- UCU Law Students Lead Uganda to Victory at Regional Data Privacy Moot
- Lamunu Inspires UCU Past JKL in Game One.
- UCU Honours Staff at Annual Excellence Awards
- UCU Mbale campus builds science laboratory
- What the chaotic primaries mean for coming national elections
- Campus Talk: How do you plan on not going broke?
- Tuition run set for October
- Lost and alone in Germany: Wotanabeera’s Journey
Author: The Standard Editor
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Uganda Christian University (UCU) School of Law has won the East African Unwanted
Witness Privacy Moot Court Competition, securing Uganda’s place at the top of one of the region’s most competitive legal contests.
Uganda Christian University’s Lady Canons made a perfect start to their National Basketball League semi-final campaign with a commanding 57–46 win over defending champions JKL Lady Dolphins in Game One, played on Wednesday, 1 October 2025, at YMCA Wandegeya.
Uganda Christian University (UCU) has recognized outstanding members of staff at its Annual Staff Excellence Awards, celebrating individuals whose work continues to advance the institution’s vision of being a Centre of Excellence in the heart of Africa.
UCU Mbale University College has established a fully equipped science laboratory. Currently in the final building stages, the facility is expected to boost the teaching and learning of biology, chemistry, and physics subjects that have long been hindered by limited resources.
According to Vice President Buganda region of the Democratic Party (DP) Hon. George Kagimu Fred, in a multiparty system, under which Uganda operates, primaries are important because different parties will have to bring their best candidates for the national elections.
For anyone wishing to ensure financial security, including university students, it is important that they plan how they use, save and invest their money. We spoke with some of the students to share with us how they plan to manage their personal finances this semester.
UCU is set to hold its first-ever university-wide Tuition Fundraising Run, and seeks to raise at least Shs500 million to support financially struggling students. The event, scheduled for October, will bring together all UCU campuses and colleges, stakeholders, and partners in a joint effort to ease the burden of tuition for students in need.
By Michael Ainomugisha When Teddy Irene Wotanabeera, a first-year Master of Public Health student at Uganda Christian University, boarded the plane to Germany this July, she carried more than her luggage. She carried the Ugandan flag, the weight of expectation, and the pride of qualifying through the East African University Games to represent her country in table tennis at the 2025 FISU World University Games. But what awaited her in the Rhine-Ruhr region was not just the thrill of global competition. It was hunger, confusion, tears at a bus stop, and the lonely burden of being Uganda’s only table tennis…
She gave these measures emphasising that it is one’s role as an individual to ensure that they keep their security
“You have three years. Just three years. Please make maximum use of them. Fortune by its nature favours a prepared mind,” he said, repeatedly stressing the phrase until students echoed it back.