Cavendish University Uganda

Motto	Latin: Educare Mundum
Motto in English	"Educate the World"
Type	Private
Established	2008; 16 years ago (2008)
Chancellor	H.E.Goodluck Ebele Jonathan[1]
Vice-Chancellor	Olive Sabiiti
Students	5,000+ (2024)
Location	Kampala , Uganda 00°18′04″N 32°35′36″E / 0.30111°N 32.59333°E / 0.30111; 32.59333
Campus	Urban
Website	www.cavendish.ac.ug
Location in Kampala

Cavendish University Uganda (CUU) is licensed and accredited by the Uganda National Council for Higher Education (UNCHE), and was established in 2008.^[2] It is ranked 20th best university in Uganda and 10593th in the world.[1]

CUU's main campus is located at 1469 Ggaba Road, in Nsambya, a southern neighborhood of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda. Nsambya is approximately 5 kilometres (3.1 mi), by road, south-east of the central business district of Kampala.^[3]

In August 2016, the university established a second campus in the Bukoto neighborhood, to accommodate the law faculty.^[4]

Cavendish University Uganda (CUU) is a higher institution of learning that was granted a letter of interim authority on 18 December 2007 to establish a private university under the Universities and Tertiary Institutions Act No. 7 of 2001.

CUU is fully licensed and accredited by the Uganda National Council for Higher Education (UNCHE), and was established in 2008.

The student-centric academic model of CUU deploys global best practices in teaching and learning and is aimed at fulfilling the Mission of CUU which is to transform students into responsible, educated, employable and entrepreneurial citizens.

Cavendish University Uganda offers market-relevant and accredited academic programmes which are hosted in its four Faculties of Law, Science & Technology, Business & Management, and Socio–Economic Sciences. There is also a School of Postgraduate Studies & Research.

Learning at CUU is innovative, student-centric, participatory, active and practical. A technology platform is deployed to support blended learning, projects, case studies, distance learning, and other forms of effective and active learning.

Cavendish University Uganda has a large student population hailing from over 47 different countries. More than 11,000 students have graduated from CUU in many different disciplines at certificate, diploma, bachelor's and master's levels since its inception.

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Bettinah Tianah, Ugandan television personality, actress, model, and fashionista.

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Joan Nanteza, Amref health Africa.

The following programmes are currently offered at CUU:^[5]

• Master of Business Administration
• Master of Business Administration - Accounting & Finance
• Master of Business Administration - Marketing
• Master of Business Administration - Management
• Master of Business Administration - Entrepreneurship
• Master of Business Administration - Human Resources Management
• Master of Business Administration - Procurement & Supply Chain Management
• Master of Laws (LLM)
• Master of Public Health
• Master of Arts in International Relations & Diplomatic Studies
• Master of Science in Project Management
• Master of Security Studies
• Master of Information Technology

• Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration (PGD BA)

• Bachelor of Business Administration: Generic
• Bachelor of Business Administration- Banking & Finance
• Bachelor of Business Administration- Accounting & Finance
• Bachelor of Business Administration- Procurement & Logistics
• Bachelor of Business Administration- Human Resource Management
• Bachelor of Business Administration - Management
• Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and Diplomatic Studies
• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
• Bachelor of Information Technology
• Bachelor of Journalism & Communication Studies (Public Relations/Mass Communication)
• Bachelor of Laws
• Bachelor of Public Health
• Bachelor of Science in Environmental Health Science
• Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering
• Bachelors in Economics and Statistics
• Bachelor of Arts in Public Administration and Management
• Bachelor of Mass Communication and Journalism
• Bachelor of Environmental Health Science

• Diploma in Computer Science
• Diploma in Information Technology
• Diploma of Paralegal Studies

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