Uganda Management Institute

Uganda Management Institute (UMI) is a government-owned national center for training, research, and consultancy in the field of management and administration in Uganda. It is one of the nine public universities and degree-awarding institutions in the country outside the military.

Location
UMI is located on the Kampala-Jinja Highway, approximately 3 km east of the central business district, in Kampala, Uganda's largest and capital city. The geographical coordinates of UMI are: 0°19'16.0"N, 32°35'52.0"E (Latitude:0.321111; Longitude:32.597778).

History
UMI began training operations in 1968 under the name Uganda Institute of Public Administration. The official opening of UMI was held on 7 October 1969. In the initial years, UMI was mandated to conduct intensive in-service training to quickly develop a cadre of Africans to assume higher responsibilities upon the attainment of independence in 1962.

In the early 1970s, UMI became affiliated with Makerere University, offering postgraduate diplomas in public administration and business management. The postgraduate diploma in human resource management was introduced in the mid 1980s.

Before 1992, the Institute of Public Administration operated as a department of the Ministry of Public Service. This status changed with the enactment of the Uganda Management Institute Statute of 1992. The statute conferred an agency status to UMI with a great degree of autonomy under a governing board. The programs of UMI were expanded and student intake increased. By 1999, UMI was offering a master's degree in management studies besides six postgraduate diplomas, certificate courses, and short courses.

Schools
As of July 2014, UMI was structured into the following schools:


 * 1) School of Civil Service, Public Administration and Governance
 * 2) School of Business and Management
 * 3) School for Distance Learning and Information Technology
 * 4) School of Management Sciences
 * 5) Regional Centres; at Gulu, Mbale and Mbarara

Outreach centers
UMI maintains an outreach center in the western Ugandan city of Mbarara, 260 km west of Kampala. The center is located in the Mbarara District Administration Building at Kamukuzi, Mbarara and offers various short courses and postgraduate diploma programs. Using state-of-the-art pedagogical technology, the center is linked to the main UMI campus in Kampala via a virtual face-to-face video conferencing facility that complements well with the programme delivery methods. In 2008, UMI established an outreach center in the city of Gulu in the Northern Region of Uganda. A third outreach center is located in the town of Mbale in the Eastern Region of Uganda, approximately 250 km by road northeast of Kampala.

Programs
UMI offers the following courses at the main campus in Kampala. Some of the courses are also offered at the three outreach centers.


 * 1) Philosophy in Management and Administration


 * 1) Business Administration
 * 2) Education Administration & Human Resource Development
 * 3) Masters in Education Leadership and Management
 * 4) Masters in Higher Education Management and Administration
 * 5) Institutional Management And Leadership
 * 6) Management Studies
 * 7) Non-Governmental Organizations Management
 * 8) Policy Development And Analysis
 * 9) Public Administration
 * 10) Public Procurement Management
 * 11) Supply Chain Management


 * 1) Business Administration
 * 2) Business Computing And Management
 * 3) Diplomacy and International Relations Management
 * 4) Education Leadership And Management
 * 5) Financial Management
 * 6) Financial Management -Distance Learning
 * 7) Fundraising and Resource Mobilisation
 * 8) Health Services Management And Administration
 * 9) Higher Education Leadership And Management
 * 10) Human Resource Management
 * 11) Information Security Management
 * 12) Information Systems Management
 * 13) Information Technology
 * 14) Journalism and Communication Management
 * 15) Logistics and Transport Management
 * 16) Management
 * 17) Marketing Management
 * 18) Monitoring and Evaluation
 * 19) Monitoring and Evaluation -Distance Learning
 * 20) Organizational Development
 * 21) Procurement and Supply Chain Management
 * 22) Project Planning and Management
 * 23) Project Planning and Management –Distance Learning
 * 24) Public Administration And Management
 * 25) Public Administration And Management (Distance Learning)
 * 26) Urban Governance And Management


 * 1) Public Administration and Community Development
 * 2) Public Procurement And Contract Management
 * 3) Records And Information Management


 * 1) Certified Public Accountants
 * 2) Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport
 * 3) Chartered Institute of Marketing
 * 4) Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply
 * 5) Chartered Institute of Public Relations
 * 6) Project Management Professional