MAKERERE UNIVERSITY

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Website: www.makerere.ac.ug E-mail: ar@acadreg.mak.ac.ug

OFFICE OF THE ACADEMIC REGISTRAR

DATE: 101h May, 2021

TO: ALL GRADUANDS

71ST GRADUATION CEREMONY.

RE: THE 7lST GRADUATION CEREMONY

At it's 169th Meeting held on 24th March, 2021, the Senate approved the proposal from the
Ceremonies Committee to hosl a blended Graduation Ceremony. This is therefore to inform
you that the 71st Graduation Ceremony will be a "blended" one, with a few university officials,
Ph.D graduands, Masters Graduands and First Class undergraduate graduands physically
present. The rest of the graduands and parents/ guardians will attend virtually. ll will be live
on television and transmitted on all Makerere University social media platforms. The ceremony
is scheduled to take place from Monday 17th to Friday 21' t May, 2021.

According lo the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) crowd gathering in one place is
prohibited. It is against this background that physical attendance will only be limited to the
following categories:-

• Ph.D Degree Graduands

• Masters Degree Graduands
• First Class Honours Degree Graduands

Please note that all graduands' names will be read out during the live television coverage and
live streaming on social media platforms. The students who take an oath from the College of
Health Sciences and College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Bio-Security shall
lake the oath online.

The graduation fees for the 7Js1 Graduation Ceremony are as indicated below:-

Ugandans/East Africa International Students

(a) Convoca tion fees Shs. 10,000/= US$ 10
(b) Graduation fees Shs. 40,000/= US$ 60
(c) Certificate fees Shs. 30,000/= US$ 30
(d) Transcript fees Shs. 30,000/= US$ 30
Total Shs.llO,OOO/= us $130
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From this breakdown, grad uation fees must be paid as a package totaling shs. 110,000/ = for
Ugandans/ East Africa and US $130 for International students respectively.

PH.D GRADUANDS
In addition to the above fees all Ph.D graduands should pay Shs. 50,000 for a Cylinder.

Graduation Gowns
Th e University has approved Gown suppliers for every College as listed here below. You
should therefore purchase gowns from the named suppliers w ho will be based in your
respective Colleges/Schools.

Please note tha t Ph.D gradua nds have their own special graduation gown tha t can be purchased
from the suppliers on o rder.

NS SUPPLIER COLLEGES G RADUATION DAY

1 Ms. W infred
2 Ms. Fu ndi Bu ilding Centre
College of Na tura l Sciences (CON AS) Monday 17111 May, 202 1
College of I Iealth Sciences (CI IS)
School of Law (SOL)
College of Ag ricultural a nd Env iro nmen tal Tuesday 18th May, 2021
Scie nces (CAES)

College of Educa tion and Ex ternal Studies

(CEES)
3 Ms. Mmacks Inves tmen t College of Business and Mgt Sciences Wednesday 19th May, 2021
(COBAMS)
College of Com pu ting and Inform
Tec hnology (COCIS)
Co llege of Vet. Medicine, A nima l Res, &
Bio-Security
COYAB
4 Ms. Mmacks Investment Mar..e rere Un iversity Business School T hursday 20th May, 2021
5 Ms. Sokana Ltd . College of I luman ities & Social Sciences Friday 21 >t May, 2021
- (CI !USS)
6 Ms. C lanock Ga rm ents College of Eng. Des ign Art and Tech nology
_(CEDAT)
7 Ms. Goreth K iseku lo Directorate of Research and Graduate Fro m 17th- 21 " May, 2021
Tra ining

Alfred Masikye Namoah

ACADEMIC REG ISTRAR

Vice-Chancellor, Makerere University

Vice-Chancellor, (AA)
Ms. Mmacks Investment Ag. Deputy Vice-Chancellor (F&A)
Ag. University Secr e tary