Lugazi University

Lugazi University (LU)
Motto Strive for Prominence
Type Private
Active 2007–2010
Chancellor Professor George B. Kirya
Vice-Chancellor Matthew Odada
Students 800 (2008)[1]
Location Lugazi, Uganda
00°22′12″N 32°54′47″E / 0.37000°N 32.91306°E / 0.37000; 32.91306Coordinates: 00°22′12″N 32°54′47″E / 0.37000°N 32.91306°E / 0.37000; 32.91306
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Lugazi University (LU), was a private university in Uganda. The university was founded in 2007.[2] It closed in December 2010.

Location

Lugazi University was located in Lugazi, on a 175-acre (0.71 km2) campus, 26 miles (42 km) east of Kampala on the Kampala-Jinja Highway.

Academics

In September 2007, the university had the following faculties and departments:[3]

Courses

Lugazi University offered courses leading to the award of degrees, diplomas and certificates.[4]

Department of Arts and Social Sciences

Department of Education

Department of Business Management

Department of Computing and Information Technology

All the above courses are available at diploma level as well.

Closure

Lugazi University held its first and last graduation ceremony on Wednesday, 29 December 2010. 524 students graduated. Due to mounting debts and other financial hardships, the university's assets and liabilities were acquired by the Uganda Ministry of Defence, effective 30 December 2010.[5] In January 2011, the premises were converted into the University of Military Science and Technology, (UMST), a military school of tertiary leaning, within the Uganda People's Defence Force.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Student Numbers at Lugazi University
  2. ↑ Lugazi University was founded in 2007
  3. ↑ Faculties of Lugazi University
  4. ↑ Courses offered at Lugazi University
  5. ↑ Lugazi University Closes. UPDF Acquires The Premises
  6. ↑ UMST Opens At Lugazi
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