Makerere University Vice Chancellor Prof. Barnabus Nawangwe Makerere University will reduce the undergraduate admissions this year by 10 per cent to increase its research capacity. In an interview on Saturday, Prof Barnabas Nawangwe, the vice chancellor, said they are cutting down the undergraduate admissions by 1,200 because they want to raise the number of students on graduate programmes from the current 6,000 to 10,000. “We are cutting the undergraduate admissions to increase the number of graduate students because they contribute to research,” he said. Prof Nawangwe said they currently admit around 12,000 students annually. Last week, Mr Yusuf Kiranda, the acting university secretary, said much as the university previously thought it was generating revenue from the high number of student admissions, they have found out that the current enrolment overstretches university’s resources. Last week while releasing their findings on research, Prof William Bazeyo, the
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