Uganda Management Institute Masters in Public Procurement

ABOUT THE PROGRAMME

Over the past decades sound public procurement management has become a key milestone of good governance and national progress. Its significance for social and economic development is reflected in the fact that it constitutes a sizeable proportion of the national economy (15 to 30 percent of national GDP). Public procurement is, therefore, one of today’s fastest growing management disciplines, in terms of both managerial activity and strategic importance. To manage the increasingly complex function of public procurement, procurement personnel need conceptual, technical, and human skills.

This Masters degree is intended for participants to cope with the challenges of regulating, executing and monitoring public procurement in an economically, politically, technologically and socially dynamic public sector management. Its uniqueness will be its emphasis on the comprehensive coverage of the four pillars of effective national public procurement system namely (1) the legal framework, (2) institutional and managerial arrangements (3) market dynamics and (4) the systems for fighting corruption. The programme will impart the necessary procurement technical and management skills while stressing the importance of professional and ethical behavior and expectation to execute procurement functions with the citizens needs at the forefront.

TARGET GROUP:

The MPP will suit the public procurement officers and those aspiring to join the public procurement function at any level – central, local and parastatal level. For those in the private sector, the programme will enable them understand the machinery of government. Other employees and officers in government agencies and government aides institutions engaged in various levels of procurement as user departments, stores, finance, projects, corporate planning and other allied activities of a public/ private sector organisation will find the programme of significant level.

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS:

The admission for this programme will be in accordance with already established guidelines of the Institute and those for Masters programmes in line with the NCHE guidelines. In any case, the candidate will be admitted to the programme if he/she satisfies the following conditions:

@Holds an honours Bachelors Degree from a chartered institution of higher learning

@Has a professional qualification from any recognized professional body

@Any other relevant qualifications

@Practical experience is an added advantage

PROGRAMME STRUCTURE:

This will be a coursework (taught) and research based Masters’ Degree. It shall consist of three semesters of academic study and one additional semester for a dissertation or seminar paper constituting a total duration of two years. The programme is made up of 12 compulsory taught core modules and three specialization modules obtained from a range of 4 choices in different sectors of the public arena. In addition, participants will be required to complete a dissertation or a seminar paper relating to their specific selected field of research interest but using skills and knowledge obtained from any of the taught modules in previous semesters.

The MPP programme shall have the following core and specialization modules offers within two semesters and a dissertation or seminar paper embarked on in the third semester.

Year One – Semester One

Year One – Semester Two

MPP7: Comparative Public Procurement Systems MPP8: E-Procurement Management Applications MPP9: Government Contract Management MPP10: Finance for Procurement Professionals MPP11: Procurement Risk Management

MPP12: Strategic Planning and Management

Year Two – Semester One (Electives)

MPP13: Sustainable Procurement Management MPP14: Project Management in the Public Sector MPP15: Equipment and Supplies Management MPP16: Public Private Partnerships

Dissertation Writing/Seminar Paper

TUITION FEES:

Fees: Ug.shs.4,150,000 per year

DURATION: 2 years

COURSE CODE: HDD: 601-5