A business degree was not Jonathan Mbabazi’s first choice for his post-secondary studies. He had his eyes on medicine, envisioning a career of restoring health to patients.

Recent Uganda Christian University (UCU) graduate Jimmy Siyasa didn’t wait to have a degree in hand before applying what he learned in his journalism program. And it has paid off – in experience and money to support his next level of master’s degree studies. 

Dr. Rosemary Bulyaba, Head of the Department of Natural Resource Economics and Agribusiness, has won a grant, worth USD 69,630, from The World Academy of Sciences. The grant, focusing on Exploiting the potential of cowpeas for vegetable use in Uganda, will run for two years.

The Uganda Christian University (UCU) e-learning candle is spreading its light to other institutions in the country. Among the recent beneficiaries is Greenhill Academy, a group of Christian-founded primary and secondary schools in Kampala. Leaders from the Academy met with UCU e-learning staff for a virtual learning seminar in December 2021.

The Faculty of Agriculture recently also won a grant worth 400,000 Euros (Sh1.6bn) for enhancing the capacity of small-scale producers to access markets and meet demand and the Vice-Chancellor commended its leaders for robust research initiatives. 

The 23rd guild government, headed by Kenneth Amponda Agaba, has procured three modern litter bins and six digital screens. These have, today, been installed at major blocks on the Uganda Christian University (UCU) campus. 

The National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA), in a bid to quicken their citizen registration and certification activities, have recruited at least 50 graduate interns from Uganda Christian University (UCU).

Uganda Christian University (UCU) has won the first ever virtual exhibition for higher education institutions in Uganda.  The three-day virtual contest that took place in November was organised by the regulator of higher education in Uganda, the National Council for Higher Education (NCHE). 

The UCU Canons defeated the Namugongo Blazers 61-58 in a closely contested final to win the first “Invite” basketball tournament held at the YMCA court in Wandegeya.

The Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic Affairs, Rev. Dr. John Kitayimbwa has called on the First-year university (UCU) to live according to God’s will as they start their educational journey.