Collaboration with Makerere University on the level of Doctoral Education

Collaborative doctoral training programme until 2023

The collaborative doctoral training programme was developed based on double registration/admission, joint supervision and a joint examination process. The doctoral students are under the regulations of both universities, and have a master’s degree as a minimum requirement, for example a basic degree in medicine, biochemistry or social sciences. The collaboration and has resulted in more than 40 PhD graduates and more than 500 peer reviewed articles.

Counterparts at Makerere have been the College of Health Sciences and the School of Public Health, as well as relevant parts of the University Administration, i.e. School of Graduate Studies. 

The latest phase of the Sida financed programme was extended until 31 May 2023. KI was granted funding for four project applications, all led by the Health Systems and Policy research group at KI. A few doctoral students from MAK were involved in projects, all locally admitted. In the latest programme, local supervisors were supervising local PhD-students with support of their Swedish partners.

Strong research capacity has been built, both in Uganda and in Sweden. The collaborative research environment addresses health issues and health system priorities in Uganda, in several cases resulting in policy and practice reforms. The collaboration has provided the research groups with many comparative advantages and promoted the development of “consortium-like” thematic area research projects.