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Makerere University School of Medicine (MakSOM) is one of the leading medical schools in Uganda and East Africa. Established in 1924, it is part of Makerere University, Uganda’s oldest and largest public university. The school is dedicated to improving health in Uganda and beyond by providing quality education, research, and health services.
MakSOM offers a variety of programs, including the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB), which aims to produce graduates with the competencies needed to address health needs at individual, family, and community levels3. The curriculum emphasizes student-centered learning, critical thinking, and problem-solving.
Our Mission
To improve the health of the people of Uganda through innovative teaching,
research and provision of services responsive to societal needs.
Vision
A leading and transformational institution for academic excellence and innovation in health sciences in Africa.
Physical Location
MakSOM is located at Mulago Hill within the Mulago National Referral and Teaching Hospital complex in Kampala, Uganda.
Meet our team
Assoc. Prof. Pauline Byakika
Head of Department | Assoc. Professor 
Prof. Harriet Mayanja- Kizza
Prof. Kagimu Majid Mayanja
Prof. Nelson Sewankambo
Professor
Students’ stories
Students’ stories
Dr. Ssenyange George
Yale University
“My international exchange program at Yale School of Medicine was an enriching and eye-opening chapter in my medical education journey. The experience deepened my medical knowledge and fostered cultural understanding, global collaboration, and a commitment to advancing healthcare worldwide.”
“Thank you Yale & MakCHS!!!”
Abraham Matovu Ddungu
University of Cambridge
“The selection criteria was merit-based and I am humbled to be one of the 2 students who were given this life-changing opportunity to study the noble and life-saving specialty of oncology and haematology at Cambridge University.”
A Life Changing Experience!!
Anna Maria Gwokyalya
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine,Chicago,Illinois
“I rotated in the Cardiac Surgery Department( I love the heart and everything about it). I can’t get over how amazing those highly advanced procedures increased the quality of life of people suffering from dreadful heart conditions. This was a life changing opportunity.”
“Grateful!!!”
Catherine Namara
Magna University
“The exchange program has been a priceless opportunity for growth both intellectually and socially. Through this experience I have learnt to be flexible and adapt to new environments and systems especially with the language and cultural differences here in Italy’’.
Keneddy Naigambi
Magna University
“I am grateful for the opportunity. We are currently rotating in the COVID-19 unit and so far, it has been a, life changing and educative experience especially because I had never been involved in management of COVID-19 patients”.
Namata Tracy Tushabe
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
“Am so grateful for this opportunity, exposure and I love every bit of it. The neurosurgery elective is divided into 4 one week sub-rotations each, that is tumor, spine, vascular and functional rotations”.