The University Deputy Vice-Chancellor in Charge of Academic Affairs, Prof. John Mase Kasenene said the academic programs under development are meant to serve interests of the local community and fit into the government’s development agenda.
Fort Portal based Mountains of the Moon University-MMU has embarked on an expansion of its
study programs to support Uganda’s critical needs.
The university in putting up a school of
Tourism, Hospitality and Hotel Management to support the
hospitality industry in the region and beyond.This will bring the numbers of
faculties to seven.
Two new departments
are also in the offing under the faculty of Business and Management Sciences
and of Agriculture and Environment Science.
In 2022, the University undertook an overhaul of its curriculum
that saw the reduction of academic program from 71 to 42 before recently the
National Council of Higher Education accredited five more programs.
There are 2,460 registered students in the University
system.
In an Interview, the University Deputy Vice-Chancellor in Charge of Academic Affairs, Prof. John Mase Kasenene said the
kind of academic programs being run and those under development are meant to
serve the interests of the local community as well and fit into the government’s
development agenda.
He says the University’s main purpose is now to
produce qualified human capital, noting that most of Institutional research is
directed towards engaging with the community to solve certain social
challenges.
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Prof. Kasesene added that Fort Portal being a tourism
city, the University is going in the direction of creating a tourism hub of
education to produce manpower that can participate in tourism development in
the country, starting with the tourism City.
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To drive towards meeting social needs, Kasenene noted that the University is also improving its courses in Agriculture and Environment
faculties through intensifying research adding that the University published over 70 publications in 2024 alone and currently have research
programs that are running.
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Kasenene envisions the university becoming a centre of
excellence in teaching and learning in the near future, and is asking the local population to embrace the
presence of the University for both academic and economic benefits.
Basaija is a graduate of Uganda Christian University (UCU-Mukono) holding a Bachelors Degree in Mass Communication.
He is a currently pursuing a fellowship in Gender Communications at Aga Khan University Graduate School of Media and Communications Nairobi, Kenya and expected to graduate in 2025.
He also boosts of numerous training's in the journalism arena.
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