Uganda Management Institute Postgraduate Admission 2020-2021
1.Admission to a PhD Program at UMI will require participants with a Master’s degree or equivalent from a recognized university in a related field.
2.There will be a review of each applicant to be conducted by the School Board on recommendation by the Departmental Boards (or a Joint Admissions Board comprising of all Department in the School). The School Board will in turn communicate its decisions to the Institute Registrar.
3.The admission will also involve a pre-entry examination which may be orally administered through an interview composed of subject experts in the applicants selected field of study or through a written Graduate Admission test for all applicants for the PhD Programme.
Applications are invited from suitably qualified applicants (private and government-sponsored) for admissions into various undergraduate, Postgraduate, Diploma, Certificate, Short Courses, Distance Learning and others programmes in any of Uganda Management Institute UMI intakes in the 2020/2021 academic year.
Uganda Management Institute has different Admissions intake annually for various programmes, Hence, this page will serve as UMI Admissions Application Forms Updater to prospective candidates anticipating various admission intake of the Uganda Management Institute in 2020/2021.
There are various programmes available at Uganda Management Institute and therefore the admission application forms are released in different intakes for Government and Private Sponsored Students. Below are the available programme intakes:
Click the Link representing your programme of choice for more admission information
APPLICATIONS FOR THE POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA & MASTERS COURSES FOR 2020/2020 ACADEMIC YEAR
This is to invite applications for courses leading to the award of the Postgraduate Diplomas & Masters Degrees indicated below during the 2020/2021 Academic Year. The Academic year of the Institute is divided into two semesters. The programmes have Day, Evening or Week-end streams, or both as shown against each of them. The day programmes begin in August and end in April. The evening programmes begin in September and end in August. The week-end programmes begin in October and end in October of each year.
Participants who complete the Postgraduate Diploma courses with at least a second class can proceed to do research for the Masters Degree. In effect the Postgraduate Diploma constitutes the first year of the Masters Degree programme. There are also two year masters courses with 3 taught semesters and 1 for research
A. THE POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA COURSES ON OFFER
1. UMI-KAMPALA. DAY AND EVENING COURSES
Postgraduate Diploma in Human Resource Management (Day, Evening & Week-end)
Postgraduate Diploma in Public Administration and Management (Day and Evening)
Postgraduate Diploma in Project Planning and Management (Evening & Week-end)
Postgraduate Diploma in Financial Management (Evening & Week-end)
Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing Management (Evening)
Postgraduate Diploma in Procurement and Supply Chain Management (Evening & Weekend)
Postgraduate Diploma in Management (Evening)
Postgraduate Diploma in Information Systems Management (Evening)
Postgraduate Diploma in Public Policy and Governance (Evening)
Postgraduate Diploma in Higher Education Management and Leadership (Evening & Weekend)
Postgraduate Diploma in Monitoring and Evaluation (Day, Evening & Week-end)
Postgraduate Diploma in Information Security Management (Evening & Weekend)
Postgraduate Diploma in Logistics and Transport Management (Week-end)
Postgraduate Diploma in Urban Governance and Management (Week-end)
Postgraduate Diploma in Organisational Development (Week-end)
Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration (Week-end)
Postgraduate Diploma in Public Administration and Management (Week-end)
Postgraduate Diploma in Hospital and Health Care Management (Week-end)
Postgraduate Diploma in Business Computing Management and Management (Week-end)
2. WEEK-END COURSES ON OFFER IN MBARARA, GULU & MBALE BRANCHES
Postgraduate Diploma in Public administration and Management
Postgraduate Diploma in Project Planning and Management
Postgraduate Diploma in Human Resource Management
Postgraduate Diploma in Financial Management
Postgraduate Diploma in Monitoring and Evaluation
Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing Management (Mbarara Only)
Postgraduate Diploma in Urban Governance and Management
Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration
Postgraduate Diploma in Procurement and Supply Chain Management (Mbale Only)
3. UMI-DISTANCE LEARNING COURSES ON OFFER
Postgraduate Diploma in Project Planning and Management
Postgraduate Diploma in Monitoring and Evaluation
Postgraduate Diploma in Public Administration and Management
MINIMUM ENTRY REQUIREMENTS FOR POST GRADUATE DIPLOMAS (SELECTION CRITERIA)
Postgraduate Diplomas: – A good degree from a recognised University, OR a recognised relevant professional qualification and working experience of least one year.
B. MASTERS PROGRAMMES
1. MASTERS IN MANAGEMENT STUDIES (MMS) – KAMPALA, MBARARA, GULU AND MBALE: MAY 2020 & AUGUST 2020.
The MMS is Research based, building on the coursework at the Postgraduate Diploma level obtained at UMI. Applicants must have passed the Postgraduate Diploma with at least a Second class.
FOR TAUGHT AND CONTINUED RESEARCH BASED MASTERS PROGRAMMES – KAMPALA (2, 3, 4, 5 & 6): (WEEKEND) – AUGUST 2020
2. MASTERS IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION (MPA)
3. MASTERS IN INSTITUTIONAL MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP (MIML)
4. MASTERS IN HIGHER EDUCATION MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
5. MASTERS IN PUBLIC PROCUREMENT (MPP)
6. MASTERS IN EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION AND HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS FOR DIRECT MASTERS: Applicants shall be Holders of a Bachelor’s degree from an Institution of higher learning recognized by NCHE or Professional Chartered qualification, and working experience of at least two years.
7. MASTERS IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (MBA) – KAMPALA, MBALE, GULU AND MBARARA BRANCHES (WEEKEND) – AUGUST 2020
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS:
(i) An honours Bachelor’s Degree from an Institution of higher learning recognized by NCHE
(ii) A professional qualification deemed equivalent to a Bachelor’s Degree from a recognized professional body.
(iii) Working experience of two years
(iv) Passing of a GMAT is mandatory.
GMAT will be administered on 13th May at 4.00 p.m. at UMI Main Campus for ONLY shortlisted applicants. For Mbarara, Gulu and Mbale the date for the GMAT will be confirmed after sufficient numbers have been realised.
ENQUIRIES/APPLICATIONS Application forms and more information about the programmes may be obtained from the address given below. Application forms are available at UShs. 40,000= per set. The completed application forms together with Copies of academic certificates and transcripts must be submitted by 30th March :-
The Institute Registrar
Uganda Management Institute
Plot 44-52 Jinja Road
P.O. Box 20131, Kampala
Tel: 0414-259722/346620/232748
0312-265138/29, 0752-259722
E-mail admin@umi.ac.ug Website: http://www.umi.ac.ug
FOR UMI-MBARARA CENTRE
The Centre Administrator
UMI-Mbarara Centre,
Mbarara District Headquarters, Kamukuzi
Tel 0772-315912/0707-315912 OR 256200990950
FOR UMI-GULU CENTRE
The Centre Administrator
UMI-Gulu Centre,
Plot 2-4 Goma Road Opposite Gulu Municipal Council Officers
Tel 0702272583 OR 0200990970
FOR UMI-MBALE CENTRE
The Centre Administrator,
UMI-Mbale Centre, Maluku Primary School, Maluku Road, Tel 077301009