Kampala International University


Kampala International University is a private multi-campus university in Uganda.

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 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.
Kampala International University Western Campus is located in Ishaka in Bushenyi District, approximately, by road, south-west of Kampala.
KIU maintains a third campus, the KIU Dar es Salaam Constituent College, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

History

Kampala International University is a private, not-for-profit institution based in Uganda. It was established in 2001 and received its university charter in March 2009.

University Management

Executive

The University Executive consists of

Main campus

KIU's main campus has three constituent colleges and three schools and one directorate
  1. KIU College of Education
  2. College of Humanities
  3. College of Economics and Management
  4. School of Law
  5. School of Computing and Information Technology
  6. School of Humanities
  7. Directorate of Higher Degrees and Research
This is the largest of the three campuses, hosting more than 7,000 students and over 300 academic staff.

Western campus

The Western Campus in Ishaka has 4 schools and 1 faculty
  1. School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
  2. School of Allied Health Sciences
  3. School of Biomedical Sciences
  4. School of Nursing Sciences
  5. Faculty of Clinical Medicine and Dentistry
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 in the Gongolamboto area in Ilala District, along Pugu Road. The campus is approximately from Julius Nyerere International Airport.

2013 government investigation

In 2013, the Ugandan National Council for Higher Education began an investigation into whether the 42 Doctorates of Philosophy 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.