KIU Chancellor Prof Mahmood Mamdani to be Inaugurated on August 13

August 8, 2020, 5:05 pm

KIU, Western campus – The newly appointed Chancellor for Kampala International University, Prof. Mahmood Mamdani will be officially inaugurated on Thursday, August 13, in a ceremony to be held virtually via Zoom.Prof. Mamdani, who was appointed in July, will be inaugurated in a ceremony to be pres...

KIU International Desk: Germany and France Quit WHO Reform Talks due to Disagreements With the US

August 8, 2020, 4:30 pm

By Stephen WanderaKIU, Main Campus - Germany and France have quit talks on reforming the World Health Organization in frustration at attempts by the United States to lead the negotiations, despite its decision to leave the WHO, according to an exclusive reuters report.According to the report, t...

COVID-19 Updates: 13 new Cases Confirmed as Another Person From Greater Bushenyi Tests Positive

August 8, 2020, 4:08 pm

KIU, Western Campus – The Ministry of Health has announced 13 new COVID-19 cases from tests done on August 7, as another person from Greater Bushenyi, an alert from Sheema district, tested positive.The Western part of the country, specifically Bushenyi, had steered clear of the virus, but the seco...

BREAKING: KIU 22nd Graduation Ceremony to be Held Virtually on August 22

August 8, 2020, 3:05 pm

The 22nd graduation ceremony for Kampala International University will be held virtually on August 22, the University Senate has announced.The ceremony, initially slated for June, was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic as earlier announced by the University Vice-Chancellor, Dr Mouhammad Mpezamih...

COVID-19 Updates: This Week in Numbers

August 7, 2020, 6:04 pm

1 – The number of COVID-19 cases from Bushenyi district since the COVID-19 pandemic broke out. The case was found from the latest declared cases discovered on August 6.4 – The number of COVID-19 patients who have died in Uganda in the past week6 – The total number of Ugandans who have died fro...

KIU Business Desk: Pharmacies in Sub-Saharan Africa Dramatically Increase Price of Hydroxychloroquine

August 7, 2020, 5:25 pm

Pharmaceutical companies and pharmacies in Sub-Saharan Africa have dramatically increased the price of hydroxychloroquine, a drug believed to be a cure for COVID-19, according to africanews.The news website claims the price of the drug has increased more than twenty-fold in some countries like Niger...

COVID-19 Updates: Uganda Registers One Additional COVID-19 Death Bringing Total Deaths to 6

August 7, 2020, 4:30 pm

Uganda has registered its sixth COVID-19 death, after one person died on the evening of August 6 at Mulago National Referral Hospital.The dead person was a 70-year old Ugandan, a resident of Nateete, a Kampala suburb. According to a statement from the Ministry of Health, this individual presented wi...

KIU International Desk: 41 Million People To Go Hungry in East Africa due to COVID-19

August 7, 2020, 4:06 pm

By Rogers Wanambwa KIU, Main Campus - The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) and the World Food Programme (WFP) estimate that 41 million East Africans are prone to hunger because of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. “Urban populations in East Africa are highly vu...

Gaziosmanpsa University, Turkey

Kampala International University formalized a collaboration with Gaziosmanpasa University, Turkey through a Memorandum of Understanding signed on 22 September 2017. The details of the collaboration include staff and students' training, workshop and conference organization, target...

Teclab Ltd-The Engineers Laboratory, Mapera Road, Kampala, Uganda

To continue and promote collaboration between KIU and TECLAB LTD for an extension of five years

The Government of The Federal Republic of Nigeria

The government of the Federal Government of Nigeria shall deploy Technical Aid Corps (TAC) volunteers to KIU with aim:-assisting in meeting the assessed and perceived manpower needs,sharing Nigeria’s experienced and expertise on manpower,facilitating meaningful contacts between youths of Nigeria a...

Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Limited, Tamil Nadu, India

To have collaboration and build a long term, mutually beneficial partnership for better healthcare delivery and enhancement o healthcare capacity of KIU

SRM Institute Of Science And Technology, Kattankulathur, Tamil Nadu, India

To promote cooperation in the fields of education, science and technology on principal of reciprocity and equality and to facilitate exchange programmes between the two institutions in the areas such as: Exchange of students • Exchange of faculty membersPromotion of joint research projectsExchang...

Wadhwani Foundation, India

Strengthening entrepreneurship education through deploying systematic approach to optimizing and increasing impact of teachers and training programs, providing students opportunity to become entrepreneurial skilled as well as enable aspiring graduating students who start meaningful ventures by conne...

University of Otago, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand

Cooperate in a broad range of areas, initially in research collaboration in Research Methodology and Educational Technology and to work together for mutual benefit

Mississippi State University for Agriculture and Applied Sciences, Starkville, Mississippi

Enhancing the educational and research opportunities and experience of their students and faculty.Promote: Opportunity for qualified students enrolled in the University to study in the partnering universityTo develop cooperative endeavours in research and educationExchange educational and cultural ...

Mevlana Exchange Programme, Turkey - Academic Mobility

The Mevlana Exchange program between Kampala International University and the Gaziosmanpasa University,  Turkey supports Staff and Students Exchange aimed at building capacities across the two universities. Students from Kampala International University get to spend one (minimum) or two (m...

Uskudar University, Istanbul, Turkey

Promoting joint research worksDeveloping students exchange programs and organisation of programs granting dual diplomasExchange of academic research data and related materialsCooperation in publication activitiesOrganisation of joint academic and scientific activities. ...

The University of Edinburgh, Scotland

To promote cooperation in teaching, research and service to the community by working together on activities and projects where there is alignment of strategy and objectives.

Singhania University, Rajasthan, India

To develop academic and educational cooperation, establish a collaborative program between the two universities and to cooperate in their mutual interests for a range of higher education activities mainly in Medical, Applied Health Science, Para-Medical, MMBS & Management and Research in Medical...

Maharishi Markandeshwar University, Ambala, India

cooperation in higher education, knowledge transfer and researchShort and long-term faculty and student exchangeCollaborative academic programmesJoint examinersSkills developmentHolding joint academic events such as seminars/workshops.

Sharda University, Greater Noida, Delhi, India

To develop academic and educational cooperation and to promote mutual understanding between the two institutions.

University of Western Ontario, Also Called Western University, Ontario, Canada

Explore opportunities in general areas of academic training, collaborative research, scholarly collaboration, student and faculty exchange, community-university linkage and identify funding

Western Sydney University, Sydney, NSW, Australia

To promote cooperation in teaching, research and service to the community

Kyambogo University, Kampala

To provide laboratories for students of Mechanical Engineering to carry out practical lessons

University of Nairobi, Nairobi

Focus is to ensure optimal theoretical and practical training of dentistry students and effective dental practice and research.

University of Rwanda, Kigali

Joint curricular activitiesCollaboration on Doctoral student exchange and on writing co-supervised doctoral thesisJoint extra curricular activities in academic and scientific fieldsExchange of studentsExchange of publicationsCollaborative research projects...

University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf/Germany

joint curriculum activities and teaching such as summer schoolsCollaboration of Doctoral students exchange and on writing co-supervised Doctoral thesisJoint extra- curricular activities in academic and scientific fieldsCollaborative research projectsCollaborative academic and scientific publication...

University of Cagliari, Italy

Collaborate in offering of Programs (Jointly or alternatively), research and student/staff exchanges