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Motto | Learning To Succeed |
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Type | Private |
Established | 2010 |
Chancellor | Amina Mohamed [1] [2] |
Vice-Chancellor | Prof. Emeka Akaezuwa [3] |
Students | 3000+ (2016) |
Address | Plot 1112/1121, Kansanga Ggaba Road, Kampala , , 00°17′05″N32°36′24″E / 0.28472°N 32.60667°E |
Campus | Urban |
Website | https://iuea.ac.ug/ |
International University of East Africa (IUEA) is a private non-profit institution in Uganda, and is a chartered University by the Uganda National Council for Higher Education (NCHE). [4]
In September 2022 the International University of East Africa was approved for grant of a charter by the National Council for Higher Education (NCHE). [5]
A Charter is the highest license an institution of higher learning can attain from the regulators. And the charter can be granted only by the Head of State on the evidence that the university meets the requirements and standards of academic excellence set by the Uganda National Council for Higher Education and the Ministry of Education. [6] [7]
Furthermore, according to section 103(a) of the Universities and other Tertiary Institutions Act of 2001 as amended; a chartered university means a university that is comparable to a public university. [8]
Uganda has more than 60 universities, of which about eight are public universities financed by the government, and about 52 are private universities and other tertiary degree awarding institutions. Of the private universities, only a handful, IUEA among them, have been chartered. [9] [10]
For any private university, getting a charter means that the institution has sufficiently demonstrated its ability to provide an environment that supports and nurtures quality education. Over the years, IUEA has consistently demonstrated its academic and technological prowess. [11]
International University of East Africa is one of the newest universities in Uganda. Located in Kansanga, off the Kampala-Ggaba Road, in the southern part of the Kampala Metropolitan Area, the campus measures 20 acres (8.1 ha). Once the campus infrastructure is fully installed, the student body is expected to swell to 10,000. The first Chancellor of IUEA was the late Professor Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile, who was Governor of the Bank of Uganda, the national Central Bank. The current Vice Chancellor is Dr. Emeka Akaezuewa.
IUEA has its main campus on a 20 acres (8.1 ha) piece of property at Kansanga, a south-eastern suburb of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. Kansanga lies approximately 6 kilometres (3.7 mi), by road, southeast of the central business district of Kampala. [12] The coordinates of the university campus are:0°17'05.0"N, 32°36'24.0"E (Latitude:0.284722; Longitude:32.606667). [13]
The university was founded in 2010 and began admitting students in July 2011. [14] IUEA is licensed by the Uganda National Council of Higher Education (UNCHE), the government body that licenses institutions of higher learning in the country. [15] The first batch of IUEA students graduated in 2014, numbering just 264. [16]
As of July 2014 [update] , IUEA has the following faculties: [17]
Besides the faculties mentioned above IUEA also has a Foundation Studies Department that offers Higher Education Certificate programmes in Arts or Sciences. [18] It also has a Centre of Languages and Professional Skills (CLAPS) that offers language and other short courses. [19]
Source: [20]
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