1. Makerere University is Uganda's largest and oldest university. It was first established as a technical school in 1922. Makerere University offers Bachelors, masters and PhD programmes. Makerere University has approximately 40,000 students of whom 5-10% are graduate students. Female students comprise about 45% of the total student population. Approximately 12,000 students graduate from Makerere University annually. There are approximately 3,500 International Students at Makerere University, from over 10 countries in and outside Africa. See Chart below;

2. Student population Post graduates Female Male Annual Graduands 3. The University employs about 3,000 staff (of whom, 60% are Academic Staff, 11% Administrative Staff and 29% Support staff). See illustration on chart below 0 500 1000 1500 2000 4. In 2009, the university adopted a system that saw to the merging of former faculties into colleges. They include; College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES); College of Business and Management Sciences (COBAMS); College of Engineering, Design, Art and Technology (CEDAT); College of Health Sciences; College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHUSS); and College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Biosecurity (COVAB). The school of Law which was a department of social Sciences broke off to become an independent entity. All these colleges are shown in the video. 5. 6. The structure below has been ignored at this level for long 7. Play Gilbert 2 Gilbert 1 Brenda Fred Irene 8. Students at the College of Engineering Art, Design and Technology made the first ever electric car that excited many; Kiira Ev, pictured below: 9. At Makerere University, it never passes without the hot presidential elections that determine the students leaders annually. A number of prominent politicians in Uganda have gone through the political circles at the Ivory Tower. The race for 2013/2014 was as below;