Eriabu Lugujjo is an
electrical engineer
Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems that use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It emerged as an identifiable occupation in the l ...
,
academic
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and
academic administrator
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. He is the current
vice chancellor
A vice-chancellor (commonly called a VC) serves as the chief executive of a university in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia, Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Kenya, other Commonwealth countr ...
of
Ndejje University
Ndejje University is a private, multi-campus, Christian university and the oldest private university in Uganda.
Location
The university has two separate campuses located on , in a rural setting at Ndejje Hill, about , north-west of Bombo Town, ...
, a private Christian university, which was licensed by the
Uganda National Council for Higher Education
The Uganda National Council for Higher Education (UNCHE) is a semi-autonomous government regulatory agency, responsible for the regulation of higher education in Uganda, the third-largest economy in the East African Community. UNCHE is also respo ...
, in 1992. He was appointed to that position in July 2012.
Education
He holds a
Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, obtained in 1969, from
Makerere University
Makerere University (; 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. It became an independent national university in ...
, Uganda's largest and oldest public university. He also holds a
Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, obtained in 1971, from the
California Institute of Technology
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, in
Pasadena
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. His
Doctorate in Electrical Engineering was obtained in 1974, also from Caltech.
Work history
Soon after graduating from Makerere University, he joined the Faculty of Engineering as a teaching assistant in 1969. He rose through the ranks, eventually becoming the Head of the Department of Electrical Engineering. From 1981 until 1989, he was the dean of the Faculty of Technology at Makerere. He has been associated with the
(UNESCO) since 1983. For a period of eight years, he served as a member of UNESCO's executive board. He is the current chairperson of the Industrial Training Council, established to guide technical and vocational education in Uganda.
See also
References
External links
Website of Ndejje University
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Living people
1948 births
Makerere University alumni
California Institute of Technology alumni
People from Central Region, Uganda
Ugandan Christians
Vice-chancellors of universities in Uganda
Ugandan electrical engineers
Electrical engineering academics