Makerere University, 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. For other uses, see Motto (disambiguation). ... The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ... A Vice-Chancellor (commonly called the VC) of a university in the United Kingdom, other Commonwealth countries, and some universities in Hong Kong, is the de facto head of the university. ... For other uses, see Student (disambiguation). ... Kampala is the capital city of Uganda. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Makerere University is Ugandas premier institution of higher learning. ... Website http://www. ... Year 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion, because: no content If you disagree with its speedy deletion, please explain why on its talk page or at Wikipedia:Speedy deletions. ... The University of Dar es Salaam is a university in the Tanzanian city of Dar es Salaam. ...

Makerere was home to many post-independence African leaders, including former Ugandan president Milton Obote and retired Tanzanian president Julius Nyerere. Former Tanzanian president Benjamin Mkapa and current Kenyan president Mwai Kibaki are also Makerere alumni. Obote pictured at the beginning of his second regime in 1980 Apollo Milton Obote (December 28, 1924, Apac, Uganda – October 10, 2005, Johannesburg, South Africa), Prime Minister of Uganda 1962-1966 and President of Uganda 1966-1971/1980-1985, was a Ugandan political leader who led Uganda to independence... Julius Kambarage Nyerere (April 13, 1922 - October 14, 1999) was President of Tanzania, and previously Tanganyika, from the countrys founding in 1964 until his retirement in 1985. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Mwai Kibaki (born November 15, 1931) is the President of Kenya. ...

In the years immediately after Ugandan 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, and Peter Nazareth, were at Makerere University at one point in their writing and academic careers. Nuruddin Farah (born 1945) is a Somali novelist particularly concerned with womens liberation in postcolonial Somalia. ... Ali Alamin Mazrui (born February 24, 1933 in Mombasa, Kenya) is a world-renowned academic and political writer on African and Islamic studies. ... Okello Oculi (b. ... Ngũgĩ wa Thiongo (born January 5, 1938) is a Kenyan author, formerly working in English and now working in Gĩkũyũ. His work includes novels, plays, short stories, essays and scholarship, criticism and childrens literature. ... Paul Edward Theroux (born April 10, 1941) is an American travel writer and novelist, whose best known work is The Great Railway Bazaar (1975), a travelogue about a trip he made by train from Great Britain through Europe and South Asia, then South-East Asia, up through East Asia, as... Peter Nazareth (b. ...

Faculties

Makerere University clock tower

• Faculty of Agriculture [1]
• Faculty of Arts [2]
• Faculty of Computing and Information Technology [3]
• Faculty of Economics and Management [4]
• Faculty of Forestry and Nature Conservation [5]
• Faculty of Law [6]
• Faculty of Medicine [7]
• Faculty of Science [8]
• Faculty of Social Sciences [9]
• Faculty of Technology [10]
• Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and animal production [11]

Institutes

• Institute of Adult and Continuing Education [12]
• Institute of Environment and Natural Resources
• Institute of Social Research[13]
• Institute of Statistics and Applied Economics and Psychology[14]

Schools

• School of Education [15]
• School of Industrial and Fine Arts
• School of Library and Information Science [16]
• Business School [17]
• Graduate School [18]

Departments

• Directorate for ICT Support DICTS
• Library MULIB

Notable former and current faculty and administrators

• Mahmood Mamdani, political scientist and historian
• Apolo Nsibambi, current Prime Minister of Uganda and former Chancellor of Makerere University
• 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
• Josephine Nambooze Kiggundu, first woman doctor in Eastern and Central Africa

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Notable alumni

Political figures and government employees

Alumnus Joseph Kabila being sworn in as President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Godfrey Binaisa, former President of Uganda
• Gilbert Bukenya, current Vice President of Uganda
• Joseph Kabila, current President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Specioza Kazibwe, former Vice President of the Republic of Uganda
• Mwai Kibaki, current President of Kenya
• Charles Kikonyogo, former Governor, Bank of Botswana, 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 Bosco,Former Vice Chairman DP-USA and First Chief Ambassador, Uganda North American Assoc.
• Emmanuel Mutebile, Governor, Bank of Uganda
• Mutesa II, former king of Buganda and first President of Uganda
• Apolo Nsibambi, current Prime Minister of Uganda and Chancellor of Makerere University
• Julius Nyerere, former President of Tanzania
• Oginga Odinga, first Vice-president of Kenya
• Milton Obote, two-time President of Uganda
• James Ogoola, Principal Judge, Uganda High Court

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Writers & journalists

• Michael Nsimbi, "Father of Ganda literature"
• Peter Nazareth, author, critic
• Okello Oculi, author, poet
• Okot p'Bitek, poet
• Charles Onyango-Obbo,former managing editor of The Monitor]] newspaper and political commentator
• David Rubadiri, Malawian poet, novelist, diplomat
• Ngugi wa Thiongo, novelist
• Timothy Wangusa, author, poet, one time minister of education
• Namome catherine, Prominent Agricultural Extensionist/Economics

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Others

John Sentamu, Archbishop of York, read law at Makerere

• Francis Katamba, Professor in Linguistics, Lancaster University, UK
• Matthew Lukwiya, 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, first black Archbishop of the Church of England
• Peter Takirambudde, Executive Director of Human Rights Watch for sub-Saharan Africa
• Noble Mayombo, the late permanent secretary of the Uganda government ministry of defence

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Trivia

• A historic and controversial conference of African literature in English language (the first African Writers Conference) was held at Makerere University in 1962, to debate the state of post-colonial African literature. Those who attended included Chinua Achebe, Wole Soyinka, Ezekiel Mphahlele, Lewis Nkosi, Ngugi wa Thiongo (then known as James Ngugi) and Rajat Neogy. Several nationalist writers refused to acknowledge any literature written in non-African languages as being African literature.

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External links

• Official website
• Faculty of Computing and Information Technology