KIU International Desk: UK Orders 40 Million Doses of the Newly Approved COVID-19 Pfizer Vaccine

December 2, 2020, 2:39 pm

By Agnes KiconcoKIU, Main Campus - UK has ordered 40 million doses of the COVID-19 Pfizer Vaccine that is expected to be put to use next week.In reference to the BBC news report, immunisations could start within days for those who need it the most, such as elderly people in care homes since the orde...

KIU Alumni Voice: The KIU Alumnus Who left the Classroom to Harness Gold in the Garden During COVID-19 Lockdown

December 2, 2020, 10:13 am

By Isaac AkugizibweKIU, Main Campus - The unexpected outbreak of COVID-19 like rain in a desert caught almost everyone unaware, sending many people and businesses worldwide into an unprecedented recess. Nevertheless this was the time to reconsider alternative means of survival. For Simon Akugizibwe,...

KIU International Desk: South Sudan's President Awarded a Global Peace Award

December 2, 2020, 9:36 am

By Stuart BogereKIU, Main Campus - President Salva Kiir Mayardit of the Republic of South Sudan has received a Peace Medal for the year 2020 from Global Peace Without Borders Organization for his tireless efforts to bring peace to the people of South Sudan and Sudan. The Peace Medal was present...

KIU General News: Uganda's Agricultural Sector to Receive UGX7.5bn from South Korea

December 2, 2020, 9:28 am

By Rogers WanambwaKIU, Main Campus – Uganda's agricultural sector will next year receive over UGX7.5bn from South Korea through the Korea Programme on International Agriculture (KOPIA).This money will be geared towards agricultural research in the country. “This year (2020), KOPIA injected ...

KIU Trivia: December 2 in the Present and the Past

December 2, 2020, 8:21 am

What’s Happening Today?International Day for the Abolition of Slavery. According to the  International Labour Organisation (ILO) more than 40 million people worldwide are victims of modern slavery. Although modern slavery is not defined in law, it is used as an umbrella term covering practice...

KIU Western Campus Faculty of Education Conducting Headcount

December 1, 2020, 5:17 pm

KIU, Western Campus – The KIU Western Campus Faculty of Education is conducting a headcount for regular and in-service students.“This serves to notify all the above-mentioned students (regular and in-service) that the faculty is undergoing a serious student headcount to ascertain the status and ...

KIU General News: Uganda Commemorates World AIDS Day

December 1, 2020, 2:47 pm

By Agnes KiconcoKIU, Main Campus - Uganda today joins the rest of the world to celebrate World AIDS Day held under the theme “National Solidarity and a Shared Responsibility Towards Ending AIDS."As we celebrate World AIDS Day, the Ministry of Health has on Twitter noted that our solidarity has ena...

KIU Trivia: December 1 in the Present and the Past

December 1, 2020, 1:37 pm

What’s Happening Today? World AIDS Day. Designated on December 1 every year since 1988, it is an international day dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection and mourning those who have died of the disease. The acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS...

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