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*****Building Capacity for Climate-Resilient Food Systems in Africa (CaReFoAfrica) Project, a three-year intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme  co-funded by the EU will sponsor various programmes at Makerere University including student and staff mobility, and traineeship. Overview Climate change has massive impacts on the agricultural sector in Africa. The problems of climate change affecting the sustainability of the […]

Building Opportunity for Lesser-known Diversity in Edible Resources (BOLDER) of the Crop TrustOpportunity Crop Scholarships Call for applications for four PhD positions Makerere University Regional Centre for Crop Improvement (MaRCCI),Makerere University & The Norwegian University of Life Sciences 1st December 2024 Background One of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals is to attain zero hunger by […]

Are you fascinated by the possibilities of being a Biometrician/Biostatistician? Are you eager to be at the forefront of innovation in the field of Biometry? The Department of Agricultural Production is searching for a Graduate Fellow in Biometry to join its teaching and research team and contribute towards groundbreaking advancements in this rapidly-evolving field. Position […]

Makerere University’s College of Computing and Information Sciences (CoCIS) hosted a two-day workshop on Artificial Intelligence (AI) for students and staff participating in the Erasmus+ exchange program. The event, opened on November 11, 2024, brought together participants from Makerere University, Busitema University, and the University of Twente, aiming to foster knowledge exchange and collaboration in […]

In a momentous handover ceremony on Friday, November 8, 2024, Dr. James Wokadala, the outgoing Dean of the School of Statistics at Makerere University, officially transferred the mantle of leadership to his successor, Dr. Margaret Banga. This transition marks not only the end of a progressive five-year tenure by Dr. Wokadala but also the dawn […]

*****Funded by DANIDA, Agroforestry for People, Ecosystems and Climate Change (AfPEC), a five-year project (March 2024-April 2029) focusing on Mt. Elgon Highlands in Eastern Uganda aims to foster to use agroforestry to prevent climate change and loss of biodiversity in the region. The project will focus on four districts namely: Mbale, Bududa, Bulambuli, and Kapchorwa. […]

Background:  Water ESSENCE – Creating Synergies to meet global challenges is a NORHED project funded by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD).  The aim of the programme is to strength capacity of higher education institutions in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMIC), to educate more and better qualified candidates, and to increase quality and quantity […]

Makerere University in collaboration with Norwegian University of Science and Technology(NTNU), Uganda Martyrs University (UMU) and Regional Universities Forum (for CapacityBuilding in Agriculture (RUFORUM) are implementing a five year CoSTClim project(Collaborative Action for Strengthening Training Capacities in Climate Risk and NaturalResource management). The main goal of the project is to improve the quality of training,education […]

Makerere University has been invited by the Commonwealth Scholarships Commission (CSC) to nominate candidates for Commonwealth PhD Scholarships tenable in the United Kingdom for 2025.

Kampala, August 30, 2024— The School of Education, Department of Languages at Makerere University, recently organized a highly impactful workshop aimed at enhancing the research skills of PhD students. The workshop, titled “Moving from Raw Data to Reporting Findings in Educational Research,” attracted over 40 doctoral candidates who are currently navigating the challenging terrain of […]