*****Funded by the United States National Science Foundation, the Dry-Rifting in the Albertine-Rhino Graben (DRIAR Project) is an international collaborative group aimed at addressing geological questions surrounding magma-poor continental rifting in the Albertine-Rhino Graben. The Coordinator of the project at Makerere University, Dr John Mary Kiberu welcoming participants at the opening ceremony. About the 2nd...Read More

Right-Left: Dr. Joseph Ssebuliba, Dr Alex Samuel Bamunoba and Mr. Medi Ssesanga with the students at the opening ceremony in Beijing *****The contest will be held in Bath, United Kingdom from 11th-22nd July 2024. Contestants and their mentors are currently attending the 2nd International Mathematics Summer Camp at the Beijing Institute of Mathematical Sciences and...Read More

The Head, Department of Biochemistry and Sports Science cordially invites you to the launch of the website developed by staff in the Department as part of their MakRIF project, “Using the Internet to Incentivize Healthy Lifestyle Choices in Uganda”. The website, www.eresourcesforhealth.org is the medium they are using to inform, educate, and communicate about non-communicable diseases (NCDs)...Read More

BioGold Project is a three-year collaborative project among five academic institutions including, Kyambogo University, Makerere University, Gulu University, University of Pretoria and University of Continuing Education, Krems, Austria funded by the Austrian Development Cooperation under the APPEAR Partnership. The project will combine principles of biosorption and chemical remediation to treat contaminated wastewater, tailings, rehabilitate contaminated...Read More

The Dean, School of Physical Sciences, College of Natural Sciences (CoNAS), Makerere University invites you all to Mr. Muhumuza Cosmas’ PhD defense (PhD Mathematics) scheduled to take place on 12th July 2024 starting at 10:00am in the Chemistry Boardroom. Title of thesis: Mathematical Models for the Transmission Dynamics of Fowl Pox Disease with Seasonality and...Read More

The Dean, School of Physical Sciences, College of Natural Sciences (CoNAS), Makerere University invites you all to Ms. Caroline Namanya’s PhD defense (PhD Mathematics) scheduled to take place on 19th June 2024 starting at 10:00am in the Chemistry Boardroom. Title of thesis: Pure Braids and Group Actions from 3-fold Flops Supervisors; 1. Prof. Michael Wemyss,...Read More

***Funded by the Austrian Development Cooperation through APPEAR, the project aims to develop sustainable technologies for remediation and rehabilitation of mercury contaminated soils and effluents in Mercury-dependent Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM) areas in Uganda. The project team held their kick-off meeting on 27th-29th May 2024 in Kampala. Overview Mercury-dependent Artisanal and Small-scale Gold...Read More

AWaRMN partners during the workshop at Fairway Hotel in Kampala on 14th May 2024 Overview and successes registered by AWaRMN The African Water Resources Mobility Network (AWaRMN), a multi-partner project of the EU funded Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme has over the last four years of implementation registered great success. Initiated in 2019 and launched on...Read More

******The Project is supported by the Government of Uganda through the Makerere Research and Innovations Fund (MakRIF). Pigs diseases. African swine fever in Europe. DNA virus in the Asfarviridae family. Overview African swine fever (ASF) is a highly contagious viral haemorrhagic disease of domestic pigs; and has recently spread to new areas including Eastern Europe...Read More

Purpose of the project Makerere University is part of the consortium through which the INNOECOFOOD project will be implemented. Funded by the EU under The Horizon Europe Programme, INNOECOFOOD (Eco-innovative Technologies for Improved Nutrition, Sustainable Production and Marketing of Agroecological Food Products in Africa), a three-year project (2024-2026) aims to establish innovative production/ business ECOHUBS...Read More