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Makerere University

{{Short description|Public university in Kampala, Uganda}}

{{Infobox university

| name = Makerere University

| image = Ssetendekero Makerere.jpg

| caption = The Main Administration block for Makerere University, normally called the Main Building

| motto = "We build for the future"

| established = {{start date and age|1922|df=y}}

| parent = Formerly the University of London and the University of East Africa

| type = Public

| vice_chancellor = Barnabas Nawangwe{{cite web|url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Prof-Nawangwe-Makerere-University-Vice-Chancellor-Ddumba/688334-4070716-cwxb7rz/index.html|title=Prof Nawangwe confirmed Makerere University Vice Chancellor|date=25 August 2017|access-date=29 September 2017|first=Damali|last=Mukhaye|newspaper=Daily Monitor (Kampala)}}{{cite web|access-date=29 September 2017| url=https://news.mak.ac.ug/2017/09/new-makerere-university-vice-chancellor-professor-Barnabas-Nawangwe-installed|title=New Makerere University Vice Chancellor Professor Barnabas Nawangwe Installed|date=15 September 2017|first=Elias|last=Tuhereze|publisher=Ms Jane Anyango, Communication Officer and Ms Ritah Namisango, SPRO}}

| chancellor = Crispus Kiyonga

| city = Kampala

| country = Uganda

| pushpin_map = Uganda Kampala

| coor = {{coord|00|20|06|N|32|34|03|E|type:edu|display=title,inline}}

| students = 35,000+ (2018){{cite web| url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Makerere-enrolment-reduces-15000-Prof-Barnabas-Nawangwe/688334-4374108-wbqcx4z/index.html |title=Makerere enrolment reduces by 15,000 | access-date=6 April 2018 |date=6 April 2018 |location=Kampala |newspaper=Daily Monitor |last=Wandera |first=Derrick}}

| administrative_staff = 3,174 (2018){{cite web| url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Makerere-probe-16000-ghost-students-Museveni/688334-4247374-j5ich0/index.html |title=Makerere probe discovers 16,000 ghost students | date=1 January 2018|location=Kampala |newspaper=Daily Monitor

|access-date=1 January 2018 | first=Damali|last=Mukhaye}}

| campus = Urban

| campus_size = 300 acres

| website = {{URL|https://www.mak.ac.ug/}}

}}

Makerere University ({{IPAc-en|m|ə|ˈ|k|ɛr|ər|i}};Peter Roach, Jane Setter, John Esling, eds., Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary (Cambridge University Press, 2011; {{ISBN|0521765757}}), p. 302. Mak) is Uganda's largest and oldest institution of higher learning, first established as a technical school in 1922, and the oldest currently active university in East Africa.{{Cite book |last=Maathai |first=Wangari |title=Unbowed |isbn=9780307275202}} It became an independent national university in 1970. Today, Makerere University is composed of nine colleges and one school, offering programmes for about 36,000 undergraduates and 4,000 postgraduates. These colleges include College of Natural Sciences (CONAS), College of Health Sciences (CHS), College of Engineering Art & Design (CEDAT), College of Agriculture and Environmental Studies (CAES), College Of Business and Management Sciences (CoBAMS), College of Humanities & Social Sciences (CHUSS), College of Computing and Information Sciences (COCIS), College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources & Bio-security (COVAB), College of Education and External Studies (CEES) and Makerere University Business School (MUBS). In addition, Makerere has another campus in Eastern Uganda Jinja City.

The main administrative block was gutted by fire in September 2020 and the cause of the fire is yet to be established. The building is being reconstructed.

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Makerere University is the alma mater of many post-independence African leaders, including Ugandan president Milton Obote{{cite web |last1=State House of Uganda |title=Past Presidents of Uganda |url=https://www.statehouse.go.ug/ |website=State House of Uganda |access-date=29 May 2021}} and Tanzanian presidents Julius Nyerere and Benjamin Mkapa.{{cite encyclopedia |

url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Julius-Nyerere |date=29 May 2021 |title=Julius Nyerere president of Tanzania | encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |author=Encyclopaedia Britannica | access-date=29 May 2021}} The former president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Joseph Kabila, and former Kenyan president the late Mwai Kibaki are also Makerere alumni.

In the years immediately after Uganda's independence, Makerere University was a focal point for the literary activity that was central to African nationalist culture. Many prominent writers, including Nuruddin Farah, Ali Mazrui, David Rubadiri, Okello Oculi, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, John Ruganda, Paul Theroux, Nobel Prize laureate V. S. Naipaul, and Peter Nazareth, were at Makerere University at one point in their writing and academic careers.

Because of student unrest and faculty disenchantment, the university was closed three times between 2006 and 2016. The final time was on 1 November 2016 when President Yoweri Museveni declared it closed indefinitely.{{Cite news|date=22 November 2016 |title=Statement: Makerere Visitation Committee lists responsibilities |publisher=Uganda Journalists' Resource Centre, The African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) |url=http://ugandajournalistsresourcecentre.com/statement-makerere-visitation-committee-lists-responsibilities/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202022921/http://ugandajournalistsresourcecentre.com/statement-makerere-visitation-committee-lists-responsibilities/ |archive-date=2 December 2016 |url-status=live}} The university was reopened in January 2017.{{Cite news|date=2 January 2017 |title=Makerere reopens to empty lecture rooms |publisher=New Vision|url=https://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1443193/makerere-reopens-lecture|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170103130553/https://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1443193/makerere-reopens-lecture |archive-date= 3 January 2017|url-status=live}}

History

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File:Faculdade de Informática (4106655764).jpg

=Founding of the technical school=

The trade school that became Makerere University began operating in 1921 with the first classes in carpentry, building construction and mechanics.{{Cite book|author=Uganda. Public Service Review and Re-organization Commission |year=1990 |title=Public Service Review and Reorganisation Commission, 1989-1990, Volume 1 |location=Kampala, Uganda |publisher=Uganda. Ministry of Public Service and Cabinet Affairs |page=272 |oclc=32432462}} In 1922, it was founded as the "Uganda Technical College" with additional courses in the arts, education, agriculture and medicine.{{Cite web|title=Annotated History of Makerere University 1922–2012 |work=90 Years of Makerere University |publisher=Makerere University |url=http://www.90.mak.ac.ug/annotated-history |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911091621/http://www.90.mak.ac.ug/annotated-history |archive-date=11 September 2014 |url-status=live}} That same year it was again renamed as Makerere College. In 1928, the vocational classes were separated from the college and renamed Kampala Technical School. In 1937 the college began offering post-secondary education certificate courses.

=University=

In 1943, the British Protectorate government proposed the university, which led to a controversial struggle. It was described as "a plot to steal African soil for European settlement," by the Bataka Party. In response to this campaign, there was rioting in the capital of Kampala.{{cite book |title=East Africa |author=A. J. Hughes |publisher=Penguin Books |year=1969 |page=157 |edition=Revised |section=Buganda Troubles in the 1940s}}

In 1949, Makerere College was granted university status and its name became Makerere College, University of East Africa.{{Cite book|author=Byaruhanga, Frederick K. |year=2013 |title=Student Power in Africa's Higher Education: A Case of Makerere University |edition=second |location=New York |publisher=Taylor & Francis (Routledge) |page=20 |isbn=978-1-135-51448-8}}, originally published in 2006, {{ISBN|978-0-415-97746-3}} In the same year, the Bataka Party had been banned by the British Protectorate government, because of acts of riot and arson committed after a Bataka protest gathering.{{cite book |title=East Africa |author=A. J. Hughes |publisher=Penguin Books |year=1969 |page=158 |edition=Revised |section=Buganda Troubles in the 1940s}}

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=Unrest in the 2000s=

The university was closed three times between 2006 and 2016.{{Cite news|author=Barungi. Andrew |date=21 November 2016 |title=Makerere University is closed. Now what? |publisher=Uganda Journalists' Resource Centre, The African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) |url=http://ugandajournalistsresourcecentre.com/closing-makerere-university-not-solution/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202023049/http://ugandajournalistsresourcecentre.com/closing-makerere-university-not-solution/ |archive-date=2 December 2016 |url-status=live}}

Beginning on 1 August 2016, the non-teaching staff went on strike demanding back pay. The strike lasted three weeks and the government agreed to pay them by the end of October; however, the government failed to make the payment.{{Cite news|last=Tusiime |first=Christopher |date=30 November 2016 |title=Non-teaching staff in public universities to go on strike |newspaper=Campus Bee |location=Makerere University |url=https://campusbee.ug/news/breaking-non-teaching-staff-public-universities-go-strike/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202031818/https://campusbee.ug/news/breaking-non-teaching-staff-public-universities-go-strike/ |archive-date=2 December 2016 |url-status=live}} This was but one more broken promise in a cycle of failed promises, strikes and more promises. That strike was followed by a strike of the lecturers over unpaid incentive pay, and that strike was joined by students in solidarity. This led to President Yoweri Museveni closing the university "indefinitely". Additional protests, including from parents whose children were left hanging in mid-semester, led to Museveni appointing a special commission to try to rectify the situation but with no promises of reopening. The commission's report was due in late February 2017.

On 20 September 2020, the main building of Makerere University (the Ivory Tower) was severely damaged by fire,{{Cite news|date=2020-09-20|title=Uganda Makerere University fire: 'Ivory Tower' gutted|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-54225111|access-date=2020-09-21}} allegedly following a probe by Uganda Parliament into financial mismanagement by university authorities.{{cite news |last1=Daily Monitor |title=Nawangwe on the spot as MPs resurrect Shs16.7b NIC scandal |url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/nawangwe-on-the-spot-as-mps-resurrect-shs16-7b-nic-scandal-1921686 |access-date=29 May 2021 |agency=Daily Monitor |publisher=Nation Media Group |date=14 August 2020}}{{cite web |last1=MSOBOR |first1=CHEMONGES TIMOTHY |title=MPs demand investigations over the loss UGX 8 billion on Makerere University-NIC saga |url=https://parliamentwatch.ug/mmps-demand-investigation-over-the-loss-ugx-8-billion-on-makerere-university-nic-saga/ |website=Parliament Watch |access-date=29 May 2021}}

100-year anniversary

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In 2022, the university celebrated its centenary since its establishment as Makerere College in 1922. The institution was granted additional land for expansion into a university by Nsibirwa, a former prime minister of the Buganda Kingdom, in 1945. Despite facing numerous challenges in Uganda's political, social, and academic history, the institution has persevered for a century.{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://100.mak.ac.ug/ |access-date=2023-03-26 |website=Makerere University 100th Anniversary |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2022-05-29 |title=Makerere at 100: What needs to change ? |url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/education/makerere-at-100-what-needs-to-change--3831454 |access-date=2023-03-26 |website=Monitor |language=en}}

On October 7, 2022, a ceremony commemorating the centenary was held at Freedom Square, with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni in attendance. A statue monument was unveiled at the entrance of the university's Freedom Square to mark this significant milestone in Uganda's educational sector.{{Cite web |date=2022-10-07 |title=Makerere University celebrates 100 years with calls to focus on science, research |url=https://www.independent.co.ug/makerere-university-celebrates-100-years-with-calls-to-focus-on-science-research/ |access-date=2023-03-26 |website=The Independent Uganda |language=en-US}}{{Infobox university rankings

| CWUR_W = 923 | CWUR_W_year = 2020-2021 | CWUR_W_ref = {{cite web|url=https://cwur.org/2020-21.php|title=Center for World University Rankings 2020-2021|website=cwur.org|access-date=27 February 2021}}

| CWTS_W = 1159 | CWTS_W_year = 2020 | CWTS_W_ref = {{cite web|url=https://www.leidenranking.com/ranking/2020/list|title=CWTS Leiden Ranking 2020|access-date=27 February 2021}}

| QS_W = 951–1000 | QS_W_year = 2024 | QS_W_ref = {{cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/makerere-university|title=QS World University Rankings: Makerere University|website=www.topuniversities.com|access-date=27 February 2024}}

| THE_W = 801–1000 | THE_W_year = 2024 | THE_W_ref = {{cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/makerere-university|title=World University Rankings: Makerere University|website=www.timeshighereducation.com/|date=25 August 2023|access-date=27 February 2024}}

| USNWR_W = =757 | USNWR_W_year = 2023 | USNWR_W_ref = {{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/uganda|title=Best Global Universities in Uganda|author=U.S. News|access-date=27 February 2024}}

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| THE_Africa = =5 |THE_Africa_year = 2021 | THE_Africa_ref = {{cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/best-universities/best-universities-africa |title=Best universities in Africa - 2021 |work=Times Higher Education World University Rankings |date=1 October 2020 |access-date=27 February 2021}}

| USNWR_Africa = 14 | USNWR_Africa_year = 2021 | USNWR_Africa_ref = {{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/africa|title=2021 Best Global Universities in Africa|author=U.S. News|access-date=27 February 2021}}

|-

| CWTS_N = 1 | CWTS_N_year = 2020 | CWTS_N_ref =

| CWUR_N = 1 | CWUR_N_year = 2020-21 | CWUR_N_ref =

| THE_N = 1 | THE_N_year = 2021 | THE_N_ref =

}}

Organization

The University Council is the supreme governing body of the university while the Senate is the chief academic organ of the university.

=Subcommittees of the University Council=

  • Appointments Board {{cite web| url=http://governance.mak.ac.ug/council-and-committees/appointments-board-sub-committees/| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101113034412/http://governance.mak.ac.ug/council-and-committees/appointments-board-sub-committees/| url-status=dead| archive-date=13 November 2010|title=Makerere University Governance: Appointments Board|access-date=30 January 2015}}
  • Finance, Planning and Administration{{cite web| url=http://governance.mak.ac.ug/council-and-committees/finance | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101115072047/http://governance.mak.ac.ug/council-and-committees/finance/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=15 November 2010 | title=Finance, Planning and Administration | access-date=13 September 2012}}
  • Quality Assurance, Gender and ICT{{cite web | url=http://governance.mak.ac.ug/council-commitees/quality-assurance-gender-and-ict | archive-url=https://archive.today/20121223004604/http://governance.mak.ac.ug/council-commitees/quality-assurance-gender-and-ict | url-status=dead | archive-date=23 December 2012 | title=Quality Assurance, Gender and ICT Sub Committee| access-date=13 September 2012}}
  • Estates and Works{{cite web | url=http://governance.mak.ac.ug/council-commitees/estates-and-works-sub-commitees | title=Estates and Works | access-date=13 September 2012}} {{dead link|date=April 2017}}
  • Staff Development, Welfare and Retirement Benefits{{cite web | url=http://governance.mak.ac.ug/council-commitees/staff-development-welfare-and-retirement-benefits | archive-url=https://archive.today/20121222190236/http://governance.mak.ac.ug/council-commitees/staff-development-welfare-and-retirement-benefits | url-status=dead | archive-date=22 December 2012 | title=Staff Development, Welfare and Retirement Benefits | access-date=13 September 2012}}
  • Students Affairs and Disciplinary{{cite web | url=http://governance.mak.ac.ug/council-commitees/students-affairs-and-disciplinary-committee/ | archive-url=https://archive.today/20121223034039/http://governance.mak.ac.ug/council-commitees/students-affairs-and-disciplinary-committee/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=23 December 2012 | title=Students Affairs and Disciplinary Sub Committee| access-date=13 September 2012}}
  • Honorary Awards{{cite web | url=http://governance.mak.ac.ug/council-commitees/honorary-awards-committee/ | archive-url=https://archive.today/20121222230334/http://governance.mak.ac.ug/council-commitees/honorary-awards-committee/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=22 December 2012 | title=Honorary Awards Sub Committee| access-date=13 September 2012}}
  • Audit{{cite web | url=http://governance.mak.ac.ug/council-commitees/audit-committee/ | archive-url=https://archive.today/20121223094949/http://governance.mak.ac.ug/council-commitees/audit-committee/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=23 December 2012 | title=Audit Sub Committee | access-date=12 September 2012}}

Notable former and current faculty administrators

  • Julius Kambarage Nyerere, Bachelor of Arts in Economics, First President of The United Republic of Tanzania,
  • Venansius Baryamureeba, computer scientist, former vice chancellor
  • Charles Barugahare, university secretary until 2020
  • William Bazeyo, former dean of Makerere University School of Public Health (2009–2017); Deputy Vice Chancellor of Makerere University, responsible for Finance and Administration, since September 2017{{cite web|access-date=26 August 2018 | url=https://www.campustimesug.com/prof-william-bazeyo-takes-over-as-makerere-university-deputy-vice-chancellor/ |date=18 September 2017 |title=Prof. William Bazeyo takes over as Makerere university Deputy Vice Chancellor |publisher=Campus Times Uganda |author=Philimon Badagawa |location=Kampala}}
  • Hugh Dinwiddy, lecturer in literature, warden of Northcote Hall
  • George Kirya, microbiologist, diplomat, academic, former vice chancellor at Makerere and former chairman of Uganda Health Services Commission
  • Mahmood Mamdani, political scientist and historian
  • Winnie Byanyima , aeronautical engineer, politician, activist.
  • Harriet Mayanja-Kizza, current dean of students, Makerere University School of Medicine
  • Ali Mazrui, academic, historian and political scientist
  • Barnabas Nawangwe, architect, academic and current vice chancellor{{Cite news| url=https://news.mak.ac.ug/2017/09/new-makerere-university-vice-chancellor-professor-barnabas-nawangwe-installed|title=New Makerere University Vice Chancellor Professor Barnabas Nawangwe Installed|date=2017-09-15|work=Makerere University News Portal|access-date=2017-09-20}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Nawangwe-elected-Makerere-Vice-Chancellor/688334-3992254-586woc/index.html|title=Nawangwe elected Makerere Vice Chancellor|work=Daily Monitor|access-date=2017-09-20|language=en-UK}}
  • Apolo Nsibambi, former prime minister of Uganda and former chancellor of Makerere University
  • Joe Oloka-Onyango, former dean of law and human rights expert
  • Okot p'Bitek, poet
  • John Ssebuwufu, chemist, former vice chancellor of Makerere University, current chancellor of Kyambogo University
  • David Serwadda, former dean, School of Public Health
  • Nelson Sewankambo, principal, College of Health Sciences
  • John Ddumba Ssentamu, economist, academic and banker, former vice chancellor
  • Sylvia Tamale, lawyer, academic, women's rights activist
  • Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, novelist{{cite web |url=http://www.african-writing.com/hol/emiliailieva.htm |title=Celebrating Ngugi wa Thiong'o at 70 |publisher=African-Writing Online.com |access-date=15 January 2012}}
  • Timothy Wangusa, author, poet, former minister of education
  • David Wasawo, zoologist and educationist, former vice principal

Other academics

Notable alumni

{{see also|Category:Makerere University alumni}}

{{See also|List of Makerere University academics}}

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=Political figures and government employees=

  • Lucy Akello, Ugandan politician, elected member of parliament for the Amuru District Women's Constituency, in the 10th Parliament
  • Anita Annet Among, Speaker of the 11th Parliament of Uganda (2021–2026); Deputy Speaker 2021–2022{{cite web| work=Red Pepper | url=https://redpepper.co.ug/2022/03/breaking-nrms-anita-among-wins-speakership-race/ |title=Breaking: NRM's Anita Among Wins Speakership Race |date=25 March 2022 |author=Maurice Muhwezi |access-date=25 March 2022 |location=Mukono, Uganda}}
  • Samuel Awich (1973), justice of the Supreme Court of Belize{{cite news|url=http://search.digitalreasoning.com/WBIL/03/WBIL2005_55117.txt|title=Special Sitting of the Supreme Court of Belize|date=28 March 2001|access-date=20 April 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120716040033/http://search.digitalreasoning.com/WBIL/03/WBIL2005_55117.txt|archive-date=16 July 2012|url-status=dead|publisher=Press Office of the Government of Belize}}
  • Kizza Besigye, physician, retired colonel in the Uganda People's Defence Force; opposition politician; former leader of the Forum for Democratic Change party; presidential candidate in 2001, 2006, and 2011
  • Godfrey Binaisa, former president of Uganda
  • Gilbert Bukenya, former vice president of Uganda
  • Dora Byamukama, former member of parliament for Mwenge South,{{cite news|url=https://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1302184/uganda-pins-eala-speaker-hopes-dora-byamukama|title=Uganda pins EALA speaker hopes on Dora Byamukama|publisher=New Vision|first1=John|last1=Masaba|first2=Kizito|last2=Musoke|date=2 June 2012|access-date=5 April 2020}} former member of the East African Legislative Assembly{{cite web|title=Hon. Dora Byamukama - Uganda|url=http://www.eala.org/interact/contact-members/426-hon-dora-byamukama-uganda.html|publisher=EALA|access-date=31 March 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402091524/http://www.eala.org/interact/contact-members/426-hon-dora-byamukama-uganda.html|archive-date=2 April 2015}}
  • Kanyama Chiume, Malawian who worked for the independence of Nyasaland (now Malawi)
  • Moses Ebuk, physician, neurophyiologist, former lecturer and tutor in the department of physiology at the Makerere University College of Health Sciences, diplomat; Ambassador of Uganda to the Russian Federation
  • Daphrosa Gahakwa, Rwandan education minister
  • Aloisea Inyumba, Rwandan minister for gender and family promotion
  • Joseph Kabila, Congolese politician and president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Allen Kagina, public administrator
  • Filemona F. Indire, former Kenyan ambassador, leading educator and member of parliament
  • Patrick Karegeya, former Rwandan head of intelligence
  • Andrew Felix Kaweesi, Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIGP) Uganda, military officer and policeman; Spokesperson of Uganda Police Force, 2016–2017
  • Specioza Kazibwe, former vice president of Uganda
  • Mwai Kibaki, the third president of Kenya, 2002–2013; graduated at the top of his class (summa cum laude) in 1955 with a Bachelor of Arts in economics{{cite web|url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Makerere-gets-Mwai-Kibaki-Presidential-Library/-/688334/2623824/-/weg97wz/-/index.html|title=Makerere Gets Mwai Kibaki Presidential Library|last=Ainebyoona|first=Emmanuel|date=15 February 2015|access-date=15 February 2015|newspaper=Daily Monitor (Kampala)}}
  • Samson Kisekka, former vice president of Uganda
  • Benedicto Kiwanuka, first prime minister and first chief justice of Uganda
  • Crispus Kiyonga, physician, minister of defense of Uganda
  • Sam Kutesa, Uganda's foreign affairs minister; president of the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly
  • Henry Kyemba, minister of health under Idi AminKyemba, Henry. A State of Blood, p. 21
  • Catherine Kyobutungi, executive director of the African Population and Health Research Center
  • Erias Lukwago, lawyer, Lord Mayor of Kampala City
  • Yusuf Lule, former president of Uganda
  • Norbert Mao, former guild president of Makerere University and current president of Democratic Party
  • Amama Mbabazi, former secretary general of the National Resistance Movement and former prime minister of Uganda
  • Benjamin Mkapa, former Tanzanian politician and former president of Tanzania
  • Jennifer Musisi, lawyer and public administrator
  • Jehoash Mayanja Nkangi, government minister and former Katikkiro of Buganda (1964–1966, 1993–1994){{cite news | title=Looking back on Jehoash Mayanja Nkangi's illustrious career | url=http://www.ntv.co.ug/news/local/07/mar/2017/looking-back-jehoash-mayanja-nkangis-illustrious-career-16475#sthash.ilU0gKGN.7U8tMKy2.dpbs | work=NTV Uganda | date=7 March 2017 | access-date=9 April 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170410134503/http://www.ntv.co.ug/news/local/07/mar/2017/looking-back-jehoash-mayanja-nkangis-illustrious-career-16475#sthash.ilU0gKGN.7U8tMKy2.dpbs | archive-date=2017-04-10 | url-status=dead }}
  • Apolo Nsibambi, former prime minister of Uganda and former chancellor of Makerere University
  • Kayumba Nyamwasa, former Rwandan Army Chief of Staff and Ambassador to India
  • Julius Nyerere, Tanzanian politician and the first president of Tanzania
  • Milton Obote, two-time former president of Uganda
  • Anthony Ochaya, Ugandan Minister of Planning and Economic Development under the UNLF regime, World Bank official
  • Oginga Odinga, Kenyan politician, first vice president of Kenya
  • Joe Powell (politician) - Labour party MP, UK
  • Ruhakana Rugunda, prime minister of Uganda, physician, and former permanent representative of Uganda to the United Nations
  • Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile, governor, Bank of Uganda
  • Bobi Wine (Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu), Ugandan politician, businessman, entrepreneur, philanthropist, musician, freedom fighter and actor
  • Kenneth Omona, physician and politician, currently the Minister of State for Northern Uganda.

=Film, television and radio=

=Sports people=

=Writers and journalists=

= Scientists =

=Others=

Halls of residence

As of September 2015, the halls of residence at Makerere University included the following:{{cite web | url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/artsculture/Reviews/The-stories-behind-Makerere-University-halls-of-residence/-/691232/2214534/-/item/0/-/3igmub/-/index.html | title=The stories behind Makerere University halls of residence | access-date=2 September 2015 | date=20 February 2014 | first=and Rose Rukundo | last=Grace Kenganzi | newspaper=Daily Monitor | location=Kampala}}

=For men=

File:The_Gongom_monument_at_Lumumba_hall_at_Makerere_University_Kampala.jpg

  • Livingstone Hall
  • Lumumba Hall (defunct 2022)
  • Mitchell Hall
  • Nkrumah Hall
  • Nsibirwa Hall
  • University Hall

=For women=

  • Africa Hall
  • Mary Stuart Hall
  • Complex Hall

=For students of medicine in their final years=

  • Galloway House

=Postgraduate Hall=

  • Dag Hammarskjöld Hostel

Upcountry campuses

In January 2010, the university announced the opening of two new campuses, one in the city of Fort Portal, approximately {{convert|310|km|mi}}, by road, west of Kampala, and another one in the city of Jinja, approximately {{convert|85|km|mi}}, by road, east of Kampala. The following courses are offered at the upcountry campuses:{{cite web | title=Makerere VC Rolls Out 2010 Plan for Varsity |

url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/-/688334/836228/-/wgqx33/-/index.html | first=Katherine | last=Haywood | date=5 January 2010 | access-date=30 January 2015 | newspaper=Daily Monitor (Kampala)}}

=Eastern Campus, Jinja=

Replacement of main building

In September 2020, a fire gutted the Main Building of Makerere University, destroying university records and the building structure.{{cite web| url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-54225111 |title=Uganda Makerere University fire: 'Ivory Tower' gutted |date=20 September 2022 |work=British Broadcasting Company |access-date=30 April 2020 |author=BBC News |location=London, United Kingdom}} A subsequent investigation by an eleven-person team could not establish a definite cause of the fire, but pointed to an electric fault as a likely cause.{{cite web| url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/inside-makerere-university-fire-report-3373604 |title=Inside Makerere University fire report |work=Daily Monitor |date=23 April 2021 |author=Benson Tumusiime and Patience Ahimbisibwe |

access-date=30 April 2022 |location=Kampala, Uganda}}

In August 2021, the Cabinet of Uganda resolved to break down what remained of the Main Building after the fire. A new building, which will be designed to look like the original structure, will be erected at the same location, at a budgeted cost of UGX:21 billion (approx. US$6 million).{{cite web| url=https://www.independent.co.ug/makerere-university-main-building-to-be-demolished/ |title=Makerere University main building to be demolished |work=The Independent Uganda |date=31 August 2021 |author=The Independent |access-date=30 April 2022 |location=Kampala, Uganda}}

The engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract was awarded to Excel Construction Company Limited, a Ugandan company and a subsidiary of the Madhvani Group. The reconstruction process began in April 2022, starting with tearing down the structurally unsound original building, built in the 1930s and commissioned in 1941.{{cite web| url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/makerere-knocks-down-its-iconic-main-building-3799542 |title=Makerere knocks down its iconic Main Building |work=Daily Monitor | date=30 April 2022 |author=Jane Nafula |access-date=30 April 2022 |place=Kampala, Uganda}}

See also

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