Undergraduate Handbook - School of Computing and Informatics ...

1.4 Online Courses
Amity University offers programmes under the Pan-African e-Network through Tele-Education mode. The
programmes are offered under the Pan-African E-Network Project coordinated by the Ministry of ICT of the
Republic of Uganda, and the National Tele-Education Learning Centre set up at CIT
(http://cit.mak.ac.ug/pan_african.php). NB: Application fee is 100,000/= for all the courses.
Programme Duration Operational Fees per Semester
Master in Financial Control 2 years 500,000/=
MBA in International Business 2 years 500,000/=
Post graduate Diploma in IT 1 year 400,000/=
Bachelor of Science in IT 3 Years 350,000/=
1.5 Physical Infrastructure and Facilities
CIT has the largest computing facility in Africa housed in 15,000 sq meters of space worth over $20million. Its two
buildings can accommodate up to 10,000 students in one sitting.
Block A building was donated by the Royal Kingdom of Norway to then Institute of Computer Science. The
building has offices, 9 fully furnished labs and a conference room.
Block B was funded from internally generated funds was completed in December 2008, and was officially
commissioned by H.E the President of the Republic of Uganda on January 28, 2009. It has: 6 computer labs each
accommodating 700 students of which one is fully equipped; 4 smaller computer labs each accommodating 120
students of which two are fully equipped; and 8 small and 6 big lecture theatres.
CIT established a wide range of specialized labs which include: Computer Engineering Lab; Advanced
Geographical Information Systems [GIS] Lab; Advanced Multimedia Lab; Mobile Computing Lab; Pan African E-
Network Tele-Education Labs; Network Systems Lab; National Software Incubation Centre/Lab; E-Learning Lab;
Online Networking Laboratory (iNetLab); Cisco Academy Training Labs; and Teaching Labs equipped with 2,000
computers.
Makerere University Main Library supports teaching, research and project activities of Makerere University. The
Library provides access to books, print journals, e-journals, a well stocked reference section and connections to
many remote databases. www.mulib.mak.ac.ug.
Library Services: Makerere University Main Library supports teaching, research and project activities of Makerere
University. The Library provides access to books, print journals, e-journals, a well stocked reference section and
connections to many remote databases. The library has a substantial collection of report material much of it "grey"
literature. The University has subscribed to a number of online journals and continues to consult Faculties to update
the online journal lists. The Online Journals provide a range of products from abstracts to full text papers. The
University Library has also acquired a wide range of online books which are to access and this is in line with
promoting e-learning. For more details: www.mulib.mak.ac.ug. Makerere University Library supports a book bank
system which is operated at the Faculty level (Block B Building). The book bank is stocked with update literature.
The books in the book bank have been acquired through supplies from the Makerere University Library and
purchases by the Faculty for books that are difficult to purchase by the main library.
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