Makerere University School of Biomedical Sciences

Makerere University School of Biomedical Sciences
Type Public
Established 2007
Dean Charles Ibingira
Location Mulago Hill, Kampala, Uganda
00 19 38N, 32 37 00E
Campus Urban
Affiliations Makerere University

The Makerere University School of Biomedical Sciences (MUSBS) is one of the four schools that comprise the Makerere University College of Health Sciences (MUCHS), a semi-autonomous constituent college of Makerere University, Uganda's oldest university. Between 1924 and 2007, the school was part of the Makerere University School of Medicine and constituted the pre-clinical departments of anatomy, biochemistry, physiology, pharmacology, microbiology, and pathology. In 2007, those departments were organized into a separate school. MUSBS provides biomedical education at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Location

The school's campus is located on Mulago Hill, in north-east Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. The location is close to the other schools of the College of Health Sciences and is adjacent to the Mulago Hospital Complex, the teaching hospital of MUCHS. The coordinates of the school are: 00° 20' 17"N, 32° 34' 38"S (Latitude:0.3381, Longitude:32.5772)

Overview

MUSBS is one of the schools that constitute MUCHS, a constituent semi-autonomous college of Makerere University. The schools of the college include:

The college is headed by a principal and a deputy principal, while each school is headed by a dean.[1]

Departments

As of September 2009, the following departments constituted MUSBS:[2]

Undergraduate Courses

The following undergraduate courses are offered at MUSBS:[3]

Graduate courses

The following graduate courses are offered at MUSBS:[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Organizational Structure of the College of Health Sciences
  2. ↑ The Departments of Makerere University School of Biomedical Sciences
  3. ↑ Undergraduate Courses Offered at MUSBS
  4. ↑ The Graduate Courses Offered at MUSBS

Coordinates: 00°19′38″N 32°37′00″E / 0.32722°N 32.61667°E / 0.32722; 32.61667

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