Foster Excellence and Integrity

Faculty of Business and Social Sciences

Introduction:

The Faculty of Education and Sciences at the University of Saint Joseph – Mbarara aims at answering the need for business management knowledge and skills to meet challenges of the global business market, to equip students with skills to become job creators, to train managers and administrators of organizations of different sizes, sectors and types focusing on vital social, technological, economic and managerial areas important for the existence and growth of these organizations. Furthermore, students are furnished with knowledge and abilitiesto establish business(s) that meet workplace challenges and demands of the contemporary business environment and are prepared for lifelong learning. Additionally, the faculty responds to the high demand of professionals with a business, and a number of social science areas background, namely: Journalism, Ethics and Integrity, Social transformation leadership, gender and development from many institutions in Uganda and abroad. The Faculty also endeavors to positively react to Government policies namely; liberalization of the economy and decentralization that have created more demand and job opportunities for graduates of business administration, agriculture, environment development and, sustainable development. The Faculty is committed to innovatively give all round education that foster academic professional excellence, integrity and social responsibility needed by the contemporary local and international work environment

Students’ Support Services:

The Faculty staff focus is geared to assist students in all areas of students’ academic life in form of counselling in every activity they are engaged with the students. As young people students need accompaniment in order to be shaped into responsible citizens of our country and indeed the entire world. As such the lectures take it as their responsibility to coach and mentor students especially through internship, field work trips, research report writing, socialization programs at the university and on-one to one encounters for needed guidance. In addition the University has a Chaplaincy Office that caters for the spiritual matters of students anytime there is need. The above arrangement and interactions enables students to overcome pertinent academic and personal challenges inherent to student life at the university.

The Faculty’s Contribution to Society:

Profit and non-profit Institutions in our society especially the Ugandan society has welcomed our graduates with excitement and gratitude. This positive attitude has been evident through employing our students during internship. This condition has enabled our students to cater for their tuition by diverting from full-time program to weekend programs while having working experience. This involvement gives students an impetus to prepare themselves before graduation as responsible citizens who can courageously determine their destiny and assist siblings to come up as well. Our students work in profit and non-profit organizations namely:

  • Government organizations as public officers
  • Financial Institutions namely banks and SACCOS, as managers, cashiers and accountants
  • Business enterprises such as supermarkets, shops, petrol stations, carpentry workshops, agricultural institutions
  • Academic Institutions as Bursars, Assistant accountants
  • Health institutions as secretaries, Bursars, administrators
  • Communications and Telecommunication offices and as Journalists

Additionally, a number of students have innovatively, and creatively started their own business ventures as one way to utilize entrepreneurial skills acquired at this university from this faculty. All our students are successfully giving back to society

Finally, some organizations such as Centenary Bank, Mushanga SACCO, BESANIA SACCO, and The Office of the City Clerk, Mbarara City, Kiruhuura Local Government Isingiro Local Government, and Rubindi Peoples SACCO, Nyamitanga Printing Press and PECAMEGA and many others have welcomed our students as employees and Interns every year and pledged to remain partners in this endeavor.

Academic Research Involvement:

Every student of the Faculty pursuing a degree must engage in research and produce a well-researched document under a competent supervisor. This activity begins in August every academic year and ends in May the following year. The students are prepared in year two of study where they concentrate on qualitative and quantitative Research Methodology. This training equips them with necessary skills to handle research activity with zeal and ease. Entrepreneurship students of year two usually engage in field trips that reveal gaps for innovative and creative research activities. Plans are under way to engage in formal research partnerships with external agencies/stakeholders such as profit and non-profit organizations nationally and internationally.

Faculty Staff Ingenuity and Professional Development:

The University usually organizes workshops at the beginning of every academic year to impart skills to academic and non-academic staff. As such the Faculty participates fully to acquire relevant and necessary skills to remain up-to-date in response to the needs of society. Indeed the Faculty staff members are known for their ethical professionalism, creativity and innovativeness. A good number of them are pursuing PhD studies in other universities where such training is offered.

Community engagement:

The Faculty of Business and Social Sciences plays an active role in empowering the community through a number of initiatives and programs such as Keep the Environment Clean, Tree planting, collecting items of use such as clothing for the poor in the locality, visiting business people and sharing business information. Students are trained to be ethical, generous, people oriented, understanding so that they can give back to society in a human way wherever they are.

Amenities and Learning Resources:

Students of Business and Social Sciences have access to the well-furnished up-todate library resources consisting of a wide range of textbooks, journals, pamphlets, workbooks, daily national newspapers such as “The New Vision” and on-line Journals. Plans have been made and partly implemented for new lecture and other buildings that are on – going to provide enough space and conducive learning in future. Students enjoy a white clean environment in lecture rooms, white boards and dust bins in appropriate locations, places of convenience, the canteen and playground for extra-curricular activities.

Technology and Research:

As a faculty we have embraced technology by ensuring that each student uses a computer or personal phones in lecturers. The issue of student centered learning is enabling students to use computers and phones to discuss cases, and handle/ or solve in-class exercises. Such mode of teaching enables students to learn and acquire more knowledge or solve academic problems posed to them. The issue of research is given high priority since it is one of the ways to survive in academic circles. As such technology is an effective tool for students to engage in meaningful search and come up with meaningful scholarly literature and well written research reports or dissertations and remain well informed.

Faculty Prospects:

In recognition of the government’s initiatives of encouraging its citizens to aspire higher at all levels of Education and decline from the tendency of settling for the minimum the Faculty plans to engage in the University’ plans of offering Higher Education Access Certificates geared to Degree entry at the University. In addition the Faculty plans to introduce more programs for post-graduate studies namely Masters and PhD programs to cater for the increasing number of first degree holders who seek academic advancement and to satisfy the quest for post graduate holders by contemporary employers and academic institutions. Furthermore, our graduates require such programs to advance their careers and serve the nation and indeed the entire world as responsible citizens.

Finally, the faculty is interested in equipping entrepreneurship skills to all students in an attempt to creating an entrepreneurial society so much so that any student from the faculty is capable of creating his own job and employ others in the short or long run. As the Ugandan population increases every year so is the need for innovative and creative entrepreneurs to positively react to the economic aspirations of a growing population.

The Faculty is grateful to God for his blessings, the Government, the Chancellor, the University Council, the Vice Chancellor and his Management Team for good governance. We appreciate the contribution of the following offices: Deputy Vice Chancellor/Human Resource, Academic Registrar, Quality Assurance, Finance, Resource mobilization and Security. We are indebted to the Library, administrative and supportive staff, the Alumna and other esteemed stakeholders especially our students for their participation to the wellbeing of the Faculty. For God and My Country.

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Sr. Dr. Prisca Kobusingye

Facult Dean

Programmers


PROGRAMME
Duration
Mode
1. Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)
3 years
Fulltime & Weekend
2. Bachelor of Human Resource Management (BHRM)
3 years
Fulltime & Weekend
3. Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Finance (BSAF)
3 years
Fulltime & Weekend
4. Bachelor of Social Work and Societal Transformation (BSWST)
3 years
Fulltime & Weekend
5. Bachelor of Science in Procurement and Logistics Management (BSPLM)
3 years
Fulltime & Weekend
6. Bachelor of Mass Communication and Journalism (BMCJ)
3 years
Fulltime & Weekend
7. Bachelor of Office Management and Secretarial Studies (BOMSS)
3 years
Fulltime & Weekend
8. Bachelor of Public Administrative Sciences and Management (BPASM)
3 years
Fulltime & Weekend
9. Diploma in Business Administration and Management (DBAM)
2 years
Fulltime & Weekend

Departments


Staff Members


Kobusingye
Dr. Sr. KOBUSINGYE Prisca (PhD)

Senior Lecturer

Doctor of Philosophy in Business
Administration (PhD) (UMU)…

Ahabwe
AHABWE Edward

Assistant Lecturer

Master of Business Administration,
(Kabale University), 201…

Tuhirirwe
TUHIRIRWE Jackson

Assistant Lecturer

Master of Business Administration
(Finance & Accounting…

Godwin
GODWIN Robert

Assistant Lecturer

Master of Science in Mathematics
(MUST) 2011;
Bachel…

Annet
KYAKUNZIRE Annet Mitchel

Assistant Lecturer

Master of Business Administration,
(MUK) 2009;
Post …

Alex
AHABWE Alex

Assistant Lecturer

Master of Business Administration,
(MUK) 2010;
Bache…

Magyezi
MAGYEZI Felix Amanya

Assistant Lecturer

Master of Science Degree in
Accounting and Finance, (MUK) 2…

Akankunda
AKANKUNDA Enid

Teaching Assistant

Postgraduate Diploma on Office
Management & Secretarial…

Twikirize
TWIKIRIZE Parton

Assistant Lecturer

Master of Laws

- Public International

Law (LLM…

Paddy
AMBANGIRE Paddy

Assistant Lecturer

Master of Business Administration
(MUST), 2016
-2018…

Ruth
NYIRAMAHORO Ruth

Assistant Lecturer

Graduate Diploma in Purchasing and
Supply Management @ Char…

john
Fr. TUMUSIIME John Baptist

Assistant Lecturer

Masters of Arts in Development
Studies, (MUST) 2008

Arnold
ARYASIIMA Arnold

Assistant Lecturer

Masters in Social Economics and
Community Management, (BSU)…

paul
ARUHO Paul Rwambangye

Assistant Lecturer

Master of Arts in Journalism &Media
Studies, (UCU) 2019…

birungi
BIRUNGI B. K. Valentine

Assistant Lecturer

Master of Public Health, Kabale
University, 2018
Bac…

kintu
KINTU Joachim Kavuma

Assistant Lecturer

Masters of Social Work

– UCU (2017)
Bachelo…

agume
AGUME KABISYAKI Anthony

Assistant Lecturer

Master of Business Administration
(Accounting & Finance…

nuwagira
Nuwagira Stephen

Assistant Lecturer

Master of Science in Mass
Communication (Jomo Kenyata

denham
Nuwahereza Denham

Teaching Assistant

Bachelor of Art and Industrial Design
(Kyambogo University)…

Bugembe
BUGEMBE Patrick

Assistant Lecturer

MBA - Accounting - MUST (2022)
Bachelor of Business Adminis…

katuramye
KATURAMYE Elizabeth

Teaching Assistant

Bachelor of Business Studies with
Education - Kyambogo Univ…

Publications


  • AFRICAN DUAL CAREER COUPLES: CHALLENGES, ACHIEVEMENTS AND RESPONSE IN A MODERN BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT Kindle Edition

    Author: Prisca Kobusingye (Sr.)

    Abstruct: This work is about Dual Career Couples and a result of interactions with males and females working outside the traditional African Family. The Dual C…

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  • THE PERCEPTION OF SOCIETY ON INDIGENOUS MANUFACTURERS UGANDA

    Author: Prisca Kobusingye (Sr.DR.)

    Abstruct: The existence of indigenous manufacturers (artisans) and the business realities in which they are infused has attracted the attention of customers wh…

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  • Methods of Teaching and Performance of Lecturers in Uganda

    Author: Karemire Deusdedit Mark, Mbyemeire Patrick , Byabashaija Deusdedit , Gimaddu Esther

    Abstruct: This study assessed the correlation between effective methods of teaching and performance of lecturers in Uganda. The study adopted a descriptive re…

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  • Democratic Style of Leadership and Performance of Teachers in Uganda

    Author: Karemire Deusdedit Mark, Mbyemeire Patrick , Byabashaija Deusdedit, and Muhwezi John Bosco

    Abstruct: The study analysed the relationship between democratic style of leadership and performance of teachers in Uganda. The study employed a correlational…

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  • Records Management Practices and Service Delivery in Ntungamo District in Western Uganda

    Author: Mbyemeire John Patrick , Karemire Deusdedit Mark

    Abstruct: This empirical research study assessed the association between Records Management practices and Service Delivery in Ntungamo District in western Uga…

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  • Socio-Economic Status and Quality Education in Uganda

    Author: Karemire Deusdedit Mark, Mbyemeire Patrick , Byabashaija Deusdedit

    Abstruct: This scientific study examined the contribution of socio-economic status on quality education in Uganda while focusing on Ntungamo district in Ugand…

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  • Monitoring and Organizational Performance in Private Higher Academic Institutions in Greater Bushenyi Districts in Western Uganda

    Author: Mbyemeire John Patrick, Karemire Deusdedit Mark , Kobusingye Prisca , Byabashaija Deusdedit

    Abstruct: The rational study assessed the effect of Monitoring on Organizational Performance in Private Higher Academic Institutions in Greater Bushenyi Distr…

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Projects


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Research


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Contact Information


For inquiries or more information, please use the following contact details:

  • Faculty Dean (for official communication): deanbss@usj.ac.ug
  • General Inquiries: Please contact the Faculty Administrator for questions related to programs, admissions, and services.
  • Faculty Communications and Outreach: For media inquiries or outreach opportunities, contact jnsimire@usj.ac.ug
  • Designated Office Hours: Key faculty members, including the Dean and administrative staff, are available during designated office hours. Students and external contacts are encouraged to schedule appointments within these times.
  • Faculty Events and Public Engagements: For details about upcoming faculty events or public engagements, please contact the Dean directly.