Uganda Christian University (UCU) yunivasite ya bwannannyini etandikibwawo ekkanisa era nga eddukanyizibwa ekkanisa ya Uganda . Ye Yunivasite y'obwannannyini eyasooka mu Uganda okuweebwa charter okuva mu Gavumenti ya Uganda.[1]
Ekibangirizi kya UCU ekikulu, nga kirimu abayizi nga 15,000, kiri mu kibuga Mukono, 25 kilometres (16 mi), ku luguudo, ebuvanjuba bw'ekibuga ekikulu ekya Uganda, Kampala, ku luguudo oluva e Kampala-Jinja Highway.[2] Enkwatagana z'ekibangirizi ekikulu ziri 0°21'27.0"N, 32°44'29.0"E (Latitude:0.357500; Longitude:32.741389).[3]
Bishop Barham University College ye regional constituent college ya UCU, nga erina abayizi nga 1,500, esangibwa mu kibuga Kabale, nga 420 kilometres (261 mi), ku luguudo, mu bukiikaddyo-bugwanjuba bwa Kampala.[4]
Ebibangirizi ebirala eby’omu kitundu mulimu UCU Mbale Campus, eri e Mbale, ne UCU Arua Campus, eri mu Arua ne UCU Kagando University College (UCU KUC) esangibwa e Kagando, Kasese . Mu 2019 okuzimba kampusi ey’okutaano ey’enkalakkalira mu Kampala kwatandika, mu kitundu ky’e Mengo, ku mabbali g’oluguudo lwa Musajja Alumbwa.[5]
UCU yatandikibwawo mu 1997 ekkanisa ya Anglican Church of Uganda okuva mu seminary/college yaayo enkulu ey’eby’eddiini eya Bishop Tucker Theological College, eyatandikibwawo mu 1913 era n’etuumibwa erinnya ly’omulabirizi omuminsani omutandisi Alfred Robert Tucker.[6]
Chansala wa UCU ye Ssaabalabirizi wa Uganda, mu kiseera kino Stephen Kaziimba, okuva mu March 2020.[7] Omulongooti guno wansi gulaga ebiseera bya ba chancellors ba yunivasite eno okuva lwe yatandikibwawo, mu 1997.
Omumyuka wa Cansala eyasooka, Stephen Noll, yatuuzibwa mu 2000. Ye Faaza, omukugu mu by’eddiini era omuminsani w’Abangereza mu Amerika. Yayamba UCU okufuna charter ya gavumenti mu 2004, eyasooka mu Uganda. Ekisanja kya Noll ng'omumyuka wa chancellor kyaggwa mu 2010.[9]
John Senyonyi, omubuulizi w’enjiri era omukugu mu kubala, ye mumyuka wa Cansala wa UCU owookubiri. Yeegatta ku UCU ng’omusosodooti mu 2001. Yasituka n’afuuka omumyuka wa cansala w’ebyensimbi n’enzirukanya y’emirimu. Oluvannyuma, yafuuka omumyuka wa Cansala asooka avunaanyizibwa ku nkulaakulana n’enkolagana n’amawanga ag’ebweru, ekifo ng’ekyo ekyasooka mu yunivasite yonna eya Uganda. [10]
Nga 1 September 2020, Aaron Mushengyezi, omukugu mu nnimi era eyali akulira ekitongole ky’ennimi, ebiwandiiko n’empuliziganya mu yunivasite y’e Makerere, yafuuka omumyuka wa Chancellor owookusatu mu Uganda Christian University.[11]
Wadde ng’abasomesa n’abayizi abasinga obungi Bannayuganda, UCU esikiriza abayizi okuva mu mawanga amalala aga Africa mu nnyanja ennene n’abakozi abawerako abava ebweru okuva mu North America, Bulaaya, Australia, ne New Zealand. Enkolagana zino ez'ensi yonna mu kitundu kimu za byafaayo okuyita mu bibiina nga Church Mission Society ate ekitundu n'enkolagana empya ekoleddwa wakati w'amakanisa g'Ekikomunio ky'Abangereza.[12]
Mu March wa 2016, olupapula lw’amawulire olwa Daily Monitor lwategeeza nti UCU n’eddwaliro ly’e Mengo baali bateesa ku ky’okutandikawo essomero ly’obusawo erya UCU mu ddwaaliro lino. Tewali kiseera kyonna kyategeezeddwa. [17]
Nga 26 February 2018, olukiiko lwa Uganda National Council for Higher Education lwawa yunivasite eno ebbaluwa eraga nti egenda kukkiriza emisomo gy’obusawo emipya esatu (a) Bachelor of Medicine ne Bachelor of Surgery, (b) Bachelor of Dental Surgery ne (c) Bachelor of Public Health . Emisomo gino esatu gyakusomesebwa mu Uganda Christian University School of Medicine, okutandika mu August 2018. [14]