Bachelor of Science in Construction Management is one of the various programs offered at College of Engineering, Design, Art and Technology at the prestigious Makerere University , Kampala.

The program duration is currently Three Years but there are tentative plans to increase its duration to four years. Here are five facts i learnt about the program while i pursued it

1. Contact hours

It is a day program, so to mean that the contact...... Read More

PR and marketing professionals can learn many lessons from boxing great Muhammad Ali, who passed away last Friday. Most have nothing to do with boxing. The key lesson: Always remain true to your core values.

After winning an Olympic gold medal in boxing at the 1960 Olympics in Rome as an 18-year old amateur, Ali – then known as Cassius Marcellus Clay — defeated Sonny Liston in 1964 to become heavyweight champion of the world. A short time later he...... Read More

It is not every day that you shall find a lady behind the camera. However, a new dawn has come with a common phrase “what a man can do, a woman can do”, women seem eager and more than ready to penetrate a field once dominated by men and minding less about the stress that comes with the profession.

Esther Mbabazi, 22, a budding photojournalist says: “I love to challenge the men in the field, they have dominated for years.”...... Read More

When you hear someone shouting out, ‘I am the greatest!’ – then most of us would not necessarily want to hear any more. We’d leave.

But there is one man who stated this and captivated our attention. The fact was that Muhammad Ali would have to have been one of the greatest and famous boxers to enter the ring. In addition to his quick feet, he also had a quick mouth that ignited his audiences as much as his fighting...... Read More

Who is an architect?

Entire cities and nations are known by about two things, the natural landscape, and the built landscape. It is no coincidence that you know it is Paris when you see the Eiffel tower, you know it’s Egypt when you see the pyramids. It is not foreign that by seeing the colosseum, then you are in Rome. There are countless examples all over the world. Our very own could be the Ivory tower by which Makerere university...... Read More

What made Mozart great? Or Micheal Jordan? Or Serena Williams? Or even Lebron James?

The answer sits somewhere on the scales of human achievement. On one side: natural talent. On the other: hard work and lots of hours of practice. Many would argue that success hangs in some delicate balance between them.  But after tons of thought, I beg to differ.

After a long and thoughtweighed process involving a lot of reading and observation, I believe that “talent” is often...... Read More

Making it through Engineering School is not soley about the grades but rather the skills that you acquire that are markettable. Engineering being a very demanding displine, it calls for strategic learning to be able to come out at the top. Here are some tips that will make you successful at Engineering school 

1. Identify the people who inspire you, and find out what makes them tick.Read More

Software engineering is one of the relatively new courses in Makerere University. As a result, it is still hyped and there is an excitement about it among high school students. Especially those who are techy, geeky or interested in science fiction. Such a hype is good because it increases one’s expectations of the course and can make them love it when they start pursuing it. But there is also this category of students who apply for software engineering because of...... Read More

It takes more than just voice overs and fancy pictures to make an animated movie.  Today's blockbusters are a combination of numerous inputs ome of which is technology.  

Take for example dreamworks studios' animated movies like kungfu Panda.  The animation you see on screen is created using a proprietary animation editing program called Emo. The program has been in development for over 20 years, dating back to Pacific Data Images...... Read More

Around August this year, the gates of the different University shall be opened to the freshmen from all the different walks of Life. Young men and women poised to advance their intellectual abilities to contribute significantly to world but of course oblivious of some truths about the academic level they are getting to. From my personal experience, here are five things i believe every University Student should know before making their way to University this coming August

1.University is not Canaan (Promised...... Read More

IQ or intelligence quotient is a total score derived from one of several standardized tests designed to assess human intelligence. The abbreviation "IQ" was coined by the psychologist William Stern for the German term Intelligenzquotient, his term for a scoring method for intelligence tests he advocated in a 1912 book.

Here’s a couple of things you probably didn’t know your IQ says about you:

1. IQ is that it is a composite score generated from the results of many different...... Read More

You can only learn so much from case studies. Sure, the lessons may be grounded in the real world, with real people suffering real consequences. In the end, do these examples really stick with you? Do you mimic lines from a study to your friends? And do you occasionally return to a key person or decision in a study and think, “I can really see myself doing that.” 

Sometimes, the best way to translate reality is through fiction. And no genre...... Read More

When Esther Mbabazi was 5, she looked up and watched an aeroplane cut across the sky. She thought to herself, “I want to be the one flying that plane.”

The fact that there were no female pilots in her native Rwanda—and never had been before— didn’t occur to her.

“You know what? I’m going to fly,” she said, “and that’s what motivated me my entire life, that idea I had as a young child.”

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Internships are a great way to kick start your career, if you are a fresh graduate an internship can be a very rewarding experience for you and your employer, not to mention open the way for countless opportunities.

1. Gain experience

Internships give graduates the opportunity to gain hands on experience in their relevant industry, you should aim to look for a role that aligns with your degree qualification that way you can get direct traning and experience from the...... Read More

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A Bachelor of Science in Food Science and Technology (BSc FST) is attained under the School of Food Technology, Nutrition, and Bioengineering, in the College of Agriculture and Environmental sciences.

It is estimated that 18-28% of cereals and pulses, 30-45% of tuber crops and 50-54% of fruits and vegetables produced in Africa goes to waste, with loss mainly occurring during post harvest handling, distribution and processing. Agro- production can contribute to reduction in the post harvest losses, enhanced food...... Read More