Islamic University in Uganda

{{Short description|Private university in Mbale, Uganda}} {{Infobox university | name = Islamic University in Uganda | image = Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU).jpg | motto = O Lord, Advance Me In Knowledge | established = 1988 | type = Private | chairman = Mohammad Abdulrazaq Sayyid Ebrahim A. Altababael <ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/676905-iuiu-gets-new-council-chairman.html |title=UIU gets new Council Chairman |access-date=15 December 2015|date=15 December 2015|author=Betty Amamukirori | newspaper=[[New Vision]] |location=Kampala |url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151219075552/http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/676905-iuiu-gets-new-council-chairman.html|archive-date=19 December 2015}}</ref> | rector = Ismail Simbwa Gyagenda<ref name="NewR">{{cite web|title=Ssengendo quits IUIU after 33 years |url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/ssengendo-quits-iuiu-after-33-years-3242788 |newspaper=[[Daily Monitor]] | date=30 December 2020 |author=Damali Mukhaye | access-date=5 January 2021 |location=Kampala}}</ref> | city = [[Mbale]] | country = Uganda | pushpin_map = Uganda | coordinates = {{coord|01|06|02|N|34|10|25|E|region:UG|display=inline, title}} | students = 12,000+ (2022)<ref>{{cite web|date=9 June 2009|url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/19/684150|access-date=25 December 2014|last=Vision Reporter|title=Islamic University Sacks Registrar|newspaper=[[New Vision]]|location=Kampala|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225091354/http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/19/684150|archive-date=25 December 2014}}</ref> | staff = | campus = Urban | website = {{URL|www.iuiu.ac.ug}} }} [[File:Mbale km.JPG|alt=Highway road leading to Mbale district|thumb|Highway road leading to Mbale district]] The '''Islamic University in Uganda''' ('''IUIU''') is a multi-campus university offering courses at certificate, diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The main campus of the university is in [[Mbale]], about {{convert|222|km|mi}} north-east of [[Kampala]], Uganda's capital and largest city.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://distancecalculator.globefeed.com/Uganda_Distance_Result.asp?fromplace=Kampala()&toplace=Mbale_(Mbale)&fromlat=0.3155556&tolat=1.0644444&fromlng=32.5655556&tolng=34.1794444|title=Road Distance Between Kampala And Mbale With Interactive Map|access-date=25 December 2014|publisher=Globefeed.com}}</ref>

==History== The idea to start IUIU was conceived at the second summit of the [[Organisation of the Islamic Conference]] in 1974. The university was inaugurated in February 1988 with 80 students. The main objective of the university is to serve the higher education needs of the English-speaking Muslim community in [[Southern Africa|Southern]] and [[Eastern Africa|Eastern]] Africa. The university also enrolls non-Muslim students, who are free to practice their different religions.<ref>{{cite web|title=History of Islamic University In Uganda |publisher=EastChance.com |url=http://www.eastchance.com/uni.asp?id=8036 |access-date=25 December 2014}}</ref>

==University campuses== As of December 2014, IUIU had four campuses:<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14507:iuiu-increases-student-intake | title=IUIU Increases Student Intake | date=1 August 2011 | first=Moses | last=Talemwa | access-date=25 December 2014 | newspaper=[[The Observer (Uganda)]] | archive-date=25 December 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225100858/http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14507:iuiu-increases-student-intake | url-status=dead }}</ref>

*The Main Campus is approximately {{convert|2|km|0}} north of Mbale's central business district in the Eastern Region of Uganda, on the [[Mbale]]-[[Soroti]] road. The coordinates of the main campus are 1°06'02.0"N, 34°10'25.0"E (Latitude:1.100556; Longitude:34.173611).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/1%C2%B006'02.0%22N+34%C2%B010'25.0%22E/@1.1000039,34.1764263,1282m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d1.1005556!4d34.1736111 |title=Location of The Main Campus of Islamic University In Uganda |access-date=5 January 2021}}</ref> *The Kampala Campus is on [[Kibuli|Kibuli Hill]], approximately {{convert|3.5|km|0}} south-east of the central business district of [[Kampala]], the capital and largest city of Uganda. *The Females' Campus is in [[Kabojja]], {{convert|8|km|0}} west of Kampala's central business district. This campus is for female students only.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13304:isinina-is-president-at-iuiu-kabojja | title=Isinina Is President At IUIU Kabojja | date=8 May 2011 | first=Mary | last=Nankinga | access-date=25 December 2014 | newspaper=[[The Observer (Uganda)]] | archive-date=25 December 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225113555/http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13304:isinina-is-president-at-iuiu-kabojja | url-status=dead }}</ref> *The Arua Campus is in the town of [[Arua]], approximately {{convert|400|km|mi}} north-west of Kampala.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/SpecialReports/Varsities-offer-hope-to-West-Nile-s-poor/-/688342/2078300/-/14uhtdw/-/index.html |title=Universities Offer Hope To West Nile’s Poor | date=19 November 2013 |access-date=25 December 2014 |author=Felix Warom Okellov and Clement Alumac |newspaper=[[Daily Monitor]] | location=Kampala}}</ref>

==Academics== The university has the following faculties, as of January 2021:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iuiu.ac.ug/ |title= Islamic University in Uganda: Academics: Faculties |publisher=Islamic University In Uganda |date=5 January 2021 |author=Islamic University In Uganda |access-date=5 January 2021 |place=Mbale}}</ref>

*Faculty of [[Law]] *[[Habib Medical School|Faculty of Health Sciences]] *Faculty of Science *Faculty of Education *Faculty of Management Studies *Faculty of Arts & [[Social science|Social Sciences]] *Faculty of Islamic Studies & Arabic Language *[[Habib Medical School|Faculty of Health Sciences]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.onislam.net/english/health-and-science/health/464178-health-faculty-to-open-in-ugandas-islamic-univ.html |title=Health Faculty to Open In Uganda's Islamic University |date=24 August 2013 |access-date=25 December 2014 | author=Esther Nakkazi |publisher=OnIslam.net}}</ref> *Faculty of Technology & Engineering (Expected)<ref>{{cite web| url=https://allafrica.com/stories/201409100174.html | title=Uganda: Islamic Organisation OIC Increases Funding for Universities |date=10 September 2014 |author=Sadab Kitatta Kaaya |newspaper=[[The Observer (Uganda)]] via [[AllAfrica.com]] |access-date=5 January 2021}}</ref> *Center for Postgraduate Studies.

==Students== {{unreferenced section|date=August 2022}} [[File:Islamic University in Uganda.jpg |thumb|The Rector, Mahdi Adamu with some West African students]]

Islamic University in Uganda, affectionately called IUIU boasts of students from across the African continent. The first West African student to be admitted to the university was Mr. Abdul Ishaq Hussein from Ghana between 1989 and 1990. He was later followed by Ahmed Gedel, also from Ghana and four other Nigerians including Imam Rufai, Ismail, Uba Inuwa and Taufik Abubakar.

There were many other West African students from Mali, the Gambia, notable amongst them was the late Alieu K. Jammeh, who served as Minister of Sports under Yahya Jammeh and Gambia's High Commissioner to Guinea before his untimely death in 2023.

There were students from Malawi, Kenya, Tanzania, Somalia, South Africa, Djibouti and Eritrea as of July 1998.

==University halls== {{unreferenced section|date=August 2022}} Currently, the university has four very competitive halls of residence.

Umar-Khadija, the oldest, is also arguably the most successful hall of residence in sports activities. Two West African students were privileged to serve in high positions of the hall. They are Abdul Razak Abdul Hamid Musah, chairman and Anas Abubakar as the general secretary in 1998. Their rise to these positions was mainly because they were among three of the best table tennis players the university had ever produced. The third player was Asiso Suraqa. He was probably the best table tennis player on campus. However, the first West African Chairman of a hall of residence of the university was Nurudeen Abdul Hamid of Ali- Hafswa Hall. The other halls are Uth-Fat Hall and Abu-Aisha Hall. [[File:University coaster.jpg|thumb|Islamic University in Uganda bus]]

==Notable alumni== *[[Acaye Kerunen]] (B.S. 2009), artist<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Kayem |first=Matt |date=2021-10-06 |title=Pamela Elizabeth Acaye Kerunen |url=https://africanah.org/pamela-elizabeth-acaye-kerunen/ |access-date=2023-09-23 |website=AFRICANAH.ORG |language=en-US}}</ref> *[[Faridah Nakazibwe]], journalist

==See also== * [[List of Islamic educational institutions]] * [[List of universities in Uganda]] * [[List of law schools in Uganda]] * [[List of medical schools in Uganda]] * [[List of business schools in Uganda]] * [[List of university leaders in Uganda]] * [[Education in Uganda]]

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==External links== *[http://allafrica.com/stories/201311050159.html Islamic University In Uganda Requests For Nigerian Lecturers] *[http://www.iuiu.ac.ug/ Islamic University in Uganda Homepage] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171031114104/http://www.iuiu.ac.ug/ |date=2017-10-31 }} *[http://www.sesric.org/databases-universities.php Universities of OIC Member Countries Database of SESRIC] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417191636/https://www.sesric.org/databases-universities.php |date=2021-04-17 }}

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