The Makerere University School of Computing and IT is organizing the 2018-second edition of Summer School on Software Engineering and Information Systems, in Collaboration with Mbarara University of Science and Technology, University of Chalmers and University of Gothenburg. The summer school will feature four tutorials delivered by leading researchers in the Software Engineering and Information Systems from 16th to 20th April 2018.

The award is granted by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research in recognition of Dr. Musiimenta’s track record of outstanding research in using patient-centred technology-assisted interventions for improving the health of Ugandans. Using this award, MUST, in collaboration with Humboldt University will implement a 2-year project (MatHealth) that will build on the PhD work of Ms.

MUST, in collaboration with the Pennsylvania State University, Boston Children’s Hospital, Delft University of Technology, Leiden University medical center, and the CURE Children’s Hospital of Uganda, has won grants from the US National Institutes of Health and the Netherlands NWO Open Mind programme totaling over  $400,000 to develop sustainable MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) technology. This is part of a $2 million grant meant for research aimed at reducing the number of infant death due to neonatal sepsis in developing countries.

Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST) on 30th November 2017 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Cukurova University, Turkey. The MoU was signed by the Vice Chancellor of MUST, Prof. Celestino Obua and the Rector of Cukurova University, Prof. Mustafa Kibar at the Uganda Police Headquarters in Naguru, Kampala in the presence of the Inspector General of Police, Gen. Kale Kaihura.