{{short description|Private university in Uganda}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}} {{EngvarB|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox university | name = Bishop Stuart University (BSU) | image = Bishop Stuart University Logo.png | caption = | motto = Our God Reigns | established = 2002 | type = Private | chancellor = '''Rt. Rev. Assoc. Prof. Fred Sheldon Mwesigwa (PhD)''' | vice_chancellor =Professor '''John F. Mugisha'''<ref name="1R">{{cite web |last1=Mugumya |first1=Norman |title=BSU Unveils Prof. John Mugisha as the 4th Vice-Chancellor |url=https://www.bsu.ac.ug/2024/06/bsu-unveils-prof-john-mugisha-as-the-4th-vice-chancellor/ |website=Bishop Stuart University |publisher=Bishop Stuart University |access-date=21 June 2024 |date=20 June 2024|location=Kampala}}</ref> | city = Mbarara | country = Uganda | pushpin_map = Uganda | coordinates ={{coord|00|36|10|S|30|41|44|E|region:UG|display=inline, title}} | students = 5000+ (2019) | staff = | campus = Urban | website = {{URL|www.bsu.ac.ug}} }}
'''Bishop Stuart University''' (BSU) is a private, not-for-profit, multi-campus university in Uganda.<ref name="1R"/>
==Location== BSU has its main campus, measuring approximately {{convert|48|ha|acres}}, at ''Kakoba Hill'', off of Buremba Road, approximately {{convert|5.5|km|0}} east of downtown Mbarara. <ref name="LocR"/><ref>{{google maps| url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Mbarara/Bishop+Stuart+University,+Mbarara/@-0.6054546,30.6562463,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x19d91bb20d9cd3e3:0x883a0deaec00c519!2m2!1d30.6545022!2d-0.6071596!1m5!1m1!1s0x19d91b3be15ac9df:0xdd05c5668603bf0!2m2!1d30.6942285!2d-0.6043274!3e0 |title=Road Distance Between Downtown Mbarara And The Main Campus of Bishop Stuart University, Marara, Uganda |access-date=27 December 2020}}</ref> The coordinates of the main campus of the university are 0°36'10.0"S, 30°41'44.0"E (Latitude:-0.602778, Longitude:30.695556).<ref>{{google maps| url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/0%C2%B036'10.0%22S+30%C2%B041'44.0%22E/@-0.6038054,30.6937317,392m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d-0.6027778!4d30.6955556 |title=Location of Bishop Stuart University Main Campus |access-date=27 December 2020}}</ref> The second campus is located at ''Ruharo Hill'', also in the Mbarara Metropolitan Area.<ref name="LocR">{{cite web |date=27 December 2020 |url=https://admissions.co.ug/bishop-stuart-university-location/ |title=The Campuses of Bishop Stuart University, Mbarara, Uganda |publisher=Bishop Stuart University |access-date=27 December 2020 |author=Bishop Stuart University |location=Mbarara |archive-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220117044100/https://admissions.co.ug/bishop-stuart-university-location/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==History== BSU is named after Cyril Stuart who was the Anglican Bishop of Uganda in the middle of the 20th Century.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/21/527390 | title=Memories Are Our History | publisher=New Vision | date=19 October 2006 | first=Andrew | last=Stuart | access-date=9 June 2014 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714162633/http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/21/527390 | archive-date=14 July 2014 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> BSU started operations in 2003 at the campus of then Kakoba National Teacher's College (KNTC) in the western Ugandan city of Mbarara.<ref>{{cite web | access-date=9 June 2014 | url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/9/35/357614 | title=News In Brief | publisher=New Vision | date=2 May 2004 | first=Archive | last=Newvision | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714153238/http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/9/35/357614 | archive-date=14 July 2014 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> KNTC ceased operations at the end of 2005, and in 2006, BSU took over the premises and grounds previously occupied by the teachers' college.<ref>{{cite web | access-date=9 June 2014 | url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/18/455330 | title=Kakoba NTC Phased Out | publisher=New Vision | date=11 September 2005 | first=Raymond | last=Baguma | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714170737/http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/18/455330 | archive-date=14 July 2014 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> In 2006, BSU held its maiden graduation ceremony. However, the certificates, diplomas, and degrees were awarded by Uganda Christian University.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/13/479966 | title=News In Brief: Graduation | date=3 February 2006 | access-date=9 June 2014 | first=K. | last=Muhanga | publisher=New Vision | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714190349/http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/13/479966 | archive-date=14 July 2014 | df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | access-date=9 June 2014 | url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/13/483245 | title=Waive Tax On Fuel - Mukono Varsity Chief | publisher=New Vision | date=20 February 2006 | first=Archive | last=Newvision | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714111813/http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/13/483245 | archive-date=14 July 2014 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> The first batch of students to graduate on BSU letterheads were the graduates of 2009.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/18/675754 | title=548 Graduate At Bishop Stuart | publisher=New Vision | date=25 March 2009 | first=Abdulkarim | last=Ssengendo | access-date=9 June 2014 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714184434/http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/18/675754 | archive-date=14 July 2014 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> On 10 October 2014, at the university's 10th graduation ceremony, Minister of Education Jessica Alupo announced that BSU had been cleared by the Uganda National Council for Higher Education to receive a university charter.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Bishop-Stuart-University-to-get-charter--says-Alupo/-/688334/2484996/-/r8ta4c/-/index.html | first=and Colleb Mugume |title=Bishop Stuart University To Get Charter, Says Alupo | date=14 October 2014 | access-date=14 October 2014 | last=Rajab Mukombozi | newspaper=Daily Monitor (Kampala)}}</ref> The charter was granted and delivered to the university in late October 2014.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Govt-gives-Bishop-Stuart-University-charter/-/688334/2505252/-/xsl28cz/-/index.html | title=Government Gives Bishop Stuart University Charter | access-date=31 October 2014 | date=31 October 2014 | first=Richard | last=Mukombozi | newspaper=Daily Monitor (Kampala) | archive-date=3 December 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141203040725/http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Govt-gives-Bishop-Stuart-University-charter/-/688334/2505252/-/xsl28cz/-/index.html | url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Academic affairs== {{As of|December 2020}}, BSU had the following academic faculties and departments:<ref name="AcR">{{cite web|url=https://www.bsu.ac.ug/faculties-and-departments |title=The Faculties And Departments of Bishop Stuart University |publisher=Bishop Stuart University |date=27 December 2020 |author=Bishop Stuart University |access-date=27 December 2020 |location=Mbarara}}</ref>
===Faculty of Agriculture, Environmental Sciences and Technology=== * * Department of Agriculture *
===Faculty of Business, Economics & Governance=== * Department of Social Work & Social Administration * Department of Business Studies * Department of Development Studies * Department of Environmental Studies * Department of Economics & Management
===Faculty of Education, Arts & Media Studies=== * Department of Education Foundations * Department of Humanities * Department of Languages * Department of Science Education
===Faculty of Law=== * Department of Law
==Academic courses== The university offers courses at certificate, diploma, undergraduate, and postgraduate levels. The programs offered include:<ref name="StudyR">{{cite web|date=27 December 2020 | url=https://www.bsu.ac.ug/courses |title=Courses Offered at Bishop Stuart University |publisher=Bishop Stuart University | access-date=27 December 2020 |author=Bishop Stuart University | location=Mbarara}}</ref>
===Certificate/Short courses===
1. Certificate in Computerized Accounting
2. Certificate in NGO Management
3. Certificate in Monitoring and Evaluation
4. Certificate in Project Planning and Management
5. Certificate in Research and Usage of Research Software
6. Certificate in Computer Applications
7. Certificate in Oil and Gas Management Essentials
8. Certificate in Community-Based Rehabilitation
9. Certificate in Human Resource Management
10. Certificate in Public Administration and Management
11. Certificate in Information Technology Essentials
12. Certificate in Graphic Design
13. Certificate in Website Design and Development
14. Certificate in Network Maintenance
15. Cisco Certified Network Associate
16. Certificate in Administrative Law
17. Advanced Certificate in Appropriate and Sustainable Technologies
===Diploma courses=== 1. Diploma in Computer Science
2. Diploma in Midwifery Extension
4. Diploma in Nursing Extension
6. Diploma in Agribusiness Management and Community Development
7. Diploma in Information Technology
8. Diploma in Animal Health And Production
10. Diploma in Ethics and Human Rights
11. Diploma in Primary Education
12. Diploma in Industrial Fine Art Design
13. Diploma in Science and Technology Education
14. Diploma in Early Childhood Education
15. Diploma in Journalism and Mass Communication
16. Diploma in Library and Information Science
17. Diploma in Office Management and Secretarial Studies
18. Diploma in Procurement and Supply Chain Management
19. Diploma in Records Management and Information Science
20. Diploma in Social Work and Social Administration
21. Diploma in Project Planning and Management
22. Diploma in Public Administration and Management
23. Diploma in Development Studies
24. Diploma in Accounting and Finance
25. Diploma in Microfinance & Business Enterprise Management
26. Diploma in Human Resource Management
27. Diploma in Business Administration
28. Diploma in Community Psychology
29. Diploma in Guidance and Counseling.
===Undergraduate courses===
1. Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Economics and Resource Management
3. Bachelor of Nursing Science
4. Bachelor of Animal Health and Production
5. Bachelor of Computer Science
6. Bachelor of Agribusiness Management and Community Development
8. Bachelor of Information Technology
9. Bachelor of Agriculture and Community Development
10. Bachelor of Laws
11. Bachelor of Arts in Ethics And Human Rights
12. Bachelor of Arts in Theology
13. Bachelor in Industrial Fine Art Design
14. Bachelor of Arts with Education
15. Bachelor of Primary Education
16. Bachelor of Secondary Education
17. Bachelor of Arts in Performing and Leisure Arts
18. Bachelor of Science and Technology Education
19. Bachelor of Science with Education
20. Bachelor of Arts in Development Management
21. Bachelor of Arts in Development Economics
22. Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Mass Communication
23. Bachelor of Business Administration
24. Bachelor of Guidance and Counseling
25. Bachelor of Conservation & Natural Resources Environmental Management
26. Bachelor of Community Psychology
27. Bachelor of Library and Information Science
28. Bachelor of Office Management and Secretarial Studies
28. Bachelor of Planning and Community Development
29. Bachelor of Science in Economics and Statistics
30. Bachelor of Procurement and Supply Chain Management
31. Bachelor of Project Planning and Management
32. Bachelor of Records Management and Information Science
33. Bachelor of Science in Accounting & Finance
34. Bachelor of Microfinance & Business Enterprise Management
35. Bachelor of Social Work and Social Administration
36. Bachelor of Development Studies
38. Bachelor of Science in Environmental Sciences
39. Bachelor of Public Administration and Management
40. Bachelor of Human Resource Management
41. Bachelor of Tourism and Hospitality Management
42. Bachelor of Economics and Management
43. Bachelor of Cooperative Management and Development.
===Post Graduate, Masters and PhD courses ===
1. Doctor of Philosophy in Agriculture and Community Innovations
2. Master of Science in Climatic Change and Food Security
3. Master of Business Information Technology
5. Master of Agriculture and Rural Innovations
6. Master of Science in Agronomy (Dry Land Farming)
7. Postgraduate Diploma in Agriculture And Rural Innovations
8. Doctor of Philosophy in Language, Culture, and Society
9. Master of Arts in Literature and Communication
10. Master of Education in Administration and Planning
11. Postgraduate Diploma in Education
12. Postgraduate Diploma in Education Management
13. Doctor of Philosophy in Development Studies
14. PhD in Development Management
15. Master of Science in Counseling Psychology
17. Master of Social Economics and Community Management
18. Master of Business Administration
19. Master of Arts in Development Studies
20. Master of Arts in Public Administration and Management
21. Postgraduate Diploma in Counseling
22. Postgraduate Diploma in Development Studies
23. Postgraduate Diploma in Public Administration and Management
24. Postgraduate Diploma on Office Management and Secretarial Studies.
==See also== * Education in Uganda * List of universities in Uganda * List of university leaders in Uganda * Mbarara
==Notable alumni== #Robert Mugabe Kakyebezi
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.bsu.ac.ug Bishop Stuart University Homepage]
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