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Each year, Makerere University admits over 10,000 students to various programmes in the 10 constituent Colleges. This Academic Year, 2021/2022, the University admitted about 800 students to various disciplines at the College of Natural Sciences (CoNAS). The Principal, Prof. JYT. Mugisha addressing the students Orientation of students In a bid to enable students settle in well, Colleges, Schools and Departments organize orientations for all newly admitted students, both undergraduate and...Read More

A research led by Dr. Alice Nabatanzi, the Principal Investigator of the project titled: “Development Of Value-Added Phytogenic Chicken Feeds”, discovered that the widespread use of antibiotics in chicken feeds has promoted development of drug-resistant bacteria that have been passed from chicken to humans. This increased the rate of disease outbreaks in chicken causing losses to poultry farmers and income insecurity. In search for a solution, Dr. Alice Nabatanzi together with her team identified...Read More

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 production, with approximately 44,000 km2 (20%) of Uganda’s total surface area covered by freshwaters (lakes,...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 joins other faculty of the College of Natural Sciences (CoNAS) who have already been awarded...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 doudts on how to navigate and do tasks on muele will be joining into the...Read More