International University of East Africa

Location

IUEA has its main campus on a 15 acres (6.1 ha) piece of property at Kansanga, a southeastern suburb of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. Kansanga lies approximately 8 kilometres (5.0 mi), by road, south of the central business district of Kampala. The coordinates of the university campus are:0°17'05.0"N, 32°36'24.0"E (Latitude:0.284722; Longitude:32.606667).

History

The university was founded in 2010 and began admitting students in July 2011. IUEA is licensed by the Uganda National Council of Higher Education (UNCHE), the government body that licenses institutions of higher learning in the country.

Overview

University of East Africa is one of the newest universities in Uganda. Located in Kansanga, off the Kampala-Ggaba Road, in the southern part of the Kampala Metropolitan Area, the campus measures 15 acres (6.1 ha). Once the campus infrastructure is fully installed, the student body is expected to swell to 10,000. The first Chancellor of UEA is Professor Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile, the current Governor of the Bank of Uganda, the national Central Bank of Uganda. The current Vice Chancellor is Professor Olubayi Olubayi .

Academic departments

As of July 2014, UEA has the following faculties:

1. Faculty of Business and Management
2. Faculty of Engineering
3. Faculty of Science and Technology
4. Faculty of Law
5. Faculty of Medicine

Courses