Jami'ar Kirista ta Uganda (UCU) jami'a ce mai zaman kanta da aka kafa a coci wanda Ikilisiyar Uganda ke gudanarwa. Ita ce jami'a mai zaman kanta ta farko a Uganda da Gwamnatin Uganda ta ba da takardar shaidar.[1]
Babban harabar UCU, tare da kimanin dalibai 8,000, yana cikin garin Mukono, kimanin kilomita 25 (16 , ta hanya, gabashin babban birnin Uganda, Kampala, a kan Kampala-Jinja Highway . [2] Ma'aunin babban harabar shine 0°21'27.0"N, 32°44'29.0"E (Latitude:0.357500; Longitude:32.741389).
Kwalejin Jami'ar Bishop Barham kwalejin yanki ne na UCU, tare da kimanin dalibai 1,500, wanda ke cikin birnin Kabale, kimanin 420 kilometres (261 mi) , ta hanya, kudu maso yammacin Kampala.[3] Sauran makarantun yanki sun haɗa da UCU Mbale Campus, wanda ke cikin Mbale, da UCU Arua Campus, wanda yake cikin Arua. A cikin 2019 an fara gina harabar jami'a ta biyar ta dindindin a Kampala, a unguwar Mengo, tare da Musajja Alumbwa Road.[4]
UCU an kafa ta ne a cikin 1997 ta Ikilisiyar Anglican ta Uganda daga babban makarantar tauhidi / kwalejin Bishop Tucker Theological College, wanda aka kafa a cikin 1913 kuma an sanya masa suna bayan bishop mai wa'azi na farko Alfred Robert Tucker . [5]
Shugaban UCU shine Babban bishop na Uganda, a halin yanzu Stephen Kaziimba, tun Maris 2020. [6] Tebur da ke ƙasa ya tsara lokutan shugabanni na jami'ar tun lokacin da aka kafa ta, a cikin 1997.
Mataimakin shugaban majalisa na farko, Stephen Noll, an shigar da shi a cikin 2000. Shi firist ne na Anglican na Amurka, masanin tauhidi, kuma mai wa'azi a ƙasashen waje. Ya taimaka wa UCU ta karɓi takardar shaidar gwamnati a shekara ta 2004, ta farko a irin ta a Uganda. Lokacin Noll a matsayin mataimakin shugaban kasa ya ƙare a shekara ta 2010. [8]
John Senyonyi, mai bishara kuma masanin lissafi, shine mataimakin shugaban UCU na biyu. Ya shiga UCU a matsayin malamin addini a shekara ta 2001. Ya tashi ya zama mataimakin mataimakin shugaban kasa na kudi da gudanarwa. Daga baya, ya zama mataimakin mataimakin shugaban kasa na farko wanda ke kula da ci gaba da alakar waje, matsayi na farko a kowane jami'ar Uganda.[9]
A ranar 1 ga Satumba 2020, Aaron Mushengyezi, masanin harshe kuma tsohon dean na sashen harsuna, adabi da sadarwa a Jami'ar Makerere, ya zama Mataimakin Shugaban Jami'ar Kirista ta Uganda na uku.
Duk da yake mafi yawan malamai da dalibai 'yan Uganda ne, UCU ta janyo hankalin dalibai daga wasu ƙasashen Great Lakes na Afirka da kuma ma'aikatan kasashen waje da yawa daga Arewacin Amurka, Turai, Australia, da New Zealand. Wadannan alaƙa ta kasa da kasa a wani bangare tarihi ne ta hanyar al'ummomi kamar Church Mission Society kuma a wani bangaren sabbin alaƙa da aka kafa tsakanin majami'u na Anglican Communion .
UCU tana da ɗakunan karatu guda biyu da ke babban harabar; wato Hamu Mukasa Library wanda ke aiki a matsayin babban ɗakin karatu da Bishop Tucker Library da kuma dakunan karatu na reshe a duk makarantun reshe da kwalejoji; wato; a Mengo, Kampala, Mbale da Kabale Campuses. Har ila yau, akwai ɗakin karatu na ajiya wanda ke zaune a babban harabar.[13]
A watan Maris na shekara ta 2016, jaridar Daily Monitor ta ba da rahoton cewa UCU da Asibitin Mengo suna tattaunawa don kafa makarantar likitancin UCU a asibitin. Ba a bayyana wani lokaci ba.[14]
A ranar 26 ga watan Fabrairun 2018, Majalisar Kasa ta Uganda don Ilimi Mafi Girma ta ba jami'ar wasika ta izini don sabbin darussan likita guda uku (a) Bachelor of Medicine da Bachelor of Surgery, (b) Bachelor of Dental Surgery da (c) Bachelor of Public Health. Za a ba da darussan uku a Makarantar Kiwon Lafiya ta Jami'ar Kirista ta Uganda, farawa a watan Agusta 2018.[11]