KIU holds its 25th graduation ceremony. Over 2000 graduate
Drake Nyamugabwa
2,554 students graduated during the 25th graduation ceremony at Kampala International University (KIU) in different disciplines, with 43% (1035) of the graduates being females while 57% (1359) are males. 19 graduates scooped first-class degrees, while the Kansanga-based main campus produced more compared to the Western Campus.
The Chief Guest, at the ceremony n Saturday 11th June 2002 at the Kansanga campus, Prof. Mondo Kagonyera said that KIU is one of the very few Universities that stood the Covid-19 Challenges while explaining that it not only quickly adapted to the Open Distance and e-learning but conducted 3 virtual graduations as well.
The KIU Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Mouhammad Mpezamihigo Mpezamihigo revealed that in April this year, the university was formally admitted as the 1442 and Member of the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), with the objective of mobilizing global scientific and technological expertise to promote practical problem solving for sustainable development.
“Today we are graduating 2,394, out of which 43% (1035) are females, and 57% (1359) are males. In terms of the quota contribution between the main and western Campuses, 52% (1240) have trained at the main campus, while 48% are from the Western campus. Among the graduands, 19 of them distinguished themselves from the rest by obtaining first-class degrees.
Dr. Al Hajj Basajjabalaba, the KIU Chairman Board of Trustees pictured above noted that the university is steadily improving in science and infrastructure in addition to its rank as the best private university in the land.
“In addition to the long list of infrastructural accomplishments, I reported during last year’s graduation, over the last couple of months we have been able to complete a set of blocks for biomedical sciences at Western Campus and are now well furnished and operational. Yet, the need for postgraduate scholars in the region is still huge, particularly in the Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines” he said
