Makerere University School of Public Health (MUSPH) is one of the schools that comprise the Makerere University College of Health Sciences, a constituent college of Makerere University, Uganda's oldest and largest public university.

Location

MUSPH is located on Mulago Hill, adjacent to the Mulago Hospital Complex, approximately 3 km, by road, north of the central business district of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda. The geographical coordinates of the school are 0°20'15.0"N, 32°34'38.0"E (Latitude:0.337500; Longitude:32.577222). As of August 2017, the school was preparing to break ground to a new five-storey headquarters building, to house innovation laboratories, auditoriums, tutorial rooms, demonstration rooms, as well as space for, postgraduate students, doctoral students, post-doctoral trainees, research fellows and visiting scholars. A total of US$3 million is needed. At that time, more than 3/4ths of the funds had been secured.

History

The origins of MUSPH date back to 1957 when the Department of Preventive Medicine was established at Makerere University Medical School. In 1975, the department was elevated to the Makerere Institute of Public Health and moved to a new five-storey building of its own. The institute was elevated to a full-fledged School of Public Health and made a constituent school of the Makerere University College of Health Sciences in 2007.

Departments

As of August 2018, MUSPH had the following departments:

Postgraduate programmes

MUSPH focuses more on graduate training than undergraduate. As of August 2018, the school offered the following graduate programmes.

Short courses

As of August 2018, MUSPH offered the following short courses:

Undergraduate courses

The following undergraduate courses are offered at MUSPH: MUSPH offers instruction in the following undergraduate programs whose qualifications are awarded by other schools within the Makerere University College of Health Sciences:

Notable faculty

Former faculty