IHSU is a newly-established non-resident university situated on the third floor at International Hospital Kampala. It has a well-stocked library and has 24/7 access to numerous books and journals on-line. A cafeteria serves snacks from 9am-9pm and a student restaurant offers lunch at mealtimes.

A view of International Hospital Kampala. IHSU is located on the third floor.

Academic information

Why another university in Uganda?

At IHSU, we believe that the provision of more of the same courses is not  sufficient to meet Uganda's health needs in the coming decades. Training in the health sector has generally stood still for the past number of decades. In today's world, health education must keep up with the times and use the latest technology to ensure that well-trained health workers can adapt and cope with health realities on the ground, especially in rural areas. There is a genuine need to supplement and fill the gaps in medical and health care education in many and varied specializations. Adding value to already existing courses and specializations (both clinical and academic) is one of the aims of this new third-level institution.

Our mission as a private institution

Our mission is to make a difference to health care in Uganda by bridging the gaps in health care education through providing quality health care courses of the highest professional, academic, and clinical standards in an atmosphere of sharing knowledge to promote health development.

As one response to the crisis in health care today, IHSU intends to contribute meaningfully to the efforts to ensure that health care is more accessible to the whole population of the country, and will strengthen the healthcare workforce by providing training and continuous health education.

Main objective

The major objective of setting up this health sciences university is, therefore, to train the necessary professional workforce who can contribute meaningfully to the healthcare needs of Uganda's growing population. Through building up a cadre of well-trained health workforce, Ugandans could receive health care (both complex and every-day care) when needed. It is a fact that improving the health of the population means improving the training, skills, and knowledge of the health worker. Thus, unnecessary disease and death could be significantly reduced for the vulnerable sectors of the population. We  expect to see our contribution to health care in Uganda within a period of five to eight years.