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The students at the school come from Uganda and other African countries, especially Kenya. [4] The school is licensed to teach undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Human Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy and Nursing. KIU School of Health Sciences is recognised by the medical and dental licensing boards in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. [1]
As of 2021, 11 universities in Uganda offer medical schools.Admission to medical school requires the candidate to have attained a Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) as well as proficiency in Biology or Zoology, Chemistry and Physics at A-level standards.
The school's campus is located on Mulago Hill between the new and old mulago, in northeast Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. The location is adjacent to Mulago Hospital Complex, the teaching hospital of Makerere University. The coordinates of the school are: 00° 20' 17"N, 32° 34' 34"S (Latitude:0.3380, Longitude:32.5760)
The University campus is located in Mengo, Rubaga Division, in Kampala, Uganda's largest city and capital.The university campus sits on 11 acres (4.5 ha) of land and is located near Kabaka's Lake, in Mengo, close to the main Lubiri (Palace of the Kabaka of Buganda), 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) west of the central business district of Kampala.
BSc. Clinical Medicine and Surgery (4 years) + internship (1 year) + Clinical supervision (3 years), total 8 years or 376 weeks or 15040 hours [2] Higher Diploma in Clinical Medicine and Surgery (18 months or 68 weeks or 2700 hours) [3] MSc. Clinical Medicine and Surgery (2 years or 90 weeks or 3600 hours) [4] PhD.
The university was established in 2011. It is the first higher education institution in Uganda to teach its syllabus entirely online. The university adopted the name Virtual University of Uganda (VUU), from 2011 until 2019. VUU admitted its first cohort of students in January 2012. [4]
BSc, BBA, MSc: 2008 [4] Private 5: Kampala International University School of Health Sciences: Ishaka: Kampala International University: MBChB, MSc, MMed: 2004 [5] Private 6: Uganda Martyrs University School of Medicine: Nsambya: Uganda Martyrs University: MMed: 2010 [6] Private 7
VUU was accredited by the Uganda National Council for Higher Education in October 2010. In 2012, the affiliation with UB was terminated. [8] In September 2013, VUU was purchased for an undisclosed sum by Sudhir Ruparelia, ranked the wealthiest individual in East Africa, by Forbes magazine in 2012. [9] VUU then became a member of the Ruparelia ...