Busitema University


Busitema University is a university in Uganda. It is one of the public universities and degree-awarding institutions in the country. It has six different campuses around the country; all situated in the Eastern Region of Uganda. The university also has a study center in the town of Tororo, focusing on short and skill-based training courses.
BU has its main focus on the instruction of agricultural sciences, agricultural mechanization, and agribusiness. That is Engineering, Science Education, Health Sciences, Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, Agriculture and Animal Sciences, Management Sciences and Vocational Education.

Location

BU has its main campus in Busitema, Busia District on the Jinja - Tororo Highway, about, by road, southwest of Tororo, the nearest large town. This location lies approximately, by road, east of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. The coordinates of the university's main campus are 0°32'42.0"N, 34°01'30.0"E.

University campuses

The campuses of BU include the following:
, the university offered the following courses:

Undergraduate degree courses

Faculty of Science and Education

  • Bachelor of Science Education in computer studies - 3 years - Nagongera campus
  • Bachelor of Science Education in physics - 3 years - Nagongera campus
  • Bachelor of Science Education in mathematics 3 years - Nagongera campus
  • Bachelor of Science Education in education - 3 years - Nagongera campus

    Faculty of Agriculture and Animal Sciences

  • Bachelor of Animal Production and Management - 3 years - Arapai campus
  • Bachelor of Science in Agriculture - 4 years - Arapai campus
  • Bachelor of Agribusiness - 3 years - Arapai campus

    Faculty of Engineering

  • Bachelor of Science in agricultural mechanization & irrigation engineering - 4 years - Main campus
  • Bachelor of Science in computer engineering - 4 years - Main campus
  • Bachelor of Science in water resources engineering - 4 years - Main campus
  • Bachelor of Science in Polymer, Textile and Industrial Engineering - 4 years - Main campus
  • Bachelor of Science in mining engineering - 4 years - Main campus
  • Bachelor of Science in Ago-processing Engineering- 4 years- main campus

    Faculty of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences

  • Bachelor of Science in natural resources economics - 3 years - Namasagali campus
  • Bachelor of Science in Hydrology - 4 years - Namasagali campus
  • Bachelor of Science in - 3 years - Namasagali campus

    Faculty of Health Sciences">Busitema University School of Medicine">Faculty of Health Sciences

  • Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery - 5 years - Mbale campus, Mbale Regional Referral Hospital
  • Bachelor of Science in Nursing - 3 years - Mbale campus, Mbale Regional Referral Hospital

    Undergraduate diploma courses

Faculty of Agriculture and Animal Sciences

Busitema university currently offers eighteen postgraduate programs.
  • Faculty of Health Sciences
  • * Master of Medicine in Internal Medicine - 3 years - Mbale campus, Mbale Regional Referral Hospital
  • * Master of Public Health - 2 years Mbale campus, Mbale Regional Referral Hospital
  • Faculty of Science and Education
  • *Masters of Educational Leadership and Management - 2 Years
  • *Masters of Master of Science in Industrial Mathematics
  • *Master of Science in Physics - 2 Years
  • *Master in Educational Psychology - 2 Years
  • Faculty of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences
  • *Master of Science in Climate Change and Disaster Management - 2 Years
  • *Master of Science in Environmental Economics - 2 Years
  • Faculty of Engineering and Technology
  • *Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Engineering - 3 Years
  • *Master of Science in Materials Engineering - 2 Years
  • *Doctor of Philosophy in Energy Engineering - 3 Years
  • *Master of Science in Sustainable Energy Engineering
  • *Postgraduate Diploma in Computer Forensics - 1 Year
  • *Master of Computer Forensics
  • *Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence
  • *Master of Science in Irrigation and Drainage Engineering
Other Postgraduate courses at Busitema University are;