News & Updates

Vice Chancellor Meets SAY Project Advisory Panel

Prof. Openjuru George Ladaah, the Vice Chancellor of Gulu University, received a multi-agency Advisory Panel of the Skilling in Agripreneurship for Increased Youth Employment (SAY) project on the 17th of July 2023 in the University Council Boardroom. The panel comprised officials from the Office of the President; Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry, and Fisheries; Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development; and Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives. Others were...

Japan University Donates Microscope to Gulu University

Associate Professor David Okello Owiny the Gulu University Deputy Vice-Chancellor has on Tuesday 16th May 2023 received two Microscopes from Juntendo Medical University in Japan in appreciation and strengthening of an ongoing collaboration in Malaria Research between Gulu University and Japanese Universities which started in 2013 comprising of Juntendo and Osaka Universities in Japan. The microscopes were delivered by Prof. Toshihiro Mira at the Gulu University Microbiology Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine...

UN Human Rights Donates Books to Gulu University

By Communications Office United Nations Human Rights office in Gulu has on Monday, 19th June 2023 donated over 1000 law books to Gulu University Library following the looming closure of all United Nations Human Rights offices in Uganda. Wafula Owor Emmanuel, the National Human Rights Officer team leader in Gulu said the books were part of their Resource Centre where the public and human rights scholars would do their reading from and...

Call for applications: The Africa Thesis Award 2023

The award aims to encourage students’ research and writing on African topics and to promote the study of African cultures and societies. It is presented annually to a student whose master's thesis has been completed on the basis of research conducted on an African topic. The award consists of a prize of € 500,- and the publication of the winning thesis in the ASCL’s African Studies Collection. All theses submitted...

The Science, Technology, and Innovation Parliamentary Committee pays a visit to Gulu University

On June 26th, 2023, the Parliamentary Committee on Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) conducted a visit to Gulu University as part of their oversight responsibilities to monitor all projects funded by the STI Secretariat. Led by Hon. Dr. Asiimwe Florence Akiiki, the Vice-Chairperson of the Committee, the team engaged with various STI projects at Gulu University and held discussions with the university's scientists. They encouraged the researchers to focus on commercializing...