The Higher Education Students’ Financing Board announces the qualified programme - courses and the universities for each academic year to participate in the student loan scheme.
Last year’s loans were extended through 12 universities (five public and seven private universities). For now, applicants who proved to the board that they are financially incapable of financing their higher education were admitted from one of the 15 universities before applying for the loan.
The participating public and private chartered universities for the 2015/2016 academic year are;
1. Makerere University
2. Mbarara University of Science & Technology
3. Kyambogo University
4. Gulu University
5. Busitema University
6. Muni University
7. Nkumba University
8. Bugema University
9. Ndejje University
10. Kampala International University
11. Uganda Christian University
12. Uganda Martyrs' University
13. Islamic University in Uganda
14. Kabale University
15. Bishop Stuart University.
Kampala International University tops with 372 students, Makerere University 220, Kyambogo University 150, Ndejje University 137 and Busitema University 99, among others.
Students pursuing 49 academic programmes are currently benefiting from the scheme from the above participating universities, this increased from 26 courses last year.
The Higher Education Students’ Financing Board announces the following University Programmes for support in the coming Academic year 2015/16.
The programmes are:
1. B. Medicine & B. Surgery
2. B. Dentistry
3. B. Physiotherapy
4. B.Sc. Medical Radiography
5. B. Pharmacy
6. B. Pharmaceutical Sciences
7. B. Nursing
8. B. Nursing Completion
9. B. Clinical Medicine & Comm. Health
10. B. Community Health
11. B. Midwifery
12. B. Medical Lab. Sciences
13. B. Medical Lab. Completion
14. B. Veterinary Medicine
15. BSc. Animal Production and Management
16. BSc. Education
17. B. Voc. Studies in Agric. with Educ.
18. B. Agriculture
19. BSc. Agriculture Mechanization
20. BSc. Water Resource Engineering
21. BSc. Agro Processing Engineering
22. BSc. Mining Engineering
23. B. Agriculture & Entrepreneurship
24. B.Sc. Electrical Engineering
25. B.Sc. Civil Engineering
26. B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering
27. B.Sc. Petroleum Engineering
28. BSc. Microbiology
29. BSc. Biochemistry
30. BSc. Optometry
31. BSc. Health Administration
32. BSc. Palliative Care
33. BSc. Bio systems Engineering
34. BSc. Software Engineering
35. BSc. Telecommunications Engineering
36. B. Architecture
37. BSc. Surveying, Quantity Surveying & Land use/ Formation
38. BSc. Construction Management.
39. BSc. Geological Resources
40. BSc. Textile Engineering & Clothing Technology
41. BSc. Chemical Engineering
42. BSc in Ceramics
43. BSc. Food Science & Technology
44. BSc. Computer Science (Student passed Mathematics/Physics at A’ Level)
45. BSc. Information Technology (Student passed Mathematics/Physics at A’ Level)
46. B. Statistics
47. BSc. Industrial Chemistry
48. Special Needs Education
49. Agricultural Extension Education
Over the following years the loans shall be extended to cover courses in humanities in the ratio of 3:2 Science to Humanities programmes. But the applicant must have passed sub-mathematics to qualify for the loans.
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