Author: Sheila Niinye Twinamatsiko

The University of Edinburgh through partnership with the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program is inviting postgraduate scholarship applications. In response to the climate crisis the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at the University of Edinburgh will invest in a community of skilled, entrepreneurial, and compassionate future leaders from across Africa. Through our Scholars Program we offer talented […]

The Faculty of Applied Sciences and Technology (FAST) at MUST hosted Innovate UK (IUK) in partnership with Innovate UK Edge (IUK Edge) and the Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN) together with twelve businesses on an international brokerage visit to Uganda on Tuesday 6th December 2022. Addressing the visitors, Prof. Celestino Obua the Vice Chancellor MUST highlighted […]

On 9th November 2022, Mbarara University of Science and Technology welcomed the 9th cohort of 21 students from Somali International University (SIU) for a one-year placement. 18 students of undergraduate Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB) and 3 students of Bachelor of Computer Science. They will commence their placement at the start of the 2022/2023 […]

Characterised by traditional dances and cross-country presentations, Friday 23rd September 2022 was an exciting evening as MUST hosted the 6th international dinner. The dinner is an annual relaxing event that brings together international students and visitors from different countries. It is also time for management to interact with international students and set new strategies in […]

Ms. Mehal Churiwal has been awarded a Fulbright scholarship to study postinfectious hydrocephalus in Uganda over a period of nine months starting September 2022. She will be under the advisement of Assoc. Prof. Edgar Mulogo, the Head of Department of Community Health at MUST and Prof. Ross Boyce from UNC-CH, who developed the longstanding MUST-UNC […]

Mbarara University of Science and Technology joins the rest of the world to mourn the passing on of the longest serving monarch in United kingdom, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Head of the Common Wealth. MUST has benefited from the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) through scholarships to staff in PhDs and Masters […]

On 25th July 2022, the Department of Ophthalmology unveiled the Glaucoma Screening and Treatment project for South Western Uganda that will end in December 2024. The 2 billion UGX project funded by the Christian Blind Mission (CBM) aims at contributing towards the health system strengthening to provide glaucoma screening and care in the South Western […]

Associate Professor Dr. Sheila Harms is a Training Director for Psychiatry at McMaster University in Hamilton Canada and an Honorary Associate Professor at MUST. Dr. Harms spearheads the partnership between McMaster University and MUST that is referred to as McMUST, based in the Department of Psychiatry since 2014. MCMUST led by Dr. Godfrey Zaari Rukundo […]