The project team assessing the viability of the site in Kikuba, Buikwe District to host the project activities 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...Read More

******The E-Supervision Platform being developed by IT Experts from Makerere University and MUBS is intended to improve graduate research management Processes in HEIs in Uganda to enable students to graduate on time. It is one of the main objectives of the ICT-4MRPQ Project funded by the EU under Erasmus projects for the period 2023-2026 with...Read More

The Dean, School of Physical Sciences, College of Natural Sciences (CoNAS) invites you to Ms. Betty Kiwumulo Nabiyonga Kirenga’s PhD defense scheduled to take place on Thursday, 25th April 2024 at 10:00am in the Chemistry Boardroom. Title of thesis: Mathematical Models for the Dynamics of Asthma Development: Effect of Immunological, Environmental and Genetic Determinants Supervisors...Read More

Makerere University has been subjected to an assessment to determine its suitability for hosting a Regional Centre of Excellence in Fisheries and Aquaculture in Africa. The evaluation follows a jointly submitted Expression of Interest by the College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Biosecurity (CoVAB) and the College of Natural Sciences (CoNAS). The Africa Union...Read More

*****Supported by the EU under The Horizon Europe Programme, the three-year project (2024-2026) aims to establish innovative production/ business ECOHUBS and improve local aquaculture cage farms in lakes and rivers using AI and IoT in six diverse African countries, Uganda inclusive. The Project team at Makerere University, led by Dr Godfrey Kawooya Kubiriza held a...Read More

Makerere University Council in December 2023 appointed Dr Godfrey Kawooya Kubiriza as Head, Department of Zoology, Entomology, and Fisheries Sciences at the College of Natural Sciences (CoNAS). Dr Kubiriza will serve in the position for a period of four years effective March 2024. He takes on from Dr Eric Sande who has held the position...Read More

The outgoing Head, Department of Mathematics, Prof. Godwin Kakuba (L) hands over to the new Head, Dr Geoffrey Ismail Mirumbe (R) at a ceremony held at the Department on 1st March 2024. Overseeing the handover is the Dean, School of Physical Sciences, Prof. Michael Owor Makerere University Council at its 722nd meeting held on 12th...Read More

The outgoing Head, Department of Chemistry, Dr John Wasswa (R) hands over to the new Head, Dr Emmanuel Tebandeke on 1st March 2024 At its 722 meeting held on 12th December 2023, Makerere University Council appointed Dr Emmanuel Tebandeke as the next Head, Department of Chemistry at the College of Natural Sciences (CoNAS). Dr Tebandeke...Read More

Dr Tugume Patience, a Lecturer in the Department of Plant Sciences, Microbiology and Biotechnology at the College of Natural Sciences (CoNAS), Makerere University is one of the 28 women who have been granted the 2023 OWSD Early Career Fellowship.  These scientists will receive up to USD50,000 to lead research projects and establish research groups at their home institutions...Read More

The Dean School of Physical Sciences, College of Natural Sciences (CoNAS), Makerere University invites you to Mr. Kigozi Moses’ PhD defense scheduled to take place on 12th March 2024 at 10:00am in the Chemistry Boardroom.   *****Title of thesis:  Conversion of selected plastic waste into carbon nanomaterials for application in the absorption of carbon dioxide...Read More