Contact Hours
The course will be delivered from Monday—Thursday for a period of Two (2) weeks on a Face to Face basis. On Fridays, all students shall be taken to different Historical, cultural and geographical sites in and around Kampala.
These field visits will be composed of a range of ‘activities’ relating to their academic content (e.g. museum visit, visiting the source of River Nile, women conservation projects, Uganda Wildlife Authority, National Environment Authority, Uganda Tourism Board).
In the 3rd and 4th weeks, students will go to the field to put theory into practice. The areas to be covered will include: Murchison falls National parks will be the field site for 2020 and the Albertine oil region in North Western Uganda summer intake.
Students will interact with communities around Lake Albert Fishing Sites, and interact with communities surrounding the park and their co-existence with wildlife. Wrap up and evaluations will be in the 4th week.
Application Dates
Opening Date: 10th November 2019
Closing Date: 30th April 2020
Summer School Dates
29th June -22 July 2020
Venue
Kyambogo University, Kampala Uganda
Murchison falls National Park, Albertine rift basin- oil region, North Western Uganda
Questions and application requirements
If you have any questions please e-mail us on: summerschoolnrd@kyu.ac.ug
Contact Person: jnagasha@kyu.ac.ug
If you would like to apply, please send the following information on e-mail (summerschoolnrd@kyu.ac.ug) and copy kisaakyeangelline@kyu.ac.ug
- Full name
- Nationality
- Current place of studies or work
- Field of study or work (include semester if you are a student)
- CV
- Short letter (half a A4 page) with motivation and fields of interest
Number of places available
20 for International students and 20 for East African students