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 Nursing 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
Registered Nurses or Midwives or Comprehensive Nurses or Psychiatric Nurses or Paediatric Nurses
Registered or eligible for registration with Uganda Nurses and Midwives Council
Should have passed science subjects especially Mathematics and Chemistry at ‘O’ level
Sit and pass an entrance examination in Anatomy, Physiology, Microbiology and General Paper
| 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 | ||||
| 7 | BNS | Bachelor of Nursing Science | 4 | 1,344,000 | 520,000 | 2,688,000 | 1,040,000 |
| Modules for BACHELOR OF NURSING SCIENCE V2020 | |||||
| module_code | module_title | credit_units | module_level | module_year | module_sem |
| 11 | |||||
| COM1111 | COMMUNICATION SKILLS | 3 | core | 1 | 1 |
| CSC1111 | COMPUTER SKILLS | 3 | core | 1 | 1 |
| NSG1111 | INTRODUCTION TO NURSING | 3 | core | 1 | 1 |
| NSG1212 | CLINICAL NURSING SKILLS II + FIRST AID | 3 | core | 1 | 1 |
| NSG1214 | NURSING ETHICS AND PROFESSIONALISM | 3 | core | 1 | 1 |
| NSG2115 | PATHOPHYSIOLOGY I | 3 | core | 1 | 1 |
| NSG2116 | HEALTH ASSESSMENT I | 3 | core | 1 | 1 |
| NSG3111 | PSYCHIATRIC NURSING I | 3 | core | 1 | 1 |
| NSG3224 | NURSING RESEARCH METHODS I ( THEORY) | 3 | core | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | |||||
| NSG1213 | NURSING THEORIES | 3 | core | 1 | 2 |
| NSG2117 | PHILOSOPHY | 3 | core | 1 | 2 |
| NSG2215 | PATHOPHYSIOLOGY II | 3 | core | 1 | 2 |
| NSG2216 | HEALTH ASSESSMENT II | 3 | core | 1 | 2 |
| NSG2218 | MIDWIFERY I(OBSTETRICAL ANATOMY / PRECONCEPTUAL CARE/ ANTENATAL CARE) | 4 | core | 1 | 2 |
| NSG3123 | NURSING IN THE COMMUNITY | 3 | core | 1 | 2 |
| NSG3222 | PSYCHIATRIC NURSING II | 3 | core | 1 | 2 |
| NSG4127 | SOCIOLOGY & ANTHROPOLOGY | 3 | core | 1 | 2 |
| 21 | |||||
| BCH1115 | BIOMOLECULES AND ENZYMES | 4 | core | 2 | 1 |
| CMH1111 | BIOSTATISTICS AND DEMOGRAPHY | 3 | core | 2 | 1 |
| DVS1106 | INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL ECONOMY | 3 | core | 2 | 1 |
| NSG3118 | MIDWIFERY II LABOUR, PUERPERIUM AND NEWBORN | 4 | core | 2 | 1 |
| NSG3120 | MEDICAL -SURGICAL V | 5 | core | 2 | 1 |
| NSG3121 | PAEDIATRICS I | 5 | core | 2 | 1 |
| PHA2111 | BASIC PHARMACOLOGY | 4 | core | 2 | 1 |
| PSY2113 | HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY | 3 | core | 2 | 1 |
| 22 | |||||
| BCH1217 | METABOLISM AND NUTRITION | 4 | core | 2 | 2 |
| CMH2211 | EPIDEMIOLOGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION | 3 | core | 2 | 2 |
| DVS1203 | POLITICAL ECONOMY OF AFRICA AND DEVELOPMENT | 4 | core | 2 | 2 |
| NSG3218 | MIDWIFERY III (OBS) | 4 | core | 2 | 2 |
| NSG3220 | MEDICAL - SURGICAL NURSING II | 5 | core | 2 | 2 |
| NSG3221 | PAEDIATRIC NURSING II | 4 | core | 2 | 2 |
| PHA2211 | SYSTEMIC PHARMACOLOGY | 4 | core | 2 | 2 |
| 2R | |||||
| LCP4311 | LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY PLACEMENT I | 3 | core | 2 | R |
| LCP4312 | LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY PLACEMENT II | 5 | core | 2 | R |
| 31 | |||||
| DVS2101 | POLITICAL ECONOMY OF UGANDA | 3 | core | 3 | 1 |
| MED4112 | PALLIATIVE CARE | 3 | core | 3 | 1 |
| NSG4118 | MIDWIFERY IV (GYN) | 4 | core | 3 | 1 |
| NSG4124 | NURSING RESEARCH METHODS II [THEORY AND PROPOSAL DEVELOPMENT] | 3 | core | 3 | 1 |
| NSG4125 | NURSING EDUCATION | 5 | core | 3 | 1 |
| NSG4126 | NURSING LEADERSHIP MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION | 4 | core | 3 | 1 |
| NSG4229 | TRADITIONAL MEDICINE / COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES | 3 | core | 3 | 1 |
| PHA3111 | CHEMOTHERAPHY, CYTOTOCIC AGENTS & IMMUNOPHATHOLOGY | 3 | core | 3 | 1 |
| 32 | |||||
| DVS2201 | CITIZENRY, PROFESSIONALISM, GLOBALISATION AND | 3 | core | 3 | 2 |
| NSG4218 | MIDWIFERY V (DOMICILIARY) | 3 | core | 3 | 2 |
| NSG4224 | NURSING RESEARCH METHOD III ( DISSERTATION) | 3 | core | 3 | 2 |
| NSG4228 | CRITICAL CARE NURSING | 4 | core | 3 | 2 |
| NSG4230 | ADVANCED NURSING PRACTICE | 4 | core | 3 | 2 |
| NSG4231 | DISASTER PREPAREDNESS | 4 | core | 3 | 2 |
| NSG4232 | GERIATRIC NURSING | 4 | core | 3 | 2 |
| PHA3211 | CNS THERAPEUTICS & TOXICOLOGY | 3 | core | 3 | 2 |