Frederick Kayanja

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Frederick Kayanja
Born (1938-08-04) 4 August 1938 (age 85)
Mbarara, Uganda
Alma mater
Occupations
Years active1938—present
Known forAcademics
Title Chancellor
Gulu University [1]
Former vice chancellor
Mbarara University of Science and Technology
Children4

Frederick Ian Bantubano Kayanja (born 4 August 1938) is a Ugandan veterinarian, academic, and academic administrator. He has been the chancellor of Gulu University, a public institution of higher education, since October 2014, replacing Martin Aliker. [2] He is a former vice chancellor of the Mbarara University of Science and Technology. [3] He assumed that position in 1989 and stepped down in October 2014. [4] Before that, he served as the deputy vice chancellor of Makerere University, the oldest and largest public university in Uganda. [5]

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Background and education

Kayanja holds a Bachelor of Science degree, awarded by the University of London in 1963. His Master of Science degree, obtained in 1965, and his degree of Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine, obtained in 1967, were both awarded by the same university. In 1969, he went onto obtain a Doctor of Philosophy, from the University East Africa, Kenya, the precursor to the University of Nairobi. [6]

Work history

In the 1960s, Kayanja worked as an Assistant Lecturer at the University of London, from 1965 until 1966. He then served as a lecturer at the same university from 1966 until 1968. He then worked as lecturer at the University Nairobi, in Kenya, from 1968 until 1970, when he was promoted to Senior Lecturer, serving in that capacity from 1970 until 1972. In 1972, he was promoted to Associate Professor and served there until 1973.[ citation needed ]

In 1974 Kayanja was hired by Makerere University as a Professor, serving in that capacity until 1982. He also served as Fellow and Visiting Professor at Wolfson College of the University Cambridge in the United Kingdom from 1982 until 1984. [7]

Kayanja has also worked in a number of institutions both inside and outside of Uganda; including: (a) Lecturer at the University of London in the United Kingdom (b) Associate professor at the University of Nairobi (c) Professor and dean at Makerere University (d) Chairman of the Uganda National Agricultural Research Organization (e) Chairman of the Uganda National Council for Higher Education. [8]

Other responsibilities

He is the editor in chief of the African Journal of Ecology. He also is a fellow of both the African Academy of Sciences and the Uganda National Academy of Sciences. [9] He is a survivor of Ebola hemorrhagic fever. [10]

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References

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  2. ↑ Red Pepper Reporter (27 October 2014). "Gulu University Gets New Chancellor". Red Pepper Newspaper . Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  3. ↑ Cecilia Okoth (28 November 2013). "MUST-UTAMU To Harness PhD Research With South Africa". New Vision . Kampala. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  4. ↑ Amos Barya (20 October 2014). "Professor Kayanja To Handover As Vice Chancellor To Professor Celestino Obua". Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST). Archived from the original on 25 October 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  5. ↑ Webadmin (3 October 2019). "Makerere's former Vice Chancellors". law.mak.ac.ug. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  6. ↑ "All Fellows | The AAS". aasciences.africa. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
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  8. ↑ "Uphold quality, universities told". www.newvision.co.ug. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  9. ↑ UNAS. "Fellow Profiles At Uganda National Academy of Sciences". Uganda National Academy of Sciences (UNAS). Archived from the original on 2 March 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  10. ↑ Athumani, Halima (7 October 2011). "Science Lectures The Incompetent". Uganda Radio Network (URN). Retrieved 25 October 2014.
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