Lira University

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Lira University
Motto"The Beacon"
TypePublic
Established1 July 2012;11 years ago (2012-07-01) [1]  
Chancellor Benjamin Josses Odoki [2]
Vice-Chancellor Jasper Ogwal Okeng [1]
Students1,000+ (2019)
Address
7R2C+9CV, Lira, Uganda
,
Lira
,
Uganda

02°15′04″N32°49′16″E / 2.25111°N 32.82111°E / 2.25111; 32.82111
CampusUrban
Website www.lirauni.ac.ug
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Location in Uganda

Lira University (LU) is a university in Uganda. It is one of the eleven public universities and degree-awarding institutions in the country. [3]

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Location

The university campus is located on approximately 500 acres (202 ha) of land, about 11 kilometres (7 mi), by road, northwest of downtown, Lira off of the Lira–Kamdini Road. [4] The coordinates of the university campus are 2°15'04.0"N, 32°49'16.0"E (Latitude:2.251111; Longitude:32.821111). [5]

History

The university first opened in August 2012 with 100 students. [1] At that time, the institution was a constituent college of Gulu University and was known as Gulu University Constituent College Lira. [6] It was also referred to as Lira University College. [7]

In June 2015, the Uganda Ministry of Education elevated the college to university status, effective with the 2016-17 academic year that began in August 2016. [8]

Faculties

As of January 2016, LU maintained the following academic units: [6]

Academic courses

As of July 2017, the following undergraduate academic programs were offered: [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Patrick Okino (1 June 2012). "Lira University Opens In August". New Vision . Kampala. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  2. ↑ Patrick Okino (24 March 2017). "Odoki Assumes Lira University Chancellorship". New Vision . Kampala. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  3. ↑ Agnes Nantambi (14 September 2019). "MUBS, Lira University Sign MOU To Enhance Collaboration". New Vision . Kampala. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  4. ↑ "Distance between Lira Post Office, Obote Avenue, Lira, Uganda and Lira University, Erute, Northern Region, Uganda" . Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  5. ↑ Google (26 December 2020). "Location of the Main Campus of Lira University" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  6. 1 2 "Gulu University Constituent College Lira (GUCCL)". Gulu: Gulu University. October 2012. Archived from the original on 29 March 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  7. ↑ John Otim; Ekkehard Doehring (November 2013). "Pioneering a young University: one year on at Lira University College". Nilejournal.net. Archived from the original on 2016-02-05.
  8. ↑ Okello, Dickens (26 June 2015). "Lira, Kabale, Soroti now Public Universities". Kampala: Chimpreports.com. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  9. ↑ "Lira University Academic Programmes for 2017/2018 Academic Year" (PDF). Lira, Uganda: Lira University. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
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