Guidelines for Makerere University graduation ceremony

The five-day graduation ceremony kicks off on Monday, February 13, and will be concluded on Friday, February 17 at the University’s Freedom Square.

The Minister of Education and Sports, Janet Kataha Museveni, is expected to grace the ceremony, according to a press statement from the university.

According to the graduation plan, graduands and invited guests are expected to be at Freedom Square by 7:00am in a ceremony set to be presided over by the University Chancellor, Prof. Ezra Suruma. Additionally, each graduand is expected to attend with only two guests.

A total of 13,221 graduands out of which 6809 (52%) are female and 6412 (48%) male will graduate during the five-day ceremony. Of these,102 are PhD graduands, 1,378 masters, and 108 postgraduate diplomas among others.

These numbers mean more female students will graduate compared to their male counterparts.

Colleges slated to graduate students include College of Health Sciences, Natural Sciences, School of Law, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, College of Education and External Studies, Business and Management Sciences and College of Computing and Information Sciences.

Others are Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Bio-security, Engineering, Design, Art and Technology, Humanities and Social Sciences and Makerere University Business School.

This is the second physical graduation ceremony the university is holding after COVID-19 disruption that saw education institutions conduct their ceremonies virtually. Makerere held its 72rd graduation ceremony in May last year.