MINIMUM ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
The minimum requirements for admission to any Undergraduate degree programme are:
- Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) or its equivalent with at least 5 passes
- Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) or its equivalent with at least 2 principal passes.
- Diploma holders must have passed with at least a credit.
The minimum requirements for admission to any Diploma programme are:
- Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) or its equivalent with at least 5 passes
- Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) or its equivalent with at least 1 principal pass and two subsidiary passes.
Additionally, for international applicants:
- Applicants whose first language or medium of instruction is not English, must provide evidence from a recognized English language training institution that they have sufficient command of English language.
- Applicants should have their documents equated by Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) of UCE and UACE documents and Uganda National Council for Higher Education (UNCHE) for Diploma and Certificate documents.
Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Science (Duration 4 years)
Direct Entry
Two principal passes in Biology and Chemistry and at least Subsidiary Pass in either Physics or Mathematics
Diploma Entry
Diploma in Medical Laboratory Technology from a recognized institution.
Registered with Allied Health Professionals’ Council
Submit two reference reports one from current employer(s) and the other from the institution where the Diploma training was done.
Sit and pass an entrance examination consisting of three written papers in Clinical Chemistry, Haematology & Blood Transfusion, Histopathology, Microbiology, and Parasitology.
| No | Code | PROGRAMME | DURATION | UGANDAN STUDENTS | INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS | ||
| TUITION (SHS.) per Semester | FUNCTIONAL FEES (SHS.) per year | TUITION (SHS.) per Semester | FUNCTIONAL FEES (SHS.) per year | ||||
| 6 | MLS | Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Science | 4 | 1,344,000 | 520,000 | 2,688,000 | 1,040,000 |
| Modules for BACHELOR OF MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE V2023 | |||||
| module_code | module_title | credit_units | module_level | module_year | module_sem |
| 11 | |||||
| ANA1125 | SYSTEMIC ANATOMY I | 3 | core | 1 | 1 |
| BCH1125 | BASIC BIOCHEMISTRY | 4 | core | 1 | 1 |
| CMH112I | BIOSTATISTICS & DEMOGRAPHY | 3 | core | 1 | 1 |
| COM1121 | COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND COUNSELLING | 3 | core | 1 | 1 |
| CSC1121 | COMPUTER SKILLS | 3 | core | 1 | 1 |
| DVS1106 | INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL ECONOMY | 3 | core | 1 | 1 |
| MLS1121 | CELL BIOLOGY & GENETICS | 3 | core | 1 | 1 |
| PHS1123 | EXCITABLE TISSUES, BLOOD AND CARDIOPULMONARY PHYSIOLOGY | 4 | core | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | |||||
| ANA1225 | SYSTEMIC ANATOMY II | 3 | core | 1 | 2 |
| BCH1226 | BASIC MEDICAL BIOCHEMISTRY | 4 | core | 1 | 2 |
| DVS1203 | POLITICAL ECONOMY OF AFRICA AND DEVELOPMENT | 3 | core | 1 | 2 |
| EDM1221 | EDUCATION METHODS | 3 | core | 1 | 2 |
| MLS1224 | BIOINSTRUMENTATION AND EQUIPMENT INSTALLATION | 3 | core | 1 | 2 |
| MLS1225 | BIOSAFETY, BIOSECURITY, SAFETY AND FIRST AID | 3 | core | 1 | 2 |
| PHS1227 | RENAL, GIT AND NEUROENDOCRINE PHYSIOLOGY | 4 | core | 1 | 2 |
| SOC1221 | MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY | 3 | core | 1 | 2 |
| 1R | |||||
| LCP1321 | LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY PLACEMENT I | 3 | core | 1 | R |
| LCP1322 | LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY PLACEMENT II | 5 | core | 1 | R |
| 21 | |||||
| DVS2105 | POLITICAL ECONOMY OF UGANDA | 3 | core | 2 | 1 |
| DVS2201 | CITIZENRY, PROFESSIONALISM, GLOBALIZATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP | 3 | core | 2 | 1 |
| MLC2121 | HAEMATOLOGY. BT AND PRACTICAL I: HAEMOPOIESIS AND PROLIFERATIVE BLOOD DISORDERSn n | 3 | core | 2 | 1 |
| MLC2122 | MICROBIOLOGY AND PRACTICAL I: BACTERIAL IDENTIFICATION TESTS AND ANTIMICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTING n | 3 | core | 2 | 1 |
| MLC2123 | PARASITOLOGY AND PRACTICAL I: PROTOZOOLOGY AND HELMINTHOLOGYn | 3 | core | 2 | 1 |
| MLC2124 | RESEARCH METHODS I: INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH n | 3 | core | 2 | 1 |
| PAT2111 | GENERAL PATHOLOGY | 4 | core | 2 | 1 |
| PHA2111 | BASIC PHARMACOLOGY | 3 | core | 2 | 1 |
| PSY2113 | HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY | 3 | core | 2 | 1 |
| 22 | |||||
| CMH2211 | FUNDAMENTALS OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION n | 3.5 | core | 2 | 2 |
| MLC2221 | CLINICAL CHEMISTRY AND PRACTICAL I: CARBOHYDRATE AND LIPID AND METABOLIC DISORDERS n | 3 | core | 2 | 2 |
| MLC2222 | HISTOPATHOLOGY AND PRACTICAL I: INTRODUCTION TO HISTOPATHOLOGY AND CYTOLOGY n | 3 | core | 2 | 2 |
| MLC2223 | RESEARCH METHODS II: RESEARCH PROPOSAL DEVELOPMENT n | 3 | core | 2 | 2 |
| MLC2224 | PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP n | 3.5 | core | 2 | 2 |
| MLS2226 | IMMUNOLOGY & SEROLOGY | 3 | core | 2 | 2 |
| MLS2228 | LABORATORY ETHICS AND PROFESSIONALISM | 3 | core | 2 | 2 |
| 31 | |||||
| MLC3121 | CLINICAL CHEMISTRY AND PRACTICAL II: HORMONES AND ORGAN FUNCTION TESTS | 3 | core | 3 | 1 |
| MLC3122 | HAEMATOLOGY, BT AND PRACTICAL II: COAGULATION AND IMMUNOHAEMATOLOGYn | 3 | core | 3 | 1 |
| MLC3123 | HISTOPATHOLOGY AND PRACTICAL II: HISTOCHEMISTRY AND IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY. | 3 | core | 3 | 1 |
| MLC3124 | MICROBIOLOGY AND PRACTICAL II: SYSTEMATIC BACTERIOLOGY n | 4 | core | 3 | 1 |
| MLC3125 | PARASITOLOGY AND PRACTICAL II: MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY n | 3 | core | 3 | 1 |
| MLC3126 | RESEARCH METHODS III: DATA COLLECTION, ANALYSIS & REPORT n | 5 | core | 3 | 1 |
| MLC3127 | LABORATORY PLANNING, CONSTRUCTION, LAYOUT AND PROCUREMENT n | 3 | core | 3 | 1 |
| PHA3122 | PRINCIPLES OF TOXICOLOGY | 3 | core | 3 | 1 |