Bugema University Explained

Bugema University (BMU)
Motto:Excellence in Service
Established:1948
Type:Private
Chancellor:Dr.Daniel M. Matte[1]
Vice Chancellor:Prof. Paul Katamba[2]
Pushpin Map:Uganda
Coordinates:0.5697°N 32.6419°W
Campus:Rural
Website:Homepage

Bugema University (BMU) is a private, co-educational Ugandan university affiliated with the Seventh-day Adventist Church.[3] It is a part of the Seventh-day Adventist education system, the world's second largest Christian school system.[4] [5]

Location

The university is on land that measures 640acres, in Kalagala sub-county, Bamunanika county, Luweero District in the Central Region of Uganda. The main campus is approximately 33km (21miles), by road, northeast of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. It is approximately 18.1km (11.2miles), by road, south of the town of Ziroobwe, on the Gayaza–Ziroobwe Road. The coordinates of Bugema University campus are 0°34'11.0"N, 32°38'31.0"E (Latitude:0.569722; Longitude:32.641944).

History

The institution started in 1948 as a training school for teachers and pastors for the Seventh-day Adventist Church in East Africa. At that time it was called Bugema Missionary Training School. Later, the name changed to Bugema Missionary College and then to Bugema Adventist College.

In 1976 Bugema Adventist College received authorization from the Uganda Ministry of Education and the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists to offer a BTh degree. The college had applied to offer a BA in Theology, but the Ministry of Education denied the application because at that time only Makerere University was permitted to offer academic degrees. There were about 35 students in the program. The professors were Pastor and Mrs. Villagomez, and Pastor Gary Fordham. After President Idi Amin banned the Seventh-day Adventist church in 1977, the program was temporarily moved to Nairobi where the first degree students graduated with a BTh degree in 1978. The campus was then relocated to the church's youth camp (at Watamu just north of Mombasa) until Amin fled Uganda. While the college was at Watamu, Reuben Mugerwa finished his graduate degree at Andrews University and joined the faculty. The college was then moved back to the Bugema campus.

The college expanded. By the late 1980s curricula for Business and Education were added. In 1994, Bugema Adventist College changed its status from "college" to "university". In 1997, Bugema University was granted a tertiary institution license from the Ministry of Education and Sports.[6]

Academic divisions

Bugema University is composed of the following schools:[7]

School of Computing & Informatics

School of Business

School of Social Sciences

School of Education

School of Natural Sciences

School of Graduate Studies

Bugema University's School of Graduate Studies is affiliated with the University of Eastern Africa, Baraton in Kenya with some of the postgraduate courses. The school is also affiliated with Central Luzon State University with some of the postgraduate courses and serves as a center of e-learning on some Doctoral programs offered at Central Luzon State University in the Philippines.

Academic courses

The academic courses offered at BU include the following:[8]

Undergraduate degree programs

Postgraduate degree programs

Diploma courses

Short certificate courses

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bugema University Graduates Urged To Start Private Projects. 4 November 2014. 26 March 2015. Red Pepper (Uganda). Venenscias. Kiiza.
  2. Web site: Vice Chancellor's New Year's Message 2015 . Paul . Katamba . Bugema University (BMU) . 1 June 2021 . 1 January 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150201221832/http://www.bugemauniv.ac.ug/New%20downloads/Happy%20New%20Year%202015.pdf . 1 February 2015 .
  3. Web site: Bugema University Opens Sh800 Million Theology Complex. 18 October 2017 . 14 August 2016 . . Frederick . Kiwanuka . Kampala.
  4. Web site: 18 October 2017. For real education reform, take a cue from the Adventists . 15 November 2010 . Elissa . Kido . . Boston.
  5. Web site: Seventh-day Adventist Church: Department of Education: The General Conference Education Team . 18 October 2017 . 2008 . Adventist Organisation, Education Department (AOED) . AOED . 17 October 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171017005947/http://education.gc.adventist.org/about.html . dead .
  6. Web site: The History Of Bugema University . 18 October 2017 . Philimon . Badagawa . 12 May 2013 . Campus Times Uganda . Kampala.
  7. http://www.bugemauniv.ac.ug/index.php?page=scldpert Academic Departments at Bugema University
  8. http://www.bugemauniv.ac.ug/index.php?page=acad Academic Courses at Bugema University

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