East African Region
Busitema University
Busitema University (BU) is a university in Uganda, and is one of the eight public universities and degree-awarding institutions in the country. The university has a main focus on agricultural sciences, agricultural mechanisation, and agribusiness, and has five faculties:
- Faculty of Science and Education
- Faculty of Agriculture and Animal Sciences
- Faculty of Engineering
- Faculty of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences
- Faculty of Health Sciences
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Gulu University
Gulu University (GU) is a university in Uganda. It is one of the nine public universities in the country, as of September 2016. GU was established by Act 7 of 2001 of the Parliament of Uganda. The university admitted its first students and commenced teaching activities in 2002. There are six faculties at Gulu University:
- Faculty of Agriculture and the Environment
- Faculty of Business and Development Studies
- Faculty of Law
- Faculty of Education and Humanities
- Faculty of Medicine
- Faculty of Science
Find out more about Gulu university using the link to their website below:
Gulu University Website
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT)
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) is a public university that is situated in 36 kilometres northeast of Nairobi. It offers courses in Technology, Engineering, Science, Commerce, Management and Building sciences. The university has a strong research interest in the areas of biotechnology and engineering.
JKUAT is home to the following schools:
- School of Medicine
- School of Pharmacy
- School of Computing and Information Technology
- School of Architecture & Building Sciences
- School of Civil, Environmental and Geospatial Engineering
- School of Electrical, Electronic and Information Engineering
- School of Law
- School of Mechanical, Manufacturing and Materials Engineering
- School of Biosystems and Environmental Engineering
- School of Business
- School of Communication and Development Studies
- School of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences
- School of Mathematics and Physical Sciences
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Mekelle University
Mekelle University is a higher education and training public institution located in Mekelle, Ethiopia, and is one of the largest public universities in Ethiopia. It has seven colleges, eight institutes, and more than 90 undergraduate and 70 postgraduate programs. The student intake capacity of Mekelle University has reached 31,000 or 10% of Mekelle’s population. Mekelle University houses the following schools and institutes:
- College of Dryland Agriculture and Natural Resources Management
- College of Natural and Computational Sciences
- College of Law and Governance
- College of Social Sciences and Languages
- College of Business and Economics
- College of Health Sciences and Ayder Referral Hospital
- College of Veterinary Science
- Ethiopian Institute of Technology – Mekelle (EiT-M)
- Institute of Paleo-Environment and Heritage Conservation
- Institute of Geo-Information and Earth Observation
- Institute of Environment, Gender, and Development Studies
- Institute of Water and Environment
- Institute of Climate and Society
- Institute of Pedagogical Sciences
- Institute of Energy (IoE)
- Mekelle Institute of Technology (MIT-MU)
- Sports Science Academy and Mekelle Stadium
- Ethiopian mechanical engineering society
- Institute of Mountain Research and Development
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Moi University
Moi University is a public university located in Kesses, Kenya. It was established in 1984 by the Moi University Act of the Parliament of Kenya, after recommendations from the McKay Commission. In its first year of existence, there was only one department – the Department of Forestry, where 83 students enrolled. The university’s school of medicine was established in 1996, and was the second school of medicine established in the country. Today, the university places emphasis on science and technology, and is home to the following schools:
- School of Agriculture and Natural Resources
- School of Aerospace Science
- School of Arts and Social Sciences
- School of Biological and Physical Sciences
- School of Business and Economics
- School of Education
- School of Engineering
- College of Health Sciences;
- School of Dentistry
- School of Medicine
- School of Nursing
- School of Public Health
- School of Information Sciences
- School of Law
- School of Tourism Hospitality and Events Management
- School of Graduate Studies
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Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology
The Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (NM-AIST) is a public institution located in Arusha, Tanzania. It forms a part of the network of Pan-African Institutes of Science and Technology spread across the continent. NM-AIST is actively being developed as a research-intensive institution focused on postgraduate and postdoctoral studies and research in Science, Engineering, and Technology, with an additional focus on elements of humanities and business studies. The institution’s specializations include life sciences and bio-engineering, which are being cultivated due to the region’s rich biodiversity. An important mission of NM-AIST Arusha is to stimulate and advance agricultural production, leading to increased output. Additionally, the institution places a strong emphasis on value addition to natural products, such as agricultural and mineral resources, within Tanzania and the broader Eastern African region.
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Strathmore University
University of Rwanda
University of Rwanda is a public collegiate, multi campus university based in Kigali, Rwanda, and is currently ranked number one in the country. Formed in 2013 through the merger of previously independent education institutions, the University of Rwanda is the largest education institution in Rwanda. Today the University of Rwanda is composed of six independent and self-governing colleges operating on eight campuses. The university hosts a number of centres including four African Centres of Excellence established by World Bank. The university has roughly 32,000 students, with ~2,000 in Masters Programs and ~400 in Doctorate Programs.
The university is organised into six different colleges:
- College of Arts and Social Sciences
- College of Agriculture, Animal Sciences and Veterinary Medicine
- College of Business and Economics
- College of Education
- College of Medicine and Health Sciences
- College of Science and Technology
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