Cavendish University Uganda (CUU) is licensed and accredited by the Uganda National Council for Higher Education (UNCHE), and was established in 2008. It is ranked 20th best university in

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and 10593th in the worl

Location

CUU's main campus is located at 1469 Ggaba Road, in Nsambya, a southern neighborhood of

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, the capital and largest city of Uganda. Nsambya is approximately , by road, south-east of the central business district of Kampala. In August 2016, the university established a second campus in the

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neighborhood, to accommodate the law faculty.

Overview

Cavendish University Uganda (CUU) is a higher institution of learning that was granted a letter of interim authority on 18 December 2007 to establish a private university under the Universities and Tertiary Institutions Act No. 7 of 2001. CUU is fully licensed and accredited by the Uganda National Council for Higher Education (UNCHE), and was established in 2008. The student-centric academic model of CUU deploys global best practices in teaching and learning and is aimed at fulfilling the Mission of CUU which is to transform students into responsible, educated, employable and entrepreneurial citizens. Cavendish University Uganda offers market-relevant and accredited academic programmes which are hosted in its four Faculties of Law, Science & Technology, Business & Management, and Socio–Economic Sciences. There is also a School of Postgraduate Studies & Research. Learning at CUU is innovative, student-centric, participatory, active and practical. A technology platform is deployed to support blended learning, projects, case studies, distance learning, and other forms of effective and active learning. Cavendish University Uganda has a large student population hailing from over 47 different countries. More than 11,000 students have graduated from CUU in many different disciplines at certificate, diploma, bachelor's and master's levels since its inception.

Notable alumni

Political figures and government employees

* Persis Namuganza, Ugandan politician and the state minister for lands in the Cabinet of Uganda. * Robert Kyagulanyi, Ugandan lawyer, entertainer and politician. President of National Unity Platform political party.

Film, television and radio

Bettinah Tianah, Ugandan television personality, actress, model, and fashionista. Health worker Joan Nanteza, Amref health Africa.

Courses offered

The following programmes are currently offered at CUU:

Postgraduate programmes

* Master of Business Administration *

Master of Business Administration A Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a professional degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration; elective courses may allow further study in a particular ...

- Accounting & Finance * Master of Business Administration -

Marketing Marketing is the act of acquiring, satisfying and retaining customers. It is one of the primary components of Business administration, business management and commerce. Marketing is usually conducted by the seller, typically a retailer or ma ...

* Master of Business Administration - Management * Master of Business Administration - Entrepreneurship * Master of Business Administration -

Human Resources Management Human resource management (HRM) is the strategic and coherent approach to the effective and efficient management of people in a company or organization such that they help their business gain a competitive advantage. It is designed to maximize e ...

* Master of Business Administration - Procurement & Supply Chain Management * Master of Laws (LLM) * Master of Public Health * Master of Arts in International Relations & Diplomatic Studies * Master of Science in Project Management * Master of Security Studies * Master of Information Technology

Postgraduate diplomas

* Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration (PGD BA)

Undergraduate programmes

Bachelor of Business Administration A Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) is an undergraduate degree in business administration awarded by colleges and universities after completion of four years and typically 120 credits of undergraduate study in the fundamentals of busine ...

: Generic * Bachelor of Business Administration- Banking & Finance * Bachelor of Business Administration- Accounting & Finance * Bachelor of Business Administration- Procurement & Logistics * Bachelor of Business Administration- Human Resource Management *Bachelor of Business Administration - Management * Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and Diplomatic Studies *

Bachelor of Science A Bachelor of Science (BS, BSc, B.S., B.Sc., SB, or ScB; from the Latin ') is a bachelor's degree that is awarded for programs that generally last three to five years. The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Scienc ...

in Computer Science * Bachelor of Information Technology * Bachelor of Journalism & Communication Studies (Public Relations/Mass Communication) *

Bachelor of Laws A Bachelor of Laws (; LLB) is an undergraduate law degree offered in most common law countries as the primary law degree and serves as the first professional qualification for legal practitioners. This degree requires the study of core legal subje ...

* Bachelor of

Public Health Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals". Analyzing the de ...

* Bachelor of Science in Environmental Health Science *Bachelor of Science in

Software Engineering Software engineering is a branch of both computer science and engineering focused on designing, developing, testing, and maintaining Application software, software applications. It involves applying engineering design process, engineering principl ...

*Bachelors in Economics and Statistics *Bachelor of Arts in Public Administration and Management *Bachelor of Mass Communication and Journalism *Bachelor of Environmental Health Science

Diplomas

* Diploma in

Computer Science Computer science is the study of computation, information, and automation. Computer science spans Theoretical computer science, theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, and information theory) to Applied science, ...

* Diploma in

Information Technology Information technology (IT) is a set of related fields within information and communications technology (ICT), that encompass computer systems, software, programming languages, data processing, data and information processing, and storage. Inf ...

* Diploma of Paralegal Studies

References

External links

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