Makerere University Set to Cut Undergraduate intakes

Eronda said:

Africa’s Premier University Makerere, is set to reduce its undergraduate admissions as it seeks to increase postgraduate enrollment to at least 30%.

It will cut undergraduate graduate intake from 14,000 students to 12,000 students.
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This is part of the University’s long term strategy to reposition as a research based institution.

This comes at a time when the University is set to have its 76th graduation ceremony taking place from February 24th to 27th

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Covax said:

Adding or reducing, which is the indication of growing?

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Eronda said:

They want to reduce Undergraduate and put more emphasis on post graduate and Research, with this they will have a higher competitive advantage with the likes of Harvard, LSE, Oxford and others.

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Covax said:

I thought undergraduate is a requirement for masters degree, whats the logic to reduce undergraduate how will you increase post graduate, poor strategic planning.

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