Motto | Seeking Greater Horizons in Thought and Action |
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Type | Private |
Established | 2007 |
Chancellor | Julia Sebutinde [1] |
Vice-Chancellor | Vincent Kakembo [2] |
Administrative staff | 192 (2016) [1] |
Students | ~ 3100 (2016) [1] |
Location | , 00°19′21″S31°44′33″E / 0.32250°S 31.74250°E |
Campus | Urban |
Website | Homepage |
Muteesa I Royal University (MRU) is a private university in Uganda. It was accredited by the Uganda National Council for Higher Education in 2007 [3] and chartered in March 2024. [4] In 2016, Justice Julia Sebutinde was installed as Chancellor of the University, replacing Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II, the founding chancellor who became Visitor of the university. [1]
MRU has three campuses. [5]
The main campus is in the city of Masaka, approximately 135 kilometres (84 mi) southwest of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. [6] The second campus is on Mengo Hill, the seat of the Buganda Government, within the city of Kampala. The third campus is in the town of Mubende, approximately 153 kilometres (95 mi), by road, west of Kampala. [7]
MRU was established when ownership of the Masaka Technical Institute (also known as the Uganda Technical College, Masaka), was transferred from the government of Uganda to the Buganda government in January 2007. [8]
MRU is named after Muteesa I of Buganda, a former Kabaka of Buganda in the late 19th century. [9] MRU received Tertiary Education Institution accreditation from the Ministry of Education & Sports in July 2007. [10] MRU admitted its first class of students in October 2007. [11] MRU held its first graduation ceremony on Friday 15 April, 2011. At the same ceremony, Ronald Muwenda Mutebi was installed as the first chancellor of the university. [12]
As of July 2018, MRU comprises the following academic faculties: [13]
Three other faculties are planned:
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