The African Union has awarded a research grant of USD 1,249,988 to a consortium of scientists led by the College of Natural Sciences (CoNAS) to implement a research project titled, ‘Developing innovative and sustainable approaches to prevent the spread of African Swine Fever (ASF) in Africa (ASF-RESIST)’. Associate Professor Charles Masembe from the Department of...Read More

The Vice Chancellor Makerere University, Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe visited the College of Natural Sciences (CoNAS) on Wednesday, 28th February 2018. The Vice Chancellor was accompanied by members of the University Management Team including the Director Internal Audit, Mr. Walter Nono and representatives of the University Bursar – Mr. Peter Mubiru, University Librarian – Ms. Rhoda...Read More

The Department of Mathematics organized a workshop on bridging the gap between gender and Mathematics, Psychology of Mathematics Education. The Workshop attracted local, regional and international participants and the School of Women and Gender Studies, together with the College of Education and External studies facilitated the workshop. Students were trained on Attitudes, perceptions and how...Read More

Dr. Betty Kivumbi Nannyonga was inducted into the Uganda National Academy of Sciences (UNAS) on October 27th 2017. The event took place in Hotel Africana where 22 new inductees within and outside Makerere were inducted. A prospective fellow is nominated based on most significant contribution to sciences and why they meet the criteria for being...Read More

The College received the first year students for academic year 2017/2018. In August 2017, an orientation meeting withthe freshmen and women was held. The young men and women started their journey of three or four years with dreams of leaving with a bachelors’ degree at the end of their stay at Makerere UniversityRead More

Senior Three students from the Green Hill Academy visited the Makerere University Herbarium on October 2017. The students toured the botanical garden and the collection of the dried plant specimens. This is a move by the school to provide a practical view of what the students learn in class theoretical work. The visit was also...Read More

The College of Natural Sciences (CoNAS) hosted a delegation from Wollega University, Ethiopia on Monday 13th November led by Dr. Tifsehit Solomon (Vice President – Community Engagement and University Industry Partnership). The delegation from Wollega University visited CoNAS to share experiences of teaching and learning in the natural sciences. The meeting also explored possibilities of...Read More

The STRECAFISH annual project meeting was held on the 8th to 9th June 2016 at Kolping Hotel, Kampala, Uganda. The meeting brought together all the project members since the inception of the project. Participants were from Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia and Austria. The objective of the meeting was to take stock of what progress of the...Read More

The Sida Science day hosted by the College of Natural Sciences was held on the 10th October 2016 organised in conjuction with Directorate of Research and Graduate Training (DRGT) as one of the activities of the Annual Review Meeting (ARM) of the Makerere/Sida collaboration. Staff and PhD candidates from CoNAS presented their research and innovations...Read More

National Stakeholders workshop on African Swine Fever: A National Stakeholders workshop for Uganda on African Swine Fever (ASF) was held on 28th April 2016 at Hotel Brovad, Masaka District, Uganda. Participants of the workshop were from Makerere University; Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF); Veterinary Institute for Animal Health, Sweden and districts across...Read More