Bishop Stuart University
Bishop Stuart University (BSU) is a private, not-for-profit, multi-campus university in Uganda.
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Motto | Our God Reigns |
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Type | Private |
Established | 2002 |
Chancellor | Rt.Rev.Dr Fred Mwesigwa Sheldon |
Vice-Chancellor | Prof.Mauda Kamatenesi[1] |
Students | 5000+ (2019) |
Location | , |
Campus | Urban |
Website | www |
Location
BSU has its main campus, measuring approximately 48 hectares (120 acres), at Kakoba Hill, off of Buremba Road, approximately 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) east of downtown Mbarara. This location is approximately 295 kilometres (183 mi), by road, south-west of Kampala, Uganda's capital.[2] The coordinates of the main campus of the university are 0°36'10.0"S, 30°41'44.0"E (Latitude:-0.602778, Longitude:30.695556).[3] The second campus is located at Ruharo Hill, also in the Mbarara Metropolitan Area.
History
BSU is named after Cyril Stuart who was the Anglican Bishop of Uganda in the middle of the 20th Century.[4] BSU started operations in 2003 at the campus of then Kakoba National Teacher's College (KNTC) in the western Ugandan city of Mbarara.[5] KNTC ceased operations at the end of 2005, and in 2006, BSU took over the premises and grounds previously occupied by the teachers' college.[6] In 2006, BSU held its maiden graduation ceremony. However, the certificates, diplomas, and degrees were awarded by Uganda Christian University.[7][8] The first batch of students to graduate on BSU letterheads were the graduates of 2009.[9] On 10 October 2014, at the university's 10th graduation ceremony, Minister of Education Jessica Alupo announced that BSU had been cleared by the Uganda National Council for Higher Education to receive a university charter.[10] The charter was granted and delivered to the university in late October 2014.[11]
Academic affairs
As of December 2019, BSU had the following academic faculties and departments:
Faculty of Agriculture, Environmental Sciences and Technology
- Department of Agriculture
Faculty of Business, Economics & Governance
- Department of Social Work & Social Administration
- Department of Business Studies
- Department of Development Studies
- Department of Environmental Studies
- Department of Economics & Management
Faculty of Education, Arts & Media Studies
- Department of Education Foundations
- Department of Humanities
- Department of Languages
- Department of Science Education
Faculty of Law
- Department of Law
Academic courses
The university offers courses at certificate, diploma, undergraduate, and postgraduate levels. The programs offered include:
Certificate/Short courses
- Certificate in Computerized accounting-Quick books, Tally 1 Month 200,000/=
- Certificate in NGO management 1 Month 200,000/=
- Certificate in Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) 1 Month 200,000/=
- Certificate in Project Planning and management (PPM) 1 Month 200,000/=
- Certificate in Research and usage of research software like SPSS, Stata & Epidata 1 Month 200,000/=
- Certificate in Computer Applications (Microsoft office-Word, spreadsheets, presentation, and database) 1 Month 200,000/=
- Certificate in Oil and Gas management Essentials 1 Month 400,000/=
- Certificate in community-Based Rehabilitation 1 Month 200,000/=
- Certificate Human resources and management 1 Month 200,000/=
- Certificate in Public Administration and management 1 Month 200,000/=
- Certificate in Computer Applications (CCA) 1 Month 150,000/=
- Certificate in Information Technology Essentials 2 Months 300,000/=
- Certificate in Graphic design 2 Months 400,000/=
- Certificate in website design and development 1 Month 200,000/=
- Certificate in Network Technician 4-6 Months 500,000/=
- Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) 6-9 Months 600,000/=
- Administrative Law Course 1 Month 500,000/=
- Advanced Certificate in Appropriate and Sustainable Technologies 1 Year Regular
- Higher Education Certificate 1 Year Regular/Weekend
Diploma courses
- Diploma in Computer Science 2 Years Regular/Weekend
- Diploma in Midwifery Extension (July Intake) 1 & ½ Years Regular/Weekend
- Diploma in Nursing Science 2 Years Regular/Weekend
- Diploma in Nursing Extension (July Intake) 1 & ½ Years Regular/Weekend
- Diploma in Public Health 2 Years Regular/Weekend
- Diploma in Agribusiness Management and Community Development 2 Years Regular/Weekend
- Diploma in Information Technology 2 Years Regular/Weekend
- Diploma in Animal Health And Production 2 Years Regular/Weekend
- Diploma in Law 2 Years Regular/Weekend
- Diploma in Ethics and Human Rights 2 Years Regular/Weekend
- Diploma in Primary Education 2 Years Recess
- Diploma in Industrial Fine Art Design 2 Years Recess
- Diploma in Science and Technology Education 2 Years Regular
- Diploma in Early Childhood Education (For Nursery School Teachers) 2 Years Recess
- Diploma in Journalism and Mass Communication 2 Years Regular/Weekend
- Diploma in Library and Information Science 2 Years Regular/Weekend
- Diploma in Office Management and Secretarial Studies 2 Years Regular/Weekend
- Diploma in Procurement and Supply Chain Management 2 Years Regular/Weekend
- Diploma in Records Management and Information Science 2 Years Regular/Weekend
- Diploma in Social Work and Social Administration 2 Years Regular/Weekend
- Diploma in Project Planning and Management 2 Years Regular/Weekend
- Diploma in Public Administration and Management 2 Years Regular/Weekend
- Diploma in Development Studies 2 Years Regular/Weekend
- Diploma in Accounting and Finance 2 Years Regular/Weekend
- Diploma in Microfinance & Business Enterprise Management 2 Years Regular/Weekend
- Diploma in Human Resource Management 2 Years Regular/Weekend
- Diploma in Business Administration 2 Years Regular/Weekend
- Diploma in Community Psychology 2 Years Regular/Weekend
- Diploma in Guidance and Counseling 2 Years Regular/Weekend
Undergraduate courses
- Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Economics and Resource Management 3 Years Regular/Weekend
- Bachelor of Public Health 3 Years Regular/Weekend
- Bachelor of Nursing Science 4 Years Regular/Weekend
- Bachelor of Nursing Science Completion 3 Years Regular/Weekend
- Bachelor of Animal Health and Production 3 Years Regular/Weekend
- Bachelor of Computer Science 3 Years Regular/Weekend
- Bachelor of Agribusiness Management and Community Development 3 Years Regular/Weekend
- Bachelor of Sports Science 3 Years Regular/Weekend
- Bachelor of Information Technology 3 Years Regular/Weekend
- Bachelor of Agriculture and Community Development 3 Years Regular/Weekend
- Bachelor of Laws 4 Years Regular
- Bachelor of Arts in Ethics And Human Rights 3 Years Regular/Weekend
- Bachelor of Arts in Theology 3 Years Regular
- Bachelor in Industrial Fine Art Design 3 Years Regular
- Bachelor of Arts With Education 3 Years Regular
- Bachelor of Arts With Education (Fine Art Double Main) 3 Years Regular
- Bachelor of Education – (Primary & Secondary) 2 Years Recess
- Bachelor of Arts in Performing and Leisure Arts 3 Years Regular
- Bachelor of Science and Technology Education 3 Years Regular
- Bachelor of Science With Education 3 Years Regular
- Bachelor of Arts in Development Management 3 Years Regular/Weekend
- Bachelor of Arts in Development Economics 3 Years Regular/Weekend
- Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Mass Communication 3 Years Regular/Weekend
- Bachelor of Business Administration 3 Years Regular/Weekend
- Bachelor of Guidance and Counseling 3 Years Regular/Weekend
- Bachelor of Conservation & Natural Resources Environmental Management 3 Years Regular/Weekend
- Bachelor of Community Psychology 3 Years Regular/Weekend
- Bachelor of Library and Information Science 3 Years Regular/Weekend
- Bachelor of Office Management and Secretarial Studies 3 Years Regular/Weekend
- Bachelor of Planning and Community Development 3 Years Regular/Weekend
- Bachelor of Science in Economics and Statistics 3 Years Regular/Weekend
- Bachelor of Procurement and Supply Chain Management 3 Years Regular/Weekend
- Bachelor of Project Planning and Management 3 Years Regular/Weekend
- Bachelor of Records Management and Information Science 3 Years Regular/Weekend
- Bachelor of Science in Accounting & Finance 3 Years Regular/Weekend
- Bachelor of Microfinance & Business Enterprise Management 3 Years Regular/Weekend
- Bachelor of Social Work and Social Administration 3 Years Regular/Weekend
- Bachelor of Development Studies 3 Years Regular/Weekend
- Bachelor of Science in Environmental Sciences 3 Years Regular/Weekend
- Bachelor of Public Administration and Management 3 Years Regular/Weekend
- Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Finance 3 Years Regular/Weekend
- Bachelor of Human Resource Management 3 Years Regular/Weekend
- Bachelor of Tourism and Hospitality Management 3 Years Regular/Weekend
- Bachelor of Economics and Management 3 Years Regular/Weekend
- Bachelor of Cooperative Management and Development 3 Years Regular/Weekend
Post Graduate, Masters and PhD courses
- PhD in Agriculture and Community Innovations 3 Weekend
- Master of Science Climatic Change and Food Security 2 Weekend
- Master of Business Information Technology 2 Weekend
- Master of Public Health 2 Weekend
- Master of Agriculture and Rural Innovations 2 Weekend
- Master of Science in Agronomy (Dry Land Farming) 2 Weekend
- Postgraduate Diploma in Agriculture And Rural Innovations 1 Weekend
- PhD in Language, Culture, and Society 3 Weekend
- Master of Arts in Literature and Communication 2 Weekend
- Master of Education in Administration and Planning 2 Weekend
- Postgraduate Diploma in Education 1 Weekend
- Postgraduate Diploma in Education Management 1 Weekend
- PhD in Development Studies 3 Weekend
- PhD in Development Management 3 Weekend
- Master of Science in Counseling Psychology 2 Weekend
- Master of Social Work 2 Weekend
- Master of Social Economics and Community Management 2 Weekend
- Master of Business Administration 2 Weekend
- Master of Arts in Development Studies 2 Weekend
- Master of Arts in Public Administration and Management 2 Weekend
- Postgraduate Diploma in Counseling 1 Weekend
- Postgraduate Diploma in Development Studies 1 Weekend
- Postgraduate Diploma in Public Administration and Management 1 Weekend
- Postgraduate Diploma on Office Management and Secretarial Studies 1 Weekend
See also
Notable Alumni
References
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