganda Martyrs University Nkozi Uganda Martyrs University (UMU) whose main Campus is located at Nkozi 82 kms west of Kampala, the Capital of Uganda, on the Kampala-Masaka road, was started in October 1993 with 84 students and two academic Departments, namely the Institute of Ethics and Development Studies and the Faculty of Business Administration and Management. UGANDA Martyrs University began its first academic year in October 1993. However, the concept of a Catholic University in Uganda was first conceived as early as the 1940s. This proposal was resurrected in the 1980s, and the Episcopal Conference endorsed it in 1989. The University was officially launched in March 1993. It is one of the only three chartered private universities in Uganda.The main campus is situated at Nkozi, 82kms west of Kampala. It is 2kms off the Kampala-Masaka highway at Kayabwe Trading Centre about 1km after the Equator. In total, the University has 17.471 acres of land at the campus and 220 acres at the farm. It has a Kampala campus near Rubaga Cathedral. Faculties There are eight main faculties: • Faculty of Business Administration and Management • Faculty of Science • Faculty of Agriculture • Faculty of Education • Faculty of Health Sciences • Faculty of Arts, Social Sciences and Vocational Studies • Faculty of Built Environment • Institute of Ethics and Development Studies Programmes offered Diplomas • Health Services Management (full time) • Health Promotion and Education (full time) • Computer Science (full time) • Democracy and Development Studies (distance learning) • Primary Education (distance learning) • Local Governance and Human Rights (distance learning) • Micro Finance and Community Economic Development (distance learning) Undergraduate Degrees • Bachelor of Business Administration and Management (full time) • Bachelor of Arts (Ethics and Development Studies) (full time) • Bachelor of Science (Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science) (full time) • Bachelor of Science (Information Technology) (full time) • Bachelor of Science (Business Economics) (full time) • Bachelor of Science (Financial Mathematics) (full time) • Bachelor of Science (Building Design and Technology) (full time)• Bachelor of Arts (Democracy and Development Studies) (distance learning) • Bachelor of Arts (Micro finance & Community Economic Development) (distance learning) • Bachelor of Arts (Primary Education) (distance learning) • Bachelor of Arts (Local Governance and Human Rights) (distance learning) • Bachelor of Science (Agriculture) (distance learning) • Bachelor of Science (Organic Agriculture) (distance learning) Postgraduate/Masters Courses • Postgraduate Diploma Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (distance learning) • Postgraduate Diploma/Master of Arts Development and NGO Management (distance learning) • Postgraduate Diploma/Master of Arts Development and Micro Finance (distance learning) • Postgraduate Diploma/Master of Arts Development and Education (distance learning) • Postgraduate Diploma/Master of Arts Development and Youth Studies (distance learning) • Master of Arts Local Governance and Human Rights (distance learning) • Postgraduate Diploma/Master of Arts Education and Development (full time) • Postgraduate Diploma/Master of Science Health Services Management (full time) • Postgraduate Diploma/Master of Business Administration (full and part time) • Postgraduate Diploma/Master of Science Development Economics (full and part time) • Postgraduate diploma/Masters of Arts Development Studies (full time, part time, distance learning) Accommodation The university has seven halls of residence on the main campus and five privately-owned halls off the main campus. Health Services There is a dispensary owned by the university at the campus. It has a bed capacity of five patients. It is equipped with most of the basic medicines and first aid equipment. Students visit it regularly. The University is within range of Nkozi Hospital, which is 200 metres away. Other Facilities The university has got a well developed farm called Equator Valley Farm (EVF). The farm produces cattle, chicken and eggs. Affiliation Local affiliates: • Kisubi Brothers Center of Uganda Martyrs University • Jinja Philosophical Centre • Ggaba Primary Teachers College • The Fatima Institute • St. Francis Counselling Institute Nyamitanga Foreign Affiliates: • Catholic University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands • Aalborg University, Denmark • University of Antwerp, Belgium • University of Ghent, Belgium • University of Limburg, Belgium • University of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. New Developments Under construction: conference centre, guest house, lecture rooms and staff houses. Address Uganda Martyrs University. P.O Box 5498, Kampala-Uganda. Tel: (256) 0382 410100. Fax: (+256) 0382 41010 Email adress: umu@umu.ac.ug Website: www.umu.ac.ug To date, the total enrollment of students is over five-thousand (5,000), of whom more than two thousands are full-time residents on campus, while the rest are following distance-learning programmes and part-time programmes at the University Kampala-Campus at the Uganda Catholic Management and Training Institute - Rubaga. Students of UMU come from all over the world. The university also host students for field work and research from Europe and USA. This international atmosphere offers a good study experience to the students and staff as well as an opportunity for a rich cultural exchange.
