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BUGEMA UNIVERSITY PROFILE

BUGEMA UNIVERSITY

BUGEMA UNIVERSITY
LOCATION

The university is located in Kalagala sub-county, Bamunanika county, Luweero District in central Uganda. The main campus is located approximately 32 kilometres (20 mi) by road, northeast of Kampala, Uganda’s capital and largest city. The location is approximately 15 kilometres (9.3 mi), by road, south of the town of Ziroobwe, on the Gayaza-Ziroobwe Road.

HISTORY

The institution started in 1948 as a training school for teachers and pastors for the Seventh-day Adventist Church in East Africa. At that time it was called Bugema Missionary Training School. Later, the name changed to Bugema Missionary College and then to Bugema Adventist College. In 1978, the first class offering degrees graduated Bachelor of Theology. The college expanded and by the late 1980s curricula for Business and Education were added. In 1994, Bugema Adventist College changed its status from “college” to “university“. In 1997, Bugema University was granted a tertiary institution license from the Ministry of Education and Sports.

Bugema University is composed of the following schools.

School of Business

  • Department of Accounting and Finance
  • Department of Management and Marketing
  • Department of Information Technology
  • Department of Engineering

School of Social Sciences

  • Department of Developmental Studies
  • Department of Social Work
  • Department of Theology and Religious Studies

School of Education

  • Department of Arts
  • Department of Science
  • Department of Languages

School of Graduate Studies

Bugema University’s School of Graduate Studies is affiliated with the University of Eastern Africa, Baraton in Kenya with some of the postgraduate courses. The school is also affiliated with Central Luzon State University with some of the postgraduate courses and serves as a center of e-learning on some Doctoral programs offered at Central Luzon State University in the Philippines.

ACADEMIC COURSES OFFERED.

The academic courses offered at BU include the following:

Undergraduate Degree Programs

Postgraduate Degree Programs

Diploma Courses

  • Diploma in Accounting (Dip.Acct.)
  • Diploma in Marketing (Dip.Mktng.)
  • Diploma in Office Administration (Dip.OA)
  • Diploma in Information Technology (Dip.IT)
  • Diploma in Education (Dip.Ed)

Short Certificate Courses

  • Certificate in Small Business Computer Networks
  • Certificate in Office Automation and Data management
  • Certificate in Computer Repair and Maintenance

CONTACT INFORMATION

Bugema University Main Campus
P.O BOX 6529 KAMPALA, UGANDA
Tel: +256-312-351 400 Fax: +256 312 351 460
mobile: +256-772-935337 / +256-753-935337
e-mail: registrar@bugemauniv.ac.ug, marketing@bugemauniv.ac.ug

Kampala Campus
Bombo Rd. brach off between Total petrol station and Makerere Primary School on Muganzi awongerera road.
TEL: +256-312-266630  +256-782-958752

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