Gulu University
Gulu University (GU) is a university in Uganda. It is one of the nine public universities in the country, as of September 2016. Location , GU has three campuses. (a) The main campus is approximately , by road, north-east of the central business district of Gulu, the largest city in the Uganda's Northern Region. This is approximately , by road, north of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. (b) The second campus is in the town of Kitgum, approximately , by road, north-east of Gulu, close to the international border with South Sudan. That campus became operational in 2011. (c) Upon the request of the Kingdom of Bunyoro, the university established a campus in the city of Hoima, offering agriculture, environment, computer science, information technology, business studies, accounting and education. History GU was established by Act 7 of 2001 of the Parliament of Uganda. That Act was subsequently amended by Act 3 of 2006. The university admitted its first students and commenced teaching activities in September 2002. Progress On 23 January 2010, during the fifth annual graduation ceremony, GU awarded degrees to 1,050 graduates, including 40 medical doctors, the first graduating class of the Gulu University School of Medicine (with