How the Makerere University Website Presents Research, Innovation, and Partnership News

The mak.ac.ug homepage treats research and partnership news as front-page material rather than burying it in a faculty silo. Research and innovation appear in three places: a "Research & Innovation" topic in the site's content-discovery menu, a "Research @ Mak" category repeated in the same menu, and a rolling "Happening around Campus" feed of dated stories. If you are a researcher, funder, or prospective partner, the fastest route is the content-discovery selector (choose a role such as prospective student, staff, or visitor) plus the campus stories feed; the site does not publish a single consolidated research portal page in the material available here.

Where research content sits in the site structure

The homepage's content-discovery block lists these research-related options:

• Research @ Mak — appears as a selectable topic, repeated several times in the option list
• Research Opportunities — a separate topic entry
• Scholarships — listed alongside research opportunities
• International Students — relevant if you are coming from abroad to collaborate or study

The same block also carries practical categories (Admission, Courses and Programs, Fees & Payment structure, Examinations, Student Housing), so research sits beside administrative content rather than in its own top-level section. The page notes the list is "not a comprehensive list" but reflects the most-requested information, and invites visitors to send a request if something is missing.

What this means in practice

To reach research material, use the topic selector and pick "Research @ Mak" or "Research Opportunities." Expect topic-filtered listings rather than a dedicated research magazine or database. For a partner organisation, this is a discovery layer, not a formal collaboration intake form.

Partnership news: what the campus feed actually covers

The "Happening around Campus" feed mixes research, partnership, and institutional stories with dates. Examples visible on the page:

Two partnership stories stand out for external collaborators:

• Makerere–Xiangtan chemical engineering partnership. The feed headline says the two universities "advance strategic partnership in Chemical Engineering," and a second headline higher on the page frames the same relationship as a discussion of partnership in chemical engineering. Read together, they signal an active, ongoing institutional link rather than a one-off event.
• EU-Uganda Research and Study Fair. Listed as "Mak Hosts EU-Uganda Research and Study Fair" — useful for researchers looking for European funding or mobility links.

The NRM/CoVAB item shows the site also reports partnerships with government and political actors aimed at farmer productivity through research and innovation — evidence that the feed covers applied and policy-facing collaboration, not only academic exchanges.

How to use the feed

Stories are teasers ending in "Read more," so the homepage gives you the headline, date, and theme but not the full detail. Treat the feed as a signal of what is active, then follow the "Read more" link for names, units, and next steps. The page also links to "View more stories from Makerere University" for older items.

Events and ongoing activities

A separate "Upcoming Events & Activities" block points to an Events Portal ("View more upcoming events at our Events Portal"). The one event shown is the MURBS 16th Annual General Meeting on 29 October, marked Hybrid (Physical & Virtual) at the Auditorium, Yusuf Lule Central Teaching Facility, and online, with a "View Details" link.

For a partner planning a visit or a researcher tracking seminars, the Events Portal is the structured calendar; the campus feed is the narrative layer. The site does not, in the material available, publish a standing list of open research calls beyond the "Research Opportunities" and "Scholarships" topic entries.

Practical limits to plan around

• No consolidated research landing page is evident. Research is a filter topic, not a section with its own navigation tree in the evidence provided.
• Headlines, not abstracts. Partnership and research items are presented as news teasers; substantive detail sits behind "Read more."
• Dates run into late 2026 on the visible feed, so check the date on any story before citing it as current activity.
• Newsletter option exists. A "Subscribe" link points to a newsletter signup form (mak.ac.ug/forms/subscribe-our-newsletter) — the most reliable way to keep receiving partnership and research announcements without rechecking the feed.

If your goal is to propose a collaboration rather than read about one, the homepage offers no visible partnership-contact route in this material; the "Let us know" prompt at the end of the content-discovery block and the "Getting in Touch" topic are the closest entry points.