Nationality Ugandan Name Pamela Mbabazi Ethnicity Munyankole | Citizenship Uganda Years active 1990 — present | |
Occupation Academic, and Academic Administrator Known for Academics, Administrative Skills Titles Chancellor, Mbarara University of Science and Technology | ||
Pamela Kasabiiti Mbabazi PhD (born 6 April 1969) is a Ugandan university professor, academic, and academic administrator. She is the deputy vice-chancellor of Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST). She was appointed to that position in 2010, for a renewable five-year term.
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Background and education
Mbabazi was born Pamela Kasabiiti, in Mbarara, Uganda, on 6 April 1969. She attended elementary schools in the Mbarara metropolitan area, before transferring to Kigezi High School for her O-Level studies. She moved to Bweranyangi Girls' Senior Secondary School in Bushenyi for her A-Level education.
In 1987, she entered Makerere University, Uganda's oldest and largest institution of higher education, graduating in 1990 with a Bachelor of Arts in economics and political science. She continued with her education at the University of Leeds, where she earned a Master of Arts in development studies in 1992. She earned a Master of Science in development planning and management from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi, Ghana. Her doctorate degree in development studies was obtained in 2005 from Mbarara University of Science and Technology.
Work experience
Since 1998, Mbabazi has served as the dean of the Faculty of Development Studies at Mbarara University. She is credited for setting up the faculty and developing curricula for the degree courses in development studies and business administration. The faculty has now been amalgamated into the university's Institute of Management Science. In 2010, she was appointed as deputy vice chancellor at MUST, replacing Jonathan Baranga who returned to the Faculty of Science.
Personal life
Mbabazi is married to an engineer and businessman, Ivan Mbabazi Batuma. Together, they are the parents of two children.