Makerere University School of Biomedical Sciences

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Makerere University School of Biomedical Sciences (MakSBS)
TypePublic
Established2007
DeanProf. Moses L. Joloba
Location,
00°19′38″N32°37′00″E / 0.32722°N 32.61667°E / 0.32722; 32.61667
Campus Urban
Affiliations Makerere University
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Location in Kampala

The Makerere University School of Biomedical Sciences (MakSBS) is one of the four schools that comprise the Makerere University College of Health Sciences (MakCHS), a semi-autonomous constituent college of Makerere University, Uganda's oldest university. Between 1924 and 2007, the school was part of the Makerere University School of Medicine and constituted the pre-clinical departments of anatomy, biochemistry, physiology, pharmacology, microbiology, and pathology. In 2007, those departments were organized into a separate school. MakSBS provides biomedical education at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

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Dean: Prof. Moses L. Joloba

Website: sbs.mak.ac.ug

Location

The school's campus is located on Mulago Hill, in north-east Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. The location is close to the other schools of the College of Health Sciences and is adjacent to the Mulago Hospital Complex, the teaching hospital of MakCHS. The coordinates of the school are: 00° 20' 17"N, 32° 34' 38"S (Latitude:0.3381, Longitude:32.5772)[ citation needed ]

Overview

MakSBS is one of the schools that constitute MakCHS, a constituent semi-autonomous college of Makerere University. The schools of the college include:

The college is headed by a principal and a deputy principal, while each school is headed by a dean. [1]

Departments

As of September 2009, the following departments constituted MakSBS: [2]

Undergraduate Courses

The following undergraduate courses are offered at MakSBS: [3]

Graduate courses

The following graduate courses are offered at MakSBS: [4]

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