Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST) has signed a 5-year partnership agreement with the HOWEST University of Applied Sciences of Belgium.
Major aspects of this co-operation shall include staff/student exchange for study, teaching and research and collaboration on research, curriculum, academic material and publications.
The partnership has been put in place under the auspices of the 10-year UCoBS programme which focuses on strengthening Mbarara University of Science and Technology’s flagship, the Community Based Education, Research and Service. The overall goal of the program is to achieve improved and sustainable household livelihoods of the Most At-Risk Populations by addressing their demographic challenges. The programme is funded by the Belgian Flemish Interuniversity Council (VLIR-UOS).
The formalization of the collaboration between MUST and HOWEST climaxed an inspirational visit between 21st and 28th October 2022, by MUST staff, to selected Flemish institutions as part of the UCOBS programme. Flemish institutions visited included, the Vrije Universiteit Brussels, HOWEST (Kortrijk/Brugge), the Province of West Flanders’ Wereldhuis (Roeselare) and AP Hogeschool Antwerp. The MUST team comprised Dr. Manasseh Tumuhimbise (Team Lead and Senior Lecturer at the MUST Faculty of Business and Management Sciences), Ms. Nuriat Nambogo of (Manager of Camtech Uganda, MUST) and Mr. Amos Baryashaba (Head, Computing Services-MUST). The visit falls within activities of the UCOBS programme’s Project 5- ‘Increased youth employability through skilling, innovations, experiential learning and technology transfer’.