| Intro | Ugandan academic |
| Is | Academic |
| From | Uganda |
| Type | Education |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 1955, Uganda |
| Age: | 65 years |
Professor Elly Katunguka Rwakishaya, BVM, MVSc, PhD, is a Ugandan veterinarian, academic and academic administrator. He is the current Acting Vice Chancellor of Kyambogo University, one of Uganda’s six public universities. He was appointed to that position in February 2014. Prior to that, he served at the Director of Postgraduate studies at Makerere University, the oldest and largest public university in the country.
Background and education
He was born in Western Uganda circa 1955. He attended Ntare School for his high school education. He studied at Makerere University, Uganda’s oldest and largest public university, graduating with the degree of Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine. He went on to pursue the degree of Master of Veterinary Science, also from Makerere. His degree of Doctor of Philosophy was obtained from the University of Glasgow in Scotland.
Career
Beginning in 1979, Elly Katunguka has been a member of staff at Makerere University, starting out as a teaching assistant, to assistant lecturer, lecturer, senior lecturer, associate professor to full professor. For twenty of the thirty five years that he spent at Makerere, Katunguka was part of the senior academicians and academic administrators at the university. In February 2014, he was appointed as Acting Vice Chancellor of Kyambogo University.