Gulu University

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Gulu University (GU)
Motto For Community Transformation
Type Public
Established 2002
Chancellor Frederick Kayanja[1][2]
Vice-Chancellor Pen-Mogi Nyeko
Students 5,000+ (2014)[3]
Location
Gulu
,
Uganda
Campus Urban
Website Homepage

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Gulu University (GU), is a university in Uganda. It is one of the eight public universities and degree-awarding institutions in the country.

History

GU was established by Act 7 of 2001 of the Parliament of Uganda. That Act was subsequently amended by Act 3 of 2006. The university admitted its first students and commenced teaching activities in September 2002.[4]

Location

As of September 2013, GU had three campuses.

(a) The main campus is approximately 5 kilometres (3.1 mi), by road, northeast of the central business district of Gulu, the largest city in Uganda's Northern Region. This is approximately 320 kilometres (200 mi), by road, north of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. The coordinates of the university's main campus are 02 47 24N, 32 19 01E (Latitude:2.7900; Longitude:32.3170).[citation needed]

(b) The second campus, known as Gulu University Constituent College Lira (GUCCL), is in the town of Lira, approximately 108 kilometres (67 mi), by road, southeast of Gulu.[5] GUCCL became operational in 2012.[6]

(c) The third campus is located in the town of Kitgum, approximately 105 kilometres (65 mi), by road, northeast of Gulu,[7] close to the international border with South Sudan. That campus became operational in 2011.[8]

Progress

On 23 January 2010, during the fifth annual graduation ceremony, GU awarded degrees to 1,050 graduates, including 40 medical doctors, the first graduating class of the Gulu University School of Medicine (with the help of the University of Naples Federico II).[9] The new graduates also included thirteen students who received a Master of Business Administration.[10]

Faculties

As of March 2009, GU had five faculties and two institutes:[citation needed]

  • Faculty of Agriculture and Environment
  • Faculty of Business & Development Studies
  • Faculty of Education & Humanities
  • Faculty of Medicine
  • Faculty of Science
  • Institute of Peace and Strategic Studies
  • Institute of Research and Graduate Studies
  • Gulu University Library Services

Academic courses

Undergraduate programs

As of October 2014, the following undergraduate academic degree courses were offered at GU, according to the university website:[11]

Faculty of Agriculture and the Environment
Faculty of Business and Development Studies
Faculty of Law
Faculty of Education and Humanities
  • Bachelor of Arts Education
  • Bachelor of Business Education
Faculty of Medicine
Faculty of Science
  • Bachelor of Science Education in Biological Sciences
  • Bachelor of Science Education in Physical Sciences
  • Bachelor of Science Education in Economics
  • Bachelor of Science Education in Sport Science
  • Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
  • Bachelor of Information and Communication Technology

Postgraduate programs

The following postgraduate degree courses were offered at GU in September 2013.[12]

Faculty of Medicine
Faculty of Business and Development Studies

Students

As of March 2009, the student body at GU totaled 3,347 students. In July 2014, GU admitted 2,500 privately sponsored students and approximately 250 government-sponsored students. The total student population in 2014 was about 5,000, including diploma, undergraduate, and postgraduate programme enrollees.[3]

Staff

As of August 2013, GU employed 416 full-time staff, of whom 235 were academic staff and 181 were non-teaching staff. At that time, the university had a shortage of 73 academic staff, according to Vice Chancellor Jack Nyeko Pen-Mogi.[13]

See also

References

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