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I wish you all the very best for your time at CIT. Professor Venansius Baryamureeba DEAN 8
1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 ABOUT CIT Makerere University Faculty of Computing and Information Technology (CIT) was established by the University Council on December 15, 2004 by upgrading the Institute of Computer Science (founded in 1985) into a Faculty of Computing & IT. It is the largest computing and ICT training, research and consultancy centre in Africa. CIT has attained a reputable status as a model faculty on the African continent with its achievements attained through its commitment to delivering excellent services in the area of computing and ICT education. The Faculty has 18 academic programmes at both undergraduate and graduate levels. As per 2009/2010 Academic year, the Faculty has a total number of 3589 undergraduate and 236 graduate students distributed in four academic departments. PhD enrollment stands at 60 students. In addition, the faculty trains over 5000 students per year in short courses of which approximately 850 are undergraduate students. CIT has a big number of International students and this signifies that the programmes offered at CIT are of international repute. As per 2009/2010 Academic year, the numbers of international students registered at the Faculty were 593 undergraduate and 14 at graduate levels. However, this number does not include the number of students at CIT who are undertaking the Short courses. Human Resource: The established academic staff strength of the Faculty stands at 250 teaching staff including 30 visiting and local professors. The Faculty is also supported by 32 Administrative Staff, 31 support staff and 35 In- Service staff. Service/Support Units: In a bid to facilitate a first class student environment, the faculty has several service departments that focus on the following: ICT Support Services; Software Development and Innovations; Finance; Registration & day today concerns of students; Research; Human Resource; Corporate/Public Relations; and Quality Assurance. 1.2 Academic Programmes Per Academic Department Taught at CIT Department Programmes Offered Computer Science PhD Computer Science (PhD.CS) M.Sc. Computer Science (M.Sc. CS) PGD Computer Science (PGDCS) B.Sc. Computer Science (B.Sc.CS) Information Technology Information Systems Diploma in Computer Science & IT (DCSIT) PhD Information Technology (PhD. IT) Master of Information Technology (MIT) PGD Information Technology (PGDIT) Bachelor of Information Technology (BIT) PhD Information Systems (PhD. IS) M.Sc. Information Systems (M.Sc.IS) PGD Information Systems (PGDIS) Bachelor of Information Systems (BIS) Networks PhD Software Engineering (PhD SE) M.Sc. Data Communication and Software Engineering (M.Sc. DCSE) PGD in Data Communication & Software Engineering (PGDDCSE) PGD ICT Policy & Regulations ( PGD ICT PR) B.Sc. Software Engineering (B.Sc. SE) B.Sc. Computer Engineering (B.Sc. CE) (Proposed) 9
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