MAT ABACUS BUSINESS SCHOOL
PROFILE 2025
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Plot 1, Second Street, Industrial Area,
P. O. Box 27800 Kampala, Uganda
Email: info@matabacus.ac.ug
Website: www.matabacus.ac.ug
Tel: 0414 253081, 0414 258461/2,
Fax 0414 259151
Our Clarion Call
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We operate on the premise
that scienc knowledge
and skills increase clarity and
understanding.
A beer understanding of
how the World works enables
us to be pragmac and
therefore more producve.
Our pedagogical approach
shall be designed to help
students appreciate how
to seek knowledge using
the Socrac method and
to solve complex problems
through logical analysis and
applicaon.
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Dear Stakeholder,
A warm welcome to the world of MAT ABACUS Business School. The Business School has been
formed as a result of a merger between the Management Accountancy Training Company
Limited (MAT) and Abacus Business School to oer quality business educaon across the
board with a special emphasis on ethical leadership and management.
MAT, which was formed in 1999, has consistently been the top performing accountancy
training college in the country and in Africa. Abacus Business School , which was formed in
2014, has excelled equally in redening the landscape in execuve educaon, coaching and
mentoring. Their union is therefore a natural t, bringing into existence what we expect shall
be the premier business school in Uganda.
At MAT ABACUS, we have developed a culture of keeping our promises. Our business model is
based on the parcularly strong belief that we owe our success to the trust our stakeholders
have placed in us. Integrity, commitment and excellence are values we cherish. In the pursuit of
excellence, we see ourselves modeling and strengthening the capacity of tomorrow’s leaders.
Our service is dedicated to creang a quality customer experience in which only the best is
good enough. In order to meet this goal, we believe that our pedagogy should be designed in a
manner that enables and excites further inquiry and learning. That is why the case method is
central to our training approach.
We have our eye on the future. Convinced that yesterday’s demand for skills will not suce
tomorrow’s needs, we aim to work with our clients in such a way that learning is excing,
innovave, and so that students can challenge their minds everyday. The only way we know
how to succeed is through grit and deliberate pracce.
Welcome to the world of MAT ABACUS. Your journey starts here!
Sincerely,
Prof. Samuel Sejjaaka, PhD, FCCA, CPA
TEAM LEADER/PRINCIPAL
Message From the Team Leader
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Inside the Prole
About MAT ABACUS Business School P.1
MAT ABACUS Business School is an instuon that was formed as
the result of a merger between the Management and Accountancy
Training Company (MAT) and Abacus Business School (ABS).
Our Leadership P.2
Our leadership team is the guiding force behind our commitment to
progress, accountability and excellence.
The New Home for Aptech Uganda & Pearson Vue P.7
MAT ABACUS is now the home of APTECH Uganda and a Pearson
VUE Authorized Test Center, oering secure, globally recognized ex-
ams and expert support for PTE and other Pearson tests.
Learning, Teaching, IELTS and Research: P.13
MAT ABACUS seeks to develop graduates of internaonal disnc-
on that are recognized for their crical abilies, innovave problem
solving skills and their awareness of the emerging global business,
ethical and digital trends.
Our Business Porolio P.9
Directorates of professional educaon, execuve educaon and aca-
demic, vocaonal and technical educaon.
Engagement, Partnerships and Collaboraon P.6
We engage acvely with government, students, businesses and our
community. This is a crical factor to our existence and success.
Student Learning and Experience P.16
To be part of the MAT ABACUS Business School is to be a member
of a community of extraordinary people brought together by shared
interests and aspiraons.
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About MAT ABACUS Business School
MAT ABACUS Business School is an instuon that
was formed as the result of a merger between the
Management and Accountancy Training Company
(MAT) and Abacus Business School (ABS).
The merger created the requisite synergies to transform the
industry through praccal higher educaon, research and
scholarship relevant to the resoluon of our connent’s challenges.
The Management Accountancy Training Company and Abacus
Business School (ABS) were both established instuons
recognized in the areas of specialty that include, but are not
limited to, professional courses and execuve leadership training
respecvely.
Both instuons have been able to impact the educaon sector
due to the quality of the programs that are oered. MAT is one of
only ve Approved Learning Partners (ALPs) at the planum level
in Africa. It has a custom equipped training center with modern
teaching facilies, ulizing over 10,000 square feet of classroom
space.
Abacus Business School (ABS), on the other hand, provides quality
educaon and training for industry and business praconers
across all sectors and levels of management through interacons
with top leadership of the dierent companies in the various
sectors.
ABS idened a glaring gap in the current educaon system,
which is that the curriculum delivered by most instuons does
not resonate with exisng and emerging industry needs. In a
dynamic environment, there is also a need for those already in this
employment to re-skill and up-skill in order to remain relevant
in this Volale Uncertain Complex and Ambiguous (VUCA)
environment.
As a result of this merger, MAT ABACUS will maintain the programs
that are currently being run. However, addional programs will
be developed and delivered to address emerging issues in the
dynamic and compeve business environment. MAT ABACUS
acknowledges that some instuons are driving in the same
direcon and will therefore leverage strategic partnerships as a
key pillar to delivering some of the proposed praccal courses. We
already have partnerships with some instuons including; Clarke
Internaonal University, Edinburgh University and Case Medical
Center.
1999
The Management and
Accountancy Training
Company (MAT) was
established
2014
Abacus Business
School (ABS) was
established
+3,000
Over 3,000 students
every year benet
from services of our
highly qualied and
experienced teaching
professionals for their
professional programs
(ACCA, CPA(U) and
CFA)
+10,000
We operate over
10,000 square feet of
classroom space
ACCA
Planum
Approved
Learning
Partner
(ALP)
MAT ABACUS is
Approved ACCA
tuion provider in
Uganda and is one of
only ve Approved
Learning Partners
(ALP’s) at the Planum
level in Africa.
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Our Leadership - The Board
Our leadership team is the guiding force behind MAT
ABACUS’ commitment to progress, accountability and ex-
cellence.
Dr. Edward Isingoma, PhD,
FCCA, CPA.
Chairperson
Dr. Edward Isingoma was appointed as Chairman of the Board of
Directors on the 31st of January 2022 and is also the Managing Partner
of Pearl Capital Partners, an independent agriculture investment
management rm with over USD $25 Million of assets under
management and oces in Kampala and Nairobi.
Edward has been in the accounng, nance and administraon eld since
2002. Dr. Isingoma worked as the Financial Controller of both African
Agricultural Capital – AAC (PCP’s former incarnaon) and Kilimo Trust,
before being involved in the establishment and formaon of Pearl Capital
Partners in 2010, and recently taken over the organizaonal leadership
role. He is a part-me lecturer at the Management and Accountancy
Training Company Ltd (MAT) in Kampala, since 2003.
Edward is a qualied Chartered Accountant and a Fellow of the
Associaon of Chartered 56 MAT Abacus Business School Limited -
Informaon Memorandum 31 December 2019 Cered Accountants
(ACCA). He is also a member of the Instute of Cered Public
Accountants of Uganda (ICPAU). Edward holds a PhD in Business
Administraon (DBA) with a specialty in Finance and Accounng from
London Graduate School of the Commonwealth University, London, a
Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Accounng from Oxford Brookes
University and a UK MBA from the Edinburgh Business School.
Dr. William Kalema, PhD,
Bs.Eng, Ms.Eng
Member
Dr. William Kalema has over 20 years’ experience as a business
consultant and is the Country Managing Director in Uganda for BDO
East Africa, a professional rm that oers audit, accounng, tax and
business advisory services to private and public sector clients.
Dr. Kalema has worked as a consultant to businesses, government, and
development agencies since 1992. He has a wealth of experience gained
both locally and overseas. Dr. Kalema has served on several boards of
both corporate and private rms. His current responsibilies include:
Non-Execuve Director, Bank of Uganda (the Central Bank); Chairman,
Board of Directors, UAP Old Mutual Life Assurance Ltd; Director,
Mulchoice Uganda Limited; Director, Interswitch East Africa; Chairman,
African Agricultural Capital Ltd and Director, IM Burbidge Capital.
Dr. Kalema earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Engineering from
the University of Cambridge. His Doctorate of Philosophy in Chemical
Engineering was earned from California Instute of Technology.
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Our board is composed of people with diverse backgrounds and
skills set. They have been carefully selected to provide oversight
to MAT ABACUS in order to steer it the next level.
Prof. Samuel Sejjaaka, PhD,
FCCA, CPA
Member
Prof. Samuel Sejjaaka is a Ugandan accountant, academic and
businessman. He is a partner in Sejjaaka, Kaawaase & Company, Cered
Public Accountants. Between 1991 and 2014, he lectured at Uganda’s
oldest terary instuon, Makerere University (later the Makerere
University Business School) and rose to the posion of Deputy Principal.
He then helped establish Abacus Business School, Uganda’s premier
execuve educaon instuon which merged in 2019 with Management
and Accountancy Training Company (MAT). He is the current Country
Team Leader/ Principal of MAT ABACUS Business School.
Prof. Sejjaaka’s experience encompasses over 25 years’ experience in
management and directorship, including governance and oversight
of public interest companies, supervision of assurance funcons and
strategy formulaon for growth. Dr. Sejjaaka is current Chairman
of Petroleum Revenue Investment Reserve Advisory Commiee;
Chairman of UAP Financial Services and a Board Member UAP Life
Insurance. Dr. Sejjaaka earned a Bachelor of Commerce degree from
Makerere University; a Postgraduate Diploma in Computer Science from
Makerere; a Master of Science degree in Finance from the University
of Strathclyde. His Doctor of Philosophy in Accounng and Finance
was obtained from Makerere University. Dr. Sejjaaka is a Fellow of the
Associaon of Chartered Cered Accountants (ACCA) and a Cered
Public Accountant (CPA-U).
Ms. Irene Kego, BA
Member
Irene serves as Chief Execuve Ocer of Padre Pio Insurance Brokers,
an indigenous rm licensed by both the Insurance Regulatory Authority
of Uganda (IRA) and Uganda Rerement Benet Regulatory Authority
(URBRA) to carry out Insurance Brokerage services and Rerement
Benet schemes and Third-Party Administraon Services.
Irene holds over 30 years’ experience in the Insurance Industry,
beginning her career as an underwriter at the United Assurance
Company and rising to the posion of Manager. She has held various
managerial roles at several companies including Pan Africa Insurance
Company and AON Uganda.
Her current and past responsibilies include: President of Uganda
Brokers Associaon (2005-2009); Founding Member: The Associaon
for Pension Reform; Board Member: Uganda Insurance Commission;
Board Member: African Trade Insurance Agency and Board Member:
Private Sector Foundaon. Irene holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in
Social Sciences majoring in Agricultural Economics, Social Administraon
and Polical Science from Makerere University.
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Dr. Asa Mugenyi, PhD. LLD,
LLM, LLB, Dip LP
Member
Dr. Asa Mugenyi is an accomplished lawyer and academic.
Dr. Mugenyi has served from 2015 to date as a Senior Lecturer at Uganda
Chrisan University. Since 2008, he has served as Chairman of the Tax
Appeals Tribunal and since 1998 as a Partner at M/s Mugenyi & Co.
Advocates.
Dr. Mugenyi has extensive experience as an academic in the subjects of
Banking and Negoable Instruments, Internaonal Law, Revenue Law
and Taxaon.
He has handled diverse legal issues ranging from legal advice to court
proceedings on behalf of clients. Dr. Mugenyi has also provided corporate
services to a multude of clients.
Dr. Mugenyi holds a Bachelor of Laws (Upper Second) (LLB) from
Makerere University; a Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Pracce (Dip. LP)
from Law Development Centre; a Master of Laws (LLM) from Makerere
University and a Doctor of Laws (LLD) from the University of South
Africa (UNISA).
Ms. Hellen Luyima, BA
Member
Experienced and results oriented Banker with over 20 years of working
experience of which 13 years were in the Banking Industry. Have
in-depth knowledge of Corporate, Commercial and SME Banking, a
proven track record in inspiring business growth and achieving business
performance. Recognised for exceponal ability to deliver superior
nancial performance, drive sales and establish clear growth strategies.
Hellen is currently the Managing Partner at Finads Consultancy Limited
involved in arranging banking facilies for customers. She previously
served as the Execuve Principal- Head of Local Corporates, commodity
traders and Agriculture at Standard Chartered Bank Uganda Limited.
Her comprehensive understanding of corporate nance makes her an
invaluable member of the school’s board.
She holds a bachelors of Social Sciences from Makerere University and
40 other cercaons ranging from “Informaon awareness” (I Safe),
“Leading for Performance” and “Business Goal Management” to menon
a few.
She also serves as a board member for Case Medicare Uganda,
Hydromax Limited and Horyal Investments Limited.
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Prof. Allan Katwalo, PhD,
MBA, BA
Member
An accomplished academic very well versed with the
University Educaon sector having held several university
facules posions in Europe and East Africa including
Uganda. With demonstrable team and leadership skills,
having worked with and supervised both small and large
local and internaonal mul-disciplinary teams. Also enjoys
very strong instuonal leadership competencies having
held several senior university management posions for
over 15 years.
An associate professor of Strategic management, with a
track record of providing academic and administrave
leadership at various universies. With demonstrable
competencies in all aspects of university leadership
including, teaching, resources management (people, nance,
material and infrastructure and other resources), research
and stakeholder engagement. Have achieved a track
record in research and publicaon at internaonal level
with a strong global professional network with excellent
Operaons and strategic leadership skills able to bring
quality of engagement to the work of any organisaon.
A capacity development expert who is highly familiar with a
wide variety of sectors such as Agriculture, nancial services,
and Manufacturing, having built a Business/Enterprise
Development services (B/EDS) consultancy porolio
with many years of experience of supporng naonal and
rm compeveness. Allan is highly accomplished leader
with board level experience across the educaon and
SME sectors and a member of the League of East African
Directors [LEAD].
A strong believer in community engagement with
demonstrable community support iniaves.
Allan holds a PhD in Strategic Management from Bradford
School of Management, The University of Bradford, UK. I
also hold an MBA and BA social sciences from Makerere
University in addion to other professional qualicaons.
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Engagement, Partnerships and
Collaboraon
We engage acvely with govern-
ment, students, businesses and our
community, and this is a crical fac-
tor to our existence and success.
We priorize engagement with all our stakeholders to
become a signicant and relevant instuon. Engagement,
partnerships and collaboraon are at the heart of our
mission.
As we expand our business porolio, we engage and
collaborate with new professional instuons and business
communies that are aected by our development
and acvies. We intend that the impacts from our
developments and acvies are posive and benecial,
and for us to engage in an open and respecul manner. Our
vision of inspiring leadership to transform lives extends our
engagement and collaboraon to new communies that
can benet from and be smulated by our work.
Our students are and alumni one of our most important
communies. We will strengthen the importance of the
student voice and engagement in informing what we do.
This creates strong and improved es with both current
students and alumni that connue to reinforce and expand
our contribuon to these communies.
We are mindful of the important role MAT ABACUS plays in
the country and region. Our involvement and contribuon
to the educaon sector and other sectors informs our
future strategy. We believe we can do more in ways that
complement Uganda and Africa’s growth and development.
We work closely with employers and engage with
businesses, including Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
(MSMEs), as well as policymakers and other agents of
social and economic change and development, including
charies, NGOs and internaonal organizaons. We
strengthen these es, build innovave and interdependent
relaonships that inform and smulate our research and
teaching.
MAT ABACUS’
leaders work
closely with
government,
business and
industry to
understand
the changing
needs of the la-
bour economy
and innovaon
agenda.
Consultaon
with these
sectors forms
part of the
review pro-
cess of many
programs, and
ensuring that
they are re-
sponsive to
these needs,
making them
highly relevant
and eecve.
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Our Vision
Inspiring leadership,
transforming lives.
Our Mission
To be a center of excellence commied
to providing values-based praccal
educaon, research and training relevant
to the resoluon of our connent’s
challenges.
Our Core Values (ICE)
We are a values-based organisaon whose business model is based on deliberate pracce.
We believe in connuous improvement, diligence, hard work and ethical conduct. Our
values are: Integrity, Commitment and Excellence (ICE)
Our Ethos
Our philosophy focuses on three key areas – improving student learning experience, ensuring
operaonal excellence and leveraging digital technologies and capabilies. Combined, they
oer a powerful and compelling model of higher educaon across the full range of our
programs.
Student Learning Experience
Our core focus is to improve student learning experience to ensure that they gain the
knowledge and skills required to prepare them to be ethical future leaders that will transform
lives, businesses and communies.
Operaonal Excellence
To create an appropriate governance framework with leadership and management structures
and systems that inspires people, develops talent, supports strategy execuon and enables
mely decision making. This will help us to build a high performance and agile culture that will
promote and support collaboraon, commitment, engagement and excellence.
Leveraging Digital Technologies and Capabilies
To build a business operang model that recognizes and adopts the use of digital technologies,
plaorms and capabilies to improve students’ learning and experience, improve performance,
minimize costs and ineciencies, accelerates business development, research and innovaon.
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How We Create Value for You
OUR BUSINESS PORTFOLIO
Informed by dynamic pracce, analysis and thinking, our rigorous
teaching is geared to prepare students to learn, understand, and
excel in their careers and pass their exams.
We oer professional courses that are globally recognized with
knowledge, skills and professional values essenal for building a
successful career.
Planum level approval for Student Tuion guarantees a quality
learning experience and is strongly recommended by the ACCA,
and that our students consistently meet exam results targets, set
by meeng or exceeding ACCA’s worldwide pass rates.
We encourage students to adopt a high level of focus, commitment
and a culture of reading and engagement with their peers in order
to complete their exams within the desired period and earn their
professional qualicaon.
MAT ABACUS also provides tuion for all the four levels of the
CPA (U) program. The CPA (U) course provides a foundaon for
professional accountants to become chartered accountants, and
pursue good jobs and careers in accounng and auding.
We also oer tuion for the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
program in Uganda. The CFA credenal has become one of the most
respected and recognized investment designaons in the world.
MAT ABACUS provides an opportunity to gain this qualicaon.
Directorate of Professional Educaon
MAT ABACUS is a Planum Approved
Learning Partner (ALP) of ACCA for
Student Tuion in Uganda. We are also an
authorized Centre for Computer Based
Examinaons (CBE) for ACCA.
Our Professional
Programs
Our Facilies
MAT ABACUS provides
an all round learning
and examinaon facility.
We have developed any
any and healthy reading
spaces for our students,
desides being an
accredited examinaons
center for the ACCA and
Pearson Vue Programs.
We also provide on
demand examinaon
services for our students.
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APTECH COMPUTER EDUCATION includes all cung-edge technologies,
such as Arcial Intelligence, Data Analycs, Blockchain, IoT, Cross-Plaorm
Apps, and Cloud Compung in its programs to prepare students for the
demands of the industry. Each program is integrated to progressively move
from the basics to complex applicaons, ensuring a smooth learning process.
ARENA MULTIMEDIA is a pioneering program in the Global Media and
Entertainment training sector. We have trained over 450,000 students
across 18 countries. Arena Mulmedia provides training in the elds of
mulmedia, digital design, animaon, VFX, and Gaming (AVG). We also cover
the latest tools and technologies like cameras, soware, and computers.
APTECH HARDWARE & NETWORKING ACADEMY oers comprehensive
training programs in IT, hardware and networking. The courses are provided
in partnership with top global leaders like Microso, Cisco & Red Hat.
Students earn globally recognized cercaons in roung and switching,
Network+, A+, Ethical Hacking, Server Administraon, security, and much
more – qualicaons that give Aptech students an edge over others.
MAT ABACUS Business School has recently earned the
presgious status of being a Pearson VUE Authorized
Test Center, a signicant milestone that underscores its
commitment to providing top-er tesng services to students
and professionals seeking to take the PTE Academic and other
Pearson exams. This achievement is not just a cercaon—
it is a testament to MAT ABACUS’s dedicaon to delivering
a seamless, reliable, and high-quality examinaon experience
that can help unlock doors to global opportunies.
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MAT ABACUS - AKILI Leadership Instute
Execuve Programs
Our Execuve Programs
We provide open and bespoke world class
programs to business leaders intended to
solve real emerging issues in the dynamic
compeve business environment.
Our execuve programs include the following;
1. The Annual CFO Leadership Academy.
2. Management Development Program (MDP).
3. Leadership Development Program (LDP).
4. Corporate Governance and Excellence programs
5. Women Leadership Development Program
(WLDP).
6. Customer Experience.
7. Finance For Non-nance Execuves (F4NFE).
8. ESG Online Program
9. Advanced Managment Programs
10. Family Business & Enterprise Development
Program
At MAT ABACUS, we
believe in partnerships that
strengthen instuons.
We connue to develop
leadership oriented
programs for top and
middle level execuves.
These programs are proven
to increase engagements,
movaon and producvity
through the honing of so
skills.
Many of the execuves
who aend our AKILI
Leadership Instute
programs have gone on
to become leaders in the
work place, and thrive in
the disrupted business
landscape of today.
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Business Advisory Services
MAT ABACUS Business School provides
consulng support to instuons to
assist them in their quest to achieve
management excellence.
The development of our Business Advisory and Consulng
is an indicaon of our maturity as a leading provider of
world class professional management educaon over 20
years for which we have received internaonal recognion.
Our consulng team has unique strengths bringing together
consultants who have pursued careers at a senior level in
academia, professional training and industry in the areas in
which we propose to partner with our clients.
Our Value Proposion
In today’s knowledge led world, we believe
a good business advisor and consultant
must also be a good academic.
At MAT ABACUS Business School, we believe our
consulng clients receive a superior service as our
consulng teams bring to their engagements:
Industry work experience as senior level
management, including C-level and Board
Director experience.
Insights from world class programs we
teach including the Heriot-Wa University,
Edinburgh Business School MBA & M.Sc. in
Finance, ACCA, CFA, PMP, CIA and CISA. These
programs frequently update program content to
incorporate cung edge lessons learned in the
arena of global business.
With unique insights gained from having to solve
management problems at the workplace and in the
classroom seng over many years our consultants are
ready to rise up to the challenges faced by your business
with game changing soluons.
Our Services
Operang across the
breadth of the corporate
management space, our
consultants provide the
following soluons to
deal with your business
challenges:
1. Strategy & Business
transformaon.
2. Governance, Risk and
Compliance soluons.
3. Organizaonal
Restructuring &
Resilience.
4. Digital Transformaon
5. Strategic Internal
Audit Engagement.
6. Strategic Sourcing.
7. Human Capital
Development.
8. SME & Family
Business
transformaon.
9. ESG Act Planning for
SMES
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Learning and Facilitaon
Through excellence in learning and teaching,
MAT ABACUS seeks to develop graduates of
internaonal disncon that are recognized for
their crical abilies, innovave problem solving
skills and their awareness of the emerging global
business, ethical and digital trends.
Our pedagogy emphasizes how to acquire knowledge -
“curiosity” as opposed to rote learning. Our objecve is to
produce graduates with the requisite skills and character
to nurture innovaon and add value through leveraging
emerging trends and best pracces in a disrupted world.
The Learning experience is designed to prepare students
with the following aributes:
Knowledge and understanding of the content and
techniques of a chosen discipline at advanced levels
that are internaonally recognized
Ability to locate, analyze, evaluate and synthesize
informaon from a wide variety of sources in a
planned and mely manner
Ability to apply eecve, creave and innovave
soluons, both independently and cooperavely, to
current and future problems
Prociency in emoonal intelligence (EQ) and
interpersonal understanding, teamwork and
communicaon
Commitment to connuous learning and the capacity
to maintain intellectual curiosity throughout life.
MAT ABACUS Business School is a trusted provider of
comprehensive IELTS training for individuals planning to
study, work, or live abroad. We equip candidates with the
skills and strategies needed to excel in the IELTS exam.
As an accredited IELTS examinaon centre, we oer the
convenience of both preparaon and tesng under one roof.
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Research
Our core priority is to produce
world-class research that challenges
the “normal”, changing pracce and
thinking. The creaon of new and
original knowledge, and the insights
and inspiraons produced as a re-
sult, lie at the core for our success of
how we create value and other en-
deavors.
We are commied to fundamental research exploring
underpinning concepts and problems as well as research
that acvely and intenonally engages with and seeks to
understand the issues of “today and the future”. We seek to
tackle key problems and assumpons, creang an agenda
for inquiry-driven engagement with emerging global issues.
An increasingly important dimension of our approach to
research will be collaboraons and partnerships, with
fellow researchers and with a wider community of research
funders and sponsors. This will build strong research
networks and infrastructure with the capacity to address
the big issues and generate new insights and knowledge.
This will lead to closer engagement with organizaons
interested in using our research, in parcular employers,
governments, charies and NGOs involved in advocacy and
socio-cultural as well as economic and polical change.
We will connue to develop our research culture, through
beer support for our research students and early career
researchers, and through enhancement of our areas and
centers of research excellence. We will nurture talented
researchers and bring them through to have fullling and
successful careers with us.
We will connue to judge the quality of our research by our
performance in research assessment exercises, looking to
future cycles beyond the Research Excellence Framework
(REF) and to other measures of research quality and impact.
An increasing-
ly important
dimension of
our approach
to research
will be collab-
oraons and
partnerships,
with fellow re-
searchers and
with a wider
community
of research
funders and
sponsors.
These part-
nerships will
enable and
smulate
knowledge ex-
change, as well
as co-produc-
on and appli-
caon of our
research.
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The MAT ABACUS Community
We strive to transform people’s
lives and society through teaching
and student experience.
To be part of the MAT ABACUS
Business School is to be a
member of a community of
extraordinary people brought
together by shared interests and
aspiraons.
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Student Learning and Experience
Student experience and learning lie at the heart of what
we do, at MAT ABACUS we want to be excellent in teach-
ing and learning for the highest quality and to the highest
sasfacon.
Our Teaching Methodology
Students are aracted to our disncve,
pragmac and collaborave approach
to learning and teaching. Students have
opportunies to learn in small groups,
peer-to-peer engagements and under
the expert guidance of leading academics
and researchers—this creates a unique
educaon experience.
Research Skills
Students at MAT ABACUS develop
their research and analycal skills from
undergraduate level and have the chance
to embrace the rigor of scienc method,
learning the value of innovaon and
problem solving skills.
Diversity and Mulculturalism
Our approach to inclusiveness,
understanding and respect for all people
from dierent backgrounds is one of the
reasons our students feel safe while at MAT
ABACUS.
Diverse Program Porolio
Students, business execuves and other
stakeholders can benet from our rich
array of programs – professional, execuve,
academic, research, vocaonal and
technical.
We shall acquire learning partnerships
with the Chartered Instute of Markeng
(CIM), Chartered Instute of Procurement
& Supply (CIPS), Instute of Chartered
Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA),
Project Management Instute (PMI) and
Chartered Instute of Public Relaons
(CIPR) to increase our tuion oering for
professional educaon.
Digital Learning Plaorms
(e-learning and e-library)
The student learning experience has been
enhanced through greater access to digital
and e-learning plaorms and resources.
These technologies support and assist
personalized learning and accessibility to
a wider student community, but do not
replace the quality, face-to-face educaon
delivered on campus.
Digized On-
Demand Content
MAT ABACUS creates
online learning content
accessible on an intuive
Learning Management
System (LMS) plaorm
that makes training
feel right from the very
rst click. With easy
access on any device,
learners jump in anyme,
anywhere.
Plot 1, Second Street, Industrial Area,
P. O. Box 27800 Kampala, Uganda
Website: www.matabacus.ac.ug
Email: info@matabacus.ac.ug
Tel: 0414 253081,
0414 258461/2,
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