Towards developing a collaborative PhD program across ARUA member universities: experiences from the Makerere University, Uganda
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This report highlights the status of PhD education in Uganda, using the case of Makerere University as the only ARUA member in the country. It provides an overview of the country's socio-economic status, which has a bearing on how universities organise PhD programmes and which could influence the conceptualisation, design and implementation of collaborative programmes as envisaged by ARUA. It further details the national and institutional policy and operational frameworks for PhD programmes in Uganda, the nature of student access and progression policies across the programmes, opportunities for designing collaborative arrangements, and challenges that need to be addressed. The report is divided into five sections. The next section provides an overview of Uganda's socio-economic and political dynamics. Section two provides a brief description of the Ugandan higher education landscape. Section three delves into the case study of the university and the two selected programmes. Section four presents the findings from the data collected from the two case study programmes. Section five provides a best practice case study while section six presents some recommendations and conclusions.
DOI: 10.14749/30771311
Author: Human Sciences Research Council
Language: English
Subfield: General Health Professions
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: Human Sciences Research Council
OpenAlex ID: W7108463580
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