Mbarara University of Science and Technology
About Company
University Chancellor
Professor Charles Mark Lwanga Olweny, MBChB, MMed, MD, FRACP
Professor Olweny is a Professor of Medicine and previously served as the Vice Chancellor of the Uganda Martyrs University.
Professor Olweny attended St. Peter’s College Tororo, for his O-Level education (S1-S4). He attended St. Mary’s College Kisubi for his A-Level classes (S5-S6). In 1961, Olweny joined Makerere University School of Medicine, graduating with the degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB), in 1966. Later, he obtained the degree of Master of Medicine in Internal Medicine (MMed). He followed that with the degree of Doctor of Medicine (MD), all from Makerere University. Olweny’s chosen speciality is medical oncology.
Charles Olweny served as the director of the Uganda Cancer Institute, from 1972 until 1982. Under his stewardship, the team of Ugandan medical researchers that he led were the first group to demonstrate that liver cancer could be successfully treated with chemotherapy using the drug doxorubicin, which is still the mainstay of treatment for liver cancer today. They were also able to confirm that Burkitt lymphoma could be cured with a high dose of chemotherapy and showed that the same was true for childhood Hodgkin disease. They documented the incidence of endemic Kaposi sarcoma in children and conducted clinical trials on how to treat it.
Chairperson University Council
Mandate
The University Council is the supreme organ of the University, responsible for the overall administration• Council ensures due implementation of the objectives and functions of the University is established in accordance with the Universities and Other Tertiary Institutions Act, 2001, and has five committees, namely:
Finance, Planning and Development Committee
Estates and Works Committee
Appointments Board
Students’ Welfare and Disciplinary Committee
Audit and Risk Management Committee
Our Mission
To provide quality and relevant education at the national and international levels with particular emphasis on science and technology and its application to community development.
Our Vision
To be center of Academic and Professional Excellence in Science and Technology
