Busoga University is a private university

University

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 in Uganda

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, affiliated with Busoga Diocese of the Church of Uganda

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.

Location

The main campus of Busoga University is located in the town of Iganga

Iganga

.Iganga is a town in Eastern Uganda. It is the main municipal, administrative and commercial center of Iganga District and the district headquarters are located there. The district is named after the town.-Location:...

, approximately 43 kilometres (26.7 mi), by road, northeast of the city of Jinja

Jinja, Uganda

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, on the highway between Jinja and Tororo

Tororo

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. The coordinates of Busoga University Campus are:00 35 42N, 33 27 43E (Latitude:0.5950; Longitude:33.4619).

Other campuses

The university maintains two other campuses: one in Jinja

Jinja, Uganda

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 and another in Kamuli

Kamuli

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. In addition, the university has a Resource Center on Balita Lane in downtown Iganga

Iganga

.Iganga is a town in Eastern Uganda. It is the main municipal, administrative and commercial center of Iganga District and the district headquarters are located there. The district is named after the town.-Location:...

, where it maintains its computer bank consisting of over 100 Internet-linked individual PCs and laptops, for the use of university staff and students.

History

Busoga University was founded in 1999, following the issuance of a tertiary institutional license by the Ministry of Education and Sports. The university is a non-profit organization.

Affiliations

Busoga University has academic linkages with the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, in Oshkosh

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, Wisconsin

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, USA and the University College Northampton, in Northampton

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, UK.

Academics

The university offers certificate, diploma, undergraduate and post-graduate courses in the following disciplines:

• Philosophy
  Philosophy
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• Agribusiness
  Agribusiness
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• Business Management
• Education Management
• Education Resource Management
• Human Resource Management
  Human resource management
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• Agriculture
  Agriculture
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• Community Policing
• Development Studies
  Development studies
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• Guidance and Counseling
  Counseling psychology
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• Information Technology
  Information technology
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• Law
  Law
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• Mass Communication
  Mass communication
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• Social Work and Social Administration
  Social work
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• Environmental Management
  Environmental management
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• Science Education
  Science education
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• Nursery Teaching
• Economics
  Economics
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• Public Administration
  Public administration
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• Accounting
• Project Planning and Management

External links

• Busoga University Homepage
• University Brochure at Newvision Newspapers
• About Busoga University