Our Background
The idea of starting a
University in this part of the region began in 2000 and Mountains of the
Moon University (MMU) was registered and incorporated as a company Limited
by Guarantee on 28th June 2002.
The founding Committee
consisted of Prof. Edward Rugumayo, Justice Seth Manyindo, Hon. Colonel Tom
Butime, Dr. Jockey B. Nyakaana, Fr. Albert Byaruhanga, Hon. Percy Night
Tuhaise, Mr. Yusuf Karmali, Ms Charlotte Karungi, Dr. Arseni Semana, Prof.
Oswald Ndoleriire and Eng. Dr. Albert Rugumayo.
In 2003 the Project Officer
for Volunteer Missionary Movement (VMM) visited Uganda and the group in
Kampala, through Fr. Albert Byaruhanga, contacted VMM with the request of
sending a volunteer to assist in heading the proposed University.
The request was granted
which saw Dr. Patrick Davey coming to Uganda in November of 2003. The
University did not start as planned due to a number of factors one of which
was the question of obtaining a provisional license to allow it to operate.
After a lot of hard work by
people in Kampala and in Fort Portal, the University finally had all the
necessary papers to qualify it to be a University.
After a couple of visits by
the National Council for Higher Education (NCHE), the University finally
obtained its long awaited provisional license on March 29, 2005, thus being
the first University to begin its operations with a license.
Though the university
officially opened with the intake of August 2005, it boasts of an in-take of
teacher students who were admitted in May 2005.
Our Vision
The new millennium presents big challenges to Uganda. This University will
contribute towards solving some of the numerous problems that are
confronting our country.
Through these programs that
are relevant, focused, innovative and problem-oriented, the University will
prepare its graduates to tackle many of the Country’s development challenges
in those areas it has chosen to concentrate on and excel in.
Our Mission
The Mission of the University is to produce men and women who are
well educated, trained, innovative, morally and spiritually balanced and
socially responsible, who will join the job market as entrepreneurs and job
creators, solvers of problems and prized employees, to add value and quality
to whatever they do.