Gulu University Explained

Gulu University (GU)
Motto:"For Community Transformation"
Established:2002
Type:Public
Chancellor:Dr Ruhakana Rugundahttps://www.newvision.co.ug/category/news/dr-ruhakana-rugunda-is-new-gulu-university-ch-154572,https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/rugunda-installed-as-gulu-university-chancellor-4137758,https://www.independent.co.ug/dr-rugunda-installed-as-gulu-university-chancellor/
Vice Chancellor:George Openjuru[1]
Pushpin Map:Uganda
Coordinates:2.7883°N 32.3169°W
Students:~4,500+ (2019)[2]
Administrative Staff:441 (2019)
Campus:Urban

Gulu University (GU) is a university in Uganda. It is one of the nine public universities in the country, as of September 2016.[3]

Location

, GU has three campuses.

(a) The main campus is approximately 5km (03miles), by road, north-east of the central business district of Gulu, the largest city in the Uganda's Northern Region. This is approximately 333km (207miles), by road, north of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city.[4]

(b) The second campus is in the town of Kitgum, approximately 104km (65miles), by road, north-east of Gulu, close to the international border with South Sudan. That campus became operational in 2011.[5]

(c) Upon the request of the Kingdom of Bunyoro, the university established a campus in the city of Hoima, offering agriculture, environment, computer science, information technology, business studies, accounting and education.[5]

History

GU was established by Act 7 of 2001 of the Parliament of Uganda. That Act was subsequently amended by Act 3 of 2006. The university admitted its first students and commenced teaching activities in September 2002.[6]

Progress

On 23 January 2010, during the fifth annual graduation ceremony, GU awarded degrees to 1,050 graduates, including 40 medical doctors, the first graduating class of the Gulu University School of Medicine (with the help of the University of Naples Federico II).[7] The graduates also included thirteen students who received a Master of Business Administration degree.[8]

Former association with Lira University

In 2009, GU established a constituent college in the city of Lira,[9] which is about 100km (100miles) to the southeast of Gulu. The campus, then named Lira University College,[10] admitted its first students in August 2012 (100 of them).[11] It continued operating in this capacity until the Ugandan Parliament (Act No. 35, July 2016) elevated it to an independent public university. Since 1 August 2016, it has been referred to as Lira University.[9] [12]

Academic courses

Undergraduate programs

, the following undergraduate academic degree courses were offered at GU, according to an advertisement placed in the New Vision by the university.[5]

Faculty of Agriculture and the Environment

Faculty of Business and Development Studies

Faculty of Law

Faculty of Education and Humanities

Faculty of Medicine

Faculty of Science

Postgraduate programs

The following postgraduate degree courses were offered at GU in January 2016.[5]

Faculty of Medicine

Faculty of Business and Development Studies

Faculty of Science

Students

In July 2014, GU admitted 2,500 privately sponsored students and approximately 250 government-sponsored students. The total student population in 2014 was about 5,000, including diploma, undergraduate, and postgraduate programme enrollees.[14]

Staff

, GU employed 421 full-time staff, of whom 241 were academic staff and 180 were non-teaching staff.[5] As of August 2013, the university had a shortage of 73 academic staff, according to Vice Chancellor Jack Nyeko Pen-Mogi.[15]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 12 March 2018 . Gulu University gets new VC . 12 January 2018 . . Julius . Ocungi . Kampala.
  2. Web site: Staff Shortage Hits Gulu University . 27 November 2019 . . 27 November 2019 . . Kampala.
  3. Web site: Uganda: Don't Create Universities the Way You Do Districts. 10 September 2016 . 27 October 2016 . Kampala . Editorial . The Observer (Uganda) via AllAfrica.com.
  4. Web site: Road Distance Between Kampala And Gulu . 26 December 2020.
  5. Web site: Gulu University. 9 January 2016 . 27 October 2016 . . Advertisement . Kampala.
  6. Web site: Interview: Gulu University Eyes Colleges In Lira, Arua . 28 January 2009 . David Tash Lumu . 19 October 2014 . Kampala . . 11 December 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151211004246/http://observer.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2248:interview-gulu-university-eyes-colleges-in-lira-arua&catid=34:news&Itemid=114 . dead .
  7. Web site: Gulu University To Pass Out Its First Doctors . Paul . Amoru . 22 January 2010 . 20 October 2014 . . Kampala . 19 October 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141019221952/http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/-/688334/847350/-/whe75g/-/index.html . dead .
  8. Web site: 27 October 2016 . Gulu Passes Out First Medical Doctors . 24 January 2010 . . Kampala. Chris Ocowun.
  9. Web site: History of Lira university . Lira University . 15 January 2017.
  10. Web site: November 2013 . John Otim . Pioneering a young University: one year on at Lira University College . and Ekkehard Doehring . Nilejournal.net . 27 October 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160205095426/http://nilejournal.net/education/pioneering-young-university-lira-university-college . 5 February 2016 .
  11. Web site: Okino . Patrick . Lira University opens in August . New Vision . 15 January 2017.
  12. Web site: 27 October 2016 . Dickens . Chimpreports.com . 26 June 2015 . Okello . Lira, Kabale, Soroti now Public Universities . Kampala.
  13. Web site: 4 June 2016 . 4 June 2016 . Gulu Varsity introduces new course . Julius . Ocungi . . Kampala . 17 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160817182640/http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Gulu-varsity-introduces-new-course/688334-3230820-nfr570z/index.html . dead .
  14. Web site: Gulu, Busitema And Mbarara Admit 6,000 . 31 July 2014 . . Innocent Anguyo . Kampala . and Conan Businge . 11 January 2016.
  15. Web site: Kampala . Gulu University Lacks Funds To Recruit Staff — Vice Chancellor . 5 August 2013 . 20 October 2014 . Umaru . Kashaka . New Vision.