Uganda Military Engineering College

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Uganda Military Engineering College (UMEC)
TypeMilitary Engineering University
Established2007
Vice-Chancellor Brigadier Dennis Asiimwe
Location
Lugazi
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Uganda

00°22′12″N32°54′47″E / 0.37000°N 32.91306°E / 0.37000; 32.91306 Coordinates: 00°22′12″N32°54′47″E / 0.37000°N 32.91306°E / 0.37000; 32.91306
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The Uganda Military Engineering College (UMEC), also University of Military Science and Technology (UMST), is a tertiary institution of higher learning, that instructs qualified military officers and technicians in various fields of engineering and science. The university is administered by the Uganda People's Defense Force (UPDF), under the auspices of the Uganda Ministry of Defence. [1]

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Location

UMEC is located in the town of Lugazi, in Buikwe District, on a 175 acres (0.71 km2) campus, approximately 44 kilometres (27 mi) east of Kampala, Uganda's capital city, on the Kampala-Jinja Highway. [2] This location lies approximately 4.5 kilometres (3 mi), by road, west of the central business district of Lugazi. [3] The coordinates of the campus of University of Military Science and Technology are:0°22'12.0"N, 32°54'47.0"E (Latitude: 0.3700; Longitude: 32.9130). [4]

History

The university was founded in 2007 and was initially housed at Bombo Military Barracks in Bombo, in Luweero District. An affiliated school of military engineering was later opened and initially housed in Magamaga in Jinja District. Both units were combined with a third unit, originally based in Nakasongola and moved to the premises in Lugazi in January 2011. The real estate in Lugazi was acquired by the UPDF, from the former Lugazi University, which became insolvent and closed on 30 December 2010. [5] [6]

The university graduated its first class of graduates, numbering forty-seven (47), on Friday, 4 February 2011.

Courses

As of July 2016, the following courses were on offer at this institution: [7]

Diplomas
Degrees

As of September 2018, the institution offered degree courses. [8]

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  2. ↑ Google (27 July 2021). "Distance between Central Kampala, Uganda and University of Military Science, Lugazi, Uganda" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  3. ↑ Google (27 July 2021). "Road Distance Between Kawolo General Hospital And University of Military Science and Technology" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  4. ↑ Google (31 March 2019). "Location of the University of Military Science and Technology" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  5. ↑ Abou Kisige, and Jeff Lule (20 December 2010). "Lugazi University Closes As 524 Graduate". New Vision . Kampala. Archived from the original (Archived from the original on 1 March 2014) on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  6. ↑ Kasasira, Risdel (31 December 2010). "UPDF takes over Lugazi University at Shs13.5 billion". Daily Monitor . Kampala. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  7. ↑ Uganda Ministry of Defence (20 July 2016), Courses offered and Academic Progress, Mbuya, Kampala: Uganda Ministry of Defence, retrieved 31 March 2019
  8. ↑ Kenneth Kazibwe (11 September 2018). "Ugandan army to start own National Defence College". Kampala: Nile Post Uganda. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
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