Kampala International University (KIU) is a private multi-campus university in Uganda, the third-largest economy in the East African Community.
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Location
KIU has its main campus at Kansanga, a location in Makindye Division in the south-eastern part of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. The campus is approximately 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) south-east of Kampala's central business district, along the road to Ggaba. The coordinates of the campus are 0°17'41.0"N, 32°36'13.0"E (Latitude:0.294722; Longitude:32.603611).
KIU's second campus is located in Ishaka in Bushenyi District, approximately 360 kilometres (220 mi), by road, south-west of Kampala.
KIU maintains a third campus, the KIU Dar es Salaam Constituent College, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
History
KIU was founded in 2001. It received its university charter in March 2009.
Academic colleges, schools, and institutes
Main campus
KIU's main campus has four constituent colleges and four schools:
- College of Education, Open and Distance Learning
- College of Computing and Information Technology
- College of Higher Degrees and Research
- College of Professional and Extramural Studies
- School of Law
- School of Economics and Management
- School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
- School of Humanities
This is the largest of the three campuses, hosting more than 7,000 students and over 300 academic staff.
Western campus
This campus houses over 5,000 students supervised by over 200 academic staff.
Certificate, diploma, undergraduate, and postgraduate programs are offered at this campus. It is predominantly a science-based institution.
The School of Health Sciences is located on the western campus. The school is one of Uganda's seven medical schools, and it was the first privately owned medical school in the country. The school offers programmes in medicine, dentistry, nursing, medical laboratory technology, education, business, and management and information technology. The school has a teaching hospital with a bed capacity of 1,200.
Dar es Salaam campus
This campus is housed on 100 acres (40 ha) in the Gongolamboto area in Ilala District, along Pugu Road. The campus is approximately 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) from Julius Nyerere International Airport.
2013 government investigation
In 2013, the Ugandan National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) began an investigation into whether the 42 Doctorates of Philosophy (PhDs) awarded by KIU up to that time had met NCHE's requirements. At the end of the investigation in November 2013, NCHE declared that the PhDs were legitimate.
Photos
- Photo of KIU Western Campus Main Building
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