Category: News & Events

The 8th Annual Medical Technology Hackathon organized by Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST) and Consortium for Affordable Medical Technologies (CAMTech Uganda) will take place from September 30th to 2nd October, 2022. Participants from all over the world will convene at MUST to brainstorm and come up with innovative solutions focused on the theme; “Building a Resilient […]

CONSOLIDATING EARLY-CAREER ACADEMICS PROGRAMME (CECAP) MASTER OF SCIENCE SCHOLARSHIP Call for Applications Background The Department of Biology has attained funding from Carnegie Corporation of New York through Makerere University under the Consolidating Early-Career Academics Program for two postdoctoral research fellowships. The grant is aimed at consolidating the research capacity of early career academics to enhance […]

September 23, 2022, Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST) organized its maiden agricultural innovations exhibition at its town campus in Mbarara city. The exhibition was organized by the Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies (FIS) in conjunction with the Centre for Innovations and Technology Transfer (CITT) under the theme ‘’Higher Technical Education in Africa for an […]

Mastercard Foundation Uganda and Cyber School Technology Solutions launched a 5-year initiative aimed at strengthening the university’s eLearning capacity. Mbarara University of Science and Technology is one of the Universities in Uganda that will benefit from this initiative. This was confirmed on September 20th, 2022, when a team, led by Ms. Joanne Nakimuli, from the […]

The Commonwealth Pharmacists Association (CPA) Regional Assembly elected Dr Jonans Tusiimire as vice president for the next two years. Dr Tusiimire, the Deputy Dean Faculty of Medicine and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Pharmacy at Mbarara University of Science and Technology, is the representative for the Pharmaceutical Society of Uganda (PSU) at the CPA […]

The MUST Centre for Innovations and Technology Transfer (CITT) conducted its 4th Scientific Writing Workshop from 12th to 16th September, 2022. The workshop brought together eight multidisciplinary teams (16 participants) in areas of engineering, ICT, Business, agro-biotechnology and value addition; that are competing for the Quarter 1 2022/2023 innovation seed grant. The Quarter 1 2022/2023 […]

Dr. Musa Kayondo (PhD) from the Faculty of Medicine,  Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Prof. Verena Geissbuher from the University of Basel Switzerland and St Claraspital, Basel won a 3-year grant from Else Kröner-Fresenius Foundation (Germany). Principle Investigators  Prof Verena Alice Geissbühler and Dr. Musa Kayondo Grant title Women’s health in Uganda with focus […]

Background The MUST-IUC Partnership titled “University as a Facilitator for Community-Based Sustainable Solutions to Demographic Challenges in South-Western Uganda”  hereafter referred to as UCoBS is a 10-year (2022-2032) collaborative partnership project between Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium) and other Flemish Higher Education Institutions funded by the Flemish Interuniversity Council […]