Makerere University Academic Registrar, Mr. Alfred Masikye – Namoah has issued a communication to all graduands of the 70th Graduation Ceremony scheduled to take place from 14th to 17th January 2020 in the university.
The communication details the compulsory fees that all graduands must meet before they are flagged off for graduation. His office broke them down among Graduation fees, Convocation fee, Transcript fee, and Certificate fees.
“Every first degree graduand must pay Ug.Shs 208,000/= for Ugandans/East Africans and US$ 130, plus Ug.Shs 98,000/= for International Students as Convocation, Graduation, Transcript and Certificate fees before he/she can be allowed to graduate.” Mr Namoah said in a statement.
“This fee should be paid in Banks, Stanbic Bank branches at Makerere University or Wandegeya, DFCU Bank, Centenary Bank, Post Bank and United Bank of Africa, Makerere University. Postgraduate students who undertook their first degree course at Makerere need not pay for Convocation.” He added.
| Ugandans/East Africans | Internationals | |
| Convocation | Shs 10,000/= | US$ 10 |
| Graduation | Shs 40,000/= | US$ 60 |
| Certificate | Shs 30,000/= | US$ 30 |
| Transcript | Shs 30,000/= | US$ 30 |
| Graduation gown | Shs 98,000/= | Shs 98,000/= |
PhD graduands will be required to pay what Mr. Namoah referred to as Cylinder fee of Ug.Shs 50,000/= in addition to other fees.
