Busitema University

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Busitema University (BU) 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.

BU has its main campus in Busitema, Busia District on the Jinja - Tororo Highway, about 26 kilometres (16 mi), by road, southwest of Tororo, the nearest large town. This location lies approximately 186 kilometres (116 mi), 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 (Latitude:0.5450; Longitude:34.0250).

Main campus in Busia District - Faculty of Engineering (Busitema) - 1,300 acres (530 ha) Jinja campus - Non-operative - 9 acres (3.6 ha) Nagongera campus in Tororo District - Faculty of Science and Education - 850 acres (340 ha) Mbale campus in Mbale District - Faculty of Health Sciences - 30 acres (12 ha) Kaliro campus in Kaliro District - Non-operative - 198 acres (80 ha) Pallisa campus in Pallisa District 350 acres (140 ha) Arapai campus in Soroti District - Faculty of Agriculture and Animal Sciences - 675 acres (273 ha) Namasagali campus in Kamuli District - Faculty of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences - 0 acres (0 ha)

As of June 2019, the university offered the following courses:

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

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

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

Bachelor of Science in natural resources economics (NRE) - 3 years - Namasagali campus Bachelor of Science in Hydrology - 4 years - Namasagali campus Bachelor of Science in Fisheries and Water Resource Management (FWR) - 3 years - Namasagali campus

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

Diploma in Agricultural Engineering - 2 years - Busitema campus Diploma in Ginning Engineering - 2 years - Busitema campus Diploma in Animal Production and Management - 2 years - Arapai campus Diploma in Crop Production and Management - 2 years - Arapai campus Diploma in electronics and electrical engineering - 2 years - Busitema campus

Faculty of Agriculture and Animal Sciences Certificate in General Agriculture - 2 years - Arapai campus

Busitema university currently offers eighteen (18) postgraduate programs.

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