Dr. Sabiiti also pointed out that Cavendish University attaches special importance to the fact that the world lives in a fast-changing environment where technological advancement is the order of the day, and so, the university’s endeavours to equip students with skills to be able to compete without stress.
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Thirty-three students who have excelled in academic performance, leadership potential and exemplary community contribution have been awarded full academic expense scholarships of Cavendish University Uganda for the August 2025 intake.
According to the university’s Vice Chancellor, Dr. Olive Sabiiti, this brings to 65 the number of scholarships awarded to lucky learners this year, and more than 300 over a nine-year period.
Speaking at a press conference organized on 18th August 2025 at the university’s main Campus in Nsambya in Kampala, Dr. Sabiiti also announced that the university is slated to hold its 14th graduation ceremony on 21st August 2025 at Speke Resort Munyonyo, and to be graced by former Nigerian President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan who is the university’s chancellor.
She highlighted the university’s commitment to prepare its students to be able to find gainful employment and entrepreneurship locally and abroad, which mission she said augurs well with the policy of treating learners as the key to the university’s performance.
Dr. Sabiiti also pointed out that Cavendish University attaches special importance to the fact that the world lives in a fast-changing environment where technological advancement is the order of the day, and so, the university’s endeavours to equip students with skills to be able to compete without stress.
“We have set the ball rolling; explore and exploit your potential which is within you; if you make use of available learning opportunities exposed to you at Cavendish, the sky is the limit”, she noted.
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The Deputy Vice Chancellor, Prof. Olutayo K. Osunsan said the university is cognizant of its pillars of employability, entrepreneurship and ethical leadership among its products, which he said is the driving force behind the culture of awarding scholarships.
Osansuna pointed out that the university also attaches great importance to, among other issues, community contribution by the students as a way of fulfilling the desire to bring out people who will develop not only themselves but also develop community attitude.
“Many have graduated and gone out to make an impact not only in Uganda but internationally”, Prof. Osunsan pointed out.
Among the luckiest graduands to be conferred with first class degrees is Robert Duku, from Busaana village in sub-county, Kayunga district, who pursued his IT course in a very miraculous manner, from a cleaner to a degree holder.
Narrating his ordeal, Duku said he got a cleaner’s job at Cavendish University after being ejected from the education career owing to financial hiccups on completion of his science combination, Biology, Chemistry, Agriculture and sub Maths at Busaana Secondary School, scoring eight points. Though he was a 20 points material, the challenges he faced including staying home to dig in people’s gardens on a number of days to raise school fees yet he was in a candidate class hindered his end results.
But on getting to Cavendish to work, he smartly attached himself to computer repair works and as one thing led to the other, his bosses were impressed and took him through some informal training. He then enrolled for a diploma course in IT in 2020.
His enthusiasm further impressed his bosses and they paid part of his tuition for a diploma course. Smartly, he graduated with a Diploma in IT and he therefore appealed to his boss to secure a scholarship for a bachelor’s course with promises that he would as a pre-condition, get a first-class degree, which he has at last secured.
Today, Robert is happily looking forward to his graduation on 21st August 2025, with the former Nigerian President conferring on him his first-class degree in IT.
