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Uganda Pentecostal University

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Type
  
Private

Chancellor
  
Bishop Reuben Kisembo

Total enrollment
  
315 (2008)

Headquarters
  
Fort Portal, Uganda

Established
  
2005

Students
  
315 (2008)

Founded
  
2005

Uganda Pentecostal University

Vice-Chancellor
  
Professor John Ntambirweki

Location
  
Fort Portal, Uganda 00 39 44N, 30 15 58E

Similar
  
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The uganda pentecostal university september intake 2016 2017


Uganda Pentecostal University (UPU), is a private university in Uganda, the third-largest economy in the East African Community.

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Uganda pentecostal university


Location

The main campus of the university is located in the town of Fort Portal, Kabarole District, in Western Uganda, approximately 320 kilometres (200 mi), by road, west of Kampala, Uganda's capital city. This location is approximately 1 kilometre (0.62 mi), by road, west of downtown Fort Portal, on the road to Bwamba. The coordinates of the main campus are:0°39'44.0"N, 30°15'58.0"E (Latitude:0.662222; Longitude:30.266111).

Overview

The university started operating in 2001 as the Grotius School of Law and Professional Studies , with a campus in Mengo, a neighborhood in Lubaga Division, in western Kampala, Uganda's capital city. The school initially operated as part of another university. In 2004, the school was advised by the Uganda National Council for Higher Education (UNCHE), to apply for a separate license. After disagreements between the university and UNCHE were settled in court, the university was licensed on August 9, 2005 by the UNCHE.

Academics affairs

The programs in which the university offers degrees include the following:

Faculty of business administration

  • Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)
  • Faculty of law

  • Bachelor of Law
  • Master of Laws
  • Doctor of Laws (Legum Doctor)
  • Faculty of education

  • Bachelor of Education
  • Bachelor of Arts with education
  • Faculty of social sciences

  • Bachelor of Arts in social sciences
  • Bachelor of Development Studies
  • Faculty of journalism and communication science

  • Bachelor of Journalism & Communication
  • Bachelor of Information Technology
  • Faculty of arts

  • Master of Arts (Research)
  • Master of Philosophy
  • References

    Uganda Pentecostal University Wikipedia