Bugema University

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Bugema University (BMU)
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MottoExcellence in Service
TypePrivate
Established1948
Chancellor Pr. Moses Ndimukika Maka [1]
Vice-Chancellor Prof. Israel M Kafeero [2]
Location
Bugema
Luwero District
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Uganda

00°34′11″N32°38′31″E / 0.56972°N 32.64194°E / 0.56972; 32.64194
CampusRural
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Bugema University (BMU) is a private, co-educational Ugandan university affiliated with the Seventh-day Adventist Church. [3] It is a part of the Seventh-day Adventist education system, the world's second largest Christian school system. [4] [5]

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Location

The university is on land that measures 640 acres (1.00 sq mi), in Kalagala sub-county, Bamunanika county, Luweero District in the Central Region of Uganda. The main campus is approximately 33 kilometres (21 mi), by road, northeast of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. [6] It is approximately 18.1 kilometres (11 mi), by road, south of the town of Ziroobwe, on the Gayaza–Ziroobwe Road. [7] The coordinates of Bugema University campus are 0°34'11.0"N, 32°38'31.0"E (Latitude:0.569722; Longitude:32.641944). [8]

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 1976 Bugema Adventist College received authorization from the Uganda Ministry of Education and the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists to offer a BTh degree. The college had applied to offer a BA in theology, but the Ministry of Education denied the application because at that time only Makerere University was permitted to offer academic degrees. There were about 35 students in the program. The professors were Pastor and Mrs. Villagomez, and Pastor Gary Fordham. After President Idi Amin banned the Seventh-day Adventist church in 1977, the program was temporarily moved to Nairobi where the first degree students graduated with a BTh degree in 1978. The campus was then relocated to the church's youth camp (at Watamu just north of Mombasa) until Amin fled Uganda. While the college was at Watamu, Reuben Mugerwa finished his graduate degree at Andrews University and joined the faculty. The college was then moved back to the Bugema campus.

The college expanded. 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. [9]

Academic divisions

Bugema University is composed of the following schools: [10]

School of Science and Technology

School of Business

School of Social Sciences

School of Education

School of Natural Sciences

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

The academic courses offered at BU include the following: [11]

Undergraduate degree programs

Postgraduate degree programs

Diploma courses

Short certificate courses

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References

  1. ↑ Kiiza, Venenscias (4 November 2014). "Bugema University Graduates Urged To Start Private Projects". Red Pepper (Uganda). Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  2. ↑ Katamba, Paul (1 January 2015). "Vice Chancellor's New Year's Message 2015" (PDF). Bugema University (BMU). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  3. ↑ Kiwanuka, Frederick (14 August 2016). "Bugema University Opens Sh800 Million Theology Complex". New Vision . Kampala. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  4. ↑ Kido, Elissa (15 November 2010). "For real education reform, take a cue from the Adventists". The Christian Science Monitor . Boston. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  5. ↑ AOED (2008). "Seventh-day Adventist Church: Department of Education: The General Conference Education Team". Adventist Organisation, Education Department (AOED). Archived from the original on 17 October 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  6. ↑ "Distance between Post Office Building, Kampala Road, Kampala, Uganda and Bugema University, Bamunanika, Central Region, Uganda" (Map). Google Maps . Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  7. ↑ "Distance between Bugema University Administration Block, Bamunanika, Central Region, Uganda and Zirobwe, Luweero District, Uganda" (Map). Google Maps . Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  8. ↑ "Location of the Main Campus of Bugema University, Leweero District, Central Region, Uganda" (Map). Google Maps . Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  9. ↑ Badagawa, Philimon (12 May 2013). "The History Of Bugema University". Kampala: Campus Times Uganda. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  10. ↑ Academic Departments at Bugema University
  11. ↑ Academic Courses at Bugema University
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