The Vice Chancellor, Prof. John Ddumba-Ssentamu together with the University Management held a meeting with the Parliamentary Sectoral Committee of Education and Sports in the Council Room, Main Building.

During the interaction,the University Management provided information on: Overall state of the university in terms of Management, standards, courses offered, student lecturer ratio, some of the challenges being faced by the University, threats and opportunities. Of additional interest is the state of physical infrastructure, staffing levels and students welfare.

The Resilience Innovation Challenge for Conflict (RIC4CONF) Grants Call was announced by the ResilientAfrica Network (RAN), School of Public Health (MakSPH), Makerere University in March 2016. The call focused on the sourcing, developing, and scaling of transformative technologies and approaches that would strengthen resilience to shocks and stresses that arise from chronic conflict and its effects.