Company Profile

Company Description:

The Inter University Council for East Africa (IUCEA) is one of the strategic institutions of the East Affican Community (EAC). IUCEA is located in Kampala, Uganda. It is charged with a number of responsibilities, among them being to coordinate academic and research activities jointly undertaken by Partner States and Member Universities.

It has current membership of 76 Universities (private and public) in Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda.

After its revitalization in 2000, it embarked on a number of activities in the areas of academic and research engagements in Partner States and Member Universities. In fulfilling its mandate, it is guided by a Rolling Strategic Plan (2006/11) and the Inter-University Council for East Africa Act 2009.

From 2010, the Council has moved into the next phase of activities with particular focus being on the Quality Assurance issues, Internationalization of Higher Education, and the relationship between Higher Education Institutions and private sector entities.