St. Augustine International University
King Ceasor University (KCU) formerly known as St. Augustine International University.
Former name | St. Augustine International University |
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Motto | Wealth Multiplication & Moral Rearmament |
Type | Private |
Established | 2011 |
Chairperson | King Caesar Augustus Mulenga |
Chancellor | Tress Bucyanayandi |
Vice-Chancellor | Prof. Gabriel Nzarubara |
Location | , 00°16′20″N 32°37′17″E |
Campus | Urban |
Website | Homepage |
Location in Kampala |
Location
King Ceasor University formerly St. Augustine International University SAIU is a multi-campus university. It maintains the following campuses:[1]
- Bunga Campus
The main campus is located in the neighborhood of Bunga, in Makindye Division, one of the five administrative divisions of Uganda's capital city, Kampala. This location lies approximately 8 kilometres (5.0 mi), by road, southeast of the city's central business district.[2] The approximate coordinates of the main campus of St. Augustine International University are:0°16'21.0"N, 32°37'19.0"E (Latitude:0.272500; Longitude:32.621944).[3]
- Kisoro Campus
The Kisoro campus is located in the southwestern Ugandan town of Kisoro, approximately 465 kilometres (289 mi), by road, southwest of Kampala.[4] The campus is close to Saint Francis Hospital Mutolere, in Mutolere, which will serve as one of the teaching hospitals of the university.
- Mulago Campus
The Mulago campus is located on Mulago Hill, in Kawempe Division, in northern Kampala, approximately 5 kilometres (3.1 mi), by road, north of the city's central business district.[5] This location is adjacent to Mulago National Referral Hospital, another teaching hospital of the university.
- Namugongo Campus
The Namugongo campus is located at Namugongo, Kira Town, Wakiso District, approximately 15 kilometres (9.3 mi), by road, northeast of downtown Kampala.[6] The location lies close to the shrines of the Uganda Martyrs, with streams flowing through the campus. The College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine will be based here.
Overview
SAIU is a private university in Uganda, established in 2011. It is accredited by the Uganda National Council for Higher Education, the national body that licenses institutions of higher education in the country.[7] The multi-campus university is one of a number of private universities accredited between 2010 and 2014.[8] The founding vice chancellor of the university is Charity Basaza Mulenga, an electrical and computer science engineer trained at Makerere University in Uganda and Loughborough University in the United Kingdom.[9]
Academic departments
As of July 2014, SAIU was structured into four colleges:[10]
- College of Law and Business
- College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
- College of Engineering and Information Sciences
- College of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences
Academic courses
Listed below, are some of the undergraduate courses on offer, as of December 2020.
- Bachelor of Laws
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing
- Diploma in Agriculture
- Bachelor of Pharmacy
- Bachelor of Agriculture
- Bachelor of Arts in Hedge Fund Trading
- Diploma In Clinical Medicine
- Bachelor of Science in Artificial Intelligence
- Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Geoscience
- Bachelor of Arts in Mergers And Acquisitions
- BSc in Geospatial Intelligence
- Bachelor of Business Computing
- BSc in Oil And Gas Management
- Bachelor of Information Technology
- BSc in Biotechnology
- BSc in Public and Community Health
- Bachelor of Business Administration
- Bachelor of Data Science and Big Data
- Bachelor of Arts in Investment Banking
- BA in Real Estate Finance & Development
- Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
- BSc in Agriculture (Distance Learning Programme)
- BSc in Medical Records & Health Information Technology
- Bachelor of Digital Forensics & Cyber Crime Investigation
- Bachelor of Financial Engineering & BlockChain Technology
See also
References
- SAIU. "The Campuses of St. Augustine International University". St. Augustine International University (SAIU). Archived from the original on 28 May 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- "Map Showing Central Kampala And Bunga With Distance Indicator". Globefeed.com. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- Google, . "Location of Main Campus of St. Augustine International University At Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved 9 July 2014.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
- "Distance Between Kampala And Kisoro With Map". Globefeed.com. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- "Distance Between Central Kampala And Mulago With Map". Globefeed.com. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- "Map Showing Central Kampala And Namugongo With Distance Indicator". Globefeed.com. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- UNCHE. "Uganda National Council for Higher Education: Private Universities". Uganda National Council for Higher Education (UNCHE). Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- Conan Businge, and Gloria Nakajubi (25 March 2013). "Uganda Registers New Private University". New Vision (Kampala). Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- SAIU. "St. Augustine International University Prospectus" (PDF). St. Augustine International University (SAIU). Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- SAIU (6 July 2017). "Saint Augustine Internationaal University: College". Kampala: St. Augustine International University (SAIU). Retrieved 6 July 2017.