Fish has been identified as one of the 10 priority agricultural commodities to foster a sustainable agro-industrialization agenda in Uganda because of its contribution to national GDP (3%), agricultural GDP (12%), employment (5.3 million people), nutrition (about 50% of animal protein), and foreign exchange revenues (USD $147.75m, September 2020). Despite the enormous potential for fish...Read More

Our own Dr. John Mango Magero (Associate Professor), will be inducted as a Fellow of the Uganda National Academy of Sciences (UNAS) on the 29th October, 2021. This award is in recognition of his record of excellence in supporting the development of mathematics in Uganda and the region over the past two decades. Dr. Mango...Read More

In addition to various intervations around the University to bring every student to speed in readiness for exams, the CoNAS ICT Team will be running a virtual ICT support room for students from 09/09/2021 to 12/09/2021 between 2:30PM and 4:30PM.The students who still have issues with their emails and muele accounts login credentials as well...Read More

In addition to various intervations around the University to bring every student to speed in readiness for exams, the CoNAS ICT Team will be running a virtual ICT support room for students from 09/09/2021 to 12/09/2021 between 2:30PM and 4:30PM.The students who still have issues with their emails and muele accounts login credentials as well...Read More

NutriFish project donates Solar Tent Dryer to Kiyindi Women Fish Processors Association Community. The solar tent dryer was produced under the NutriFish project in the College of Natural Sciences as an innovation to help improve the quality and marketing of fish in Uganda. According to Mr. Kule Phillip, a member of the Kiyindi fishers community,...Read More

When Makerere University holds her 71st Graduation in May,2021 two of the graduands will be 1. Ms. NaKato Zora Joy with a BSc. Honours – First Class (CGPA 4.62) degree majoring in Mathematics and a minor in Physics 2. Ms. Ayebare Ruth with a BSc. Honours – First Class (CGPA 4.44) degree majoring in Statistics and a minor in Mathematics. In this month...Read More

Makerere University represented by the College of Natural Sciences, Department of Zoology, Entomology and Fisheries Sciences (Assoc.Prof. Charles Masembe) together with 6 other universities ​​won a 3 year  Euros 1,500,000  research grant titled “DisPersal of Antibiotic Resistance and antibiotics in Water ecosystems and Influence on liveStock and aquatic wildlife” from the Aquatic Pollutants funding consortium (http://www.jpi-oceans.eu/calls/proposals/aquaticpollutants-joint-transnational-call-2020 ). The other team...Read More

Betty Kivumbi Nannyonga, a staff in the Department of Mathematics strongly stresses the importance of mathematical proficiency in our lives, an article published in the Daily Monitor news paper on 15th March 2021. She believes crucial, and major changes need to be made in its instruction, instructional materials, assessments, teacher education, and the broader educational system. SourceRead More

The call for applications for the 2020 Green Chemistry research grants for young scientists, including the special grant for research projects on phosphogypsum, is exceptionally remaining open until 31 January 2021. The extension of the deadline from 25 April 2020 to 31 January 2021 takes into consideration the many disruptions caused by COVID-19 on universities’ and research institutes’ work,...Read More

The Directorate of Research and Graduate Training (DRGT) with support from the Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa (CARTA) Institutionalization program has organized two PhD crosscutting courses:•Qualitative Data Analysis, Interpretation and Presentation – Wednesday 2nd to Tuesday, 15th December 2020•Scholarly Writing and Communication Skills (ART 9105) – Monday 7th to 18th December 2020.Download the...Read More