# NIAAD

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**NIAAD** (**N**aggenda **I**nternational **A**cademy of **A**rt and **D**esign) is a private non-profit college of art and design, fully registered and recognized by the national council for higher education. It is located in plot 216 on the Lutembe beach road of the [Entebbe-Kampala Highway](/source/Entebbe-Kampala_Highway), [Uganda](/source/Uganda).

Currently serving as both an Art College and a community organization, NIAAD was established in 2009 by its current chairman and CEO, Dr. [Kizito Maria Kasule](/source/Kizito_Maria_Kasule). NIAAD’s study program offers the following topics:

- Diploma in fine art
- Diploma in communication design
- Diploma in art education
- Diploma in fashion design
- Diploma in textile and jewellery design
- Certificate in art and design

The academy’s courses are divided between 3 departments: the department of art, department of design and the department of education. Besides functioning as an art school, NIAAD is also a community and charity organization. The academy’s staff and students are participating in several community projects such as the Community art project: NIAAD students decorate the streets of capital city Kampala with their artwork, the women group: students teach local widows and other needy women useful skills such as knitting and jewelry producing in order to provide the women with a source of income, and art teaching project: students are voluntarily teaching art at local primary schools across [Masaka](/source/Masaka) and [Kampala](/source/Kampala).

## External links

- [NIAAD](http://niaad.net/)

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