Diploma in Health Services Management
This is a service course for health workers. It is meant to equip them with management skills.
Overview
| Code | HSK |
| Duration | 2 Years |
| Study time | Weekend |
| Intake | August |
Entry requirements
| Degree, or Diploma, or Certificate in Health disciplines |
Fees structure
| Tuition Fees per Semester (East African) | UGX 500,000 |
|---|---|
| Tuition Fees per Semester (Non East Africans) | UGX 750,000 |
| Fieldwork/School Practice/Industrial Training/Internship/COBERS Fees (per year) | UGX 150,000 (Year 1) |
Functional Fees
| Compulsory fees | UGX |
| Application fee | 50,000 |
| Registration fees (per Academic Year) | 40,000 |
| Identity Card (Payable once in the 1st Semester) | 20,000 |
| Student Manual (Payable once in the 1st Semester) | 20,000 |
| Library fee (per Academic Year) | 20,000 |
| Medicare fee (per semester) | 30,000 |
| Undergraduate Students’ Gown (Payable once in the 1st Semester) | 50,000= |
| Computer Laboratory fee (per Academic Year) | 50,000 |
| Training materials (for Students of Engineering only) (per Semester) | 100,000 |
| Skills Laboratory Fee (for Students of DEHS, BNS, BEHS, MBChB only) (Per semester) | 200,000= |
| Examination fee (per semester) | 50,000 |
| Innovation fund (per year) | 100,000 |
| Research fee (per Academic Year) | 20,000 |
| Development Fund (per Academic Year) | 100,000 |
| Student Games Union fee (Academic Year) | 20,000 |
| Student Guild fee (per Academic Year) | 20,000 |
| Contribution to the Uganda National Students’ Association (UNSA) (per Academic Year) | 2,000 |
| Certification (per copy) | 5,000 |
| Graduation fee (Payable on Completion of Studies) | |
| a) Ceremony | 80,000 |
| b) Transcript | 50,000 |
| c) Certificate | 50,000 |
| d) Convocation | 20,000 |
| Total | 200,000 |
| Consequential fees | |
| Late Registration (per semester; after the deadline for official registration) | 50,000 |
| Replacement of Transcript (per issue) | 50,000 |
| Replacement of other University Credentials (Admission Letter, Identity Card, Library Card, etc…) | 20,000 |
| Retake/Supplementary/Missed/Special Exam fee (per course) | 50,000 |
| To be remitted to the respective Institute | |
| Driving skills OR Kitchen Kit for Tourism and Hospitality | 490,000/= |
| To be remitted to NCHE via www.ura.go.ug | |
| Contribution to National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) Collections (per Academic Year) | 20,000 |
Fees Structure 2025-2026
Course details
- LH Lecture Hours
- CH Contact Hours
- TH Tutorial Hours
- CU Credit Units
Semester One
HSM 111 Introduction to computer
Use in health services management 45 30 60 4
HSM 112 Primary Health Care 60 – 60 4
HSM 113 Fundamentals of Epidemiology: Basic Principles
and Methods of Epidemiology 60 – 60 4
HSM 114 Research Methods (includes proposal writing) 45 60 75 5
HSM 115 Health Economics 60 – 60 4
HSM 116 Project Planning and Management 60 – 60 4
Semester Two
HSM 121 Fundamentals of Accounting and
Management of Financial Resources 60 – 60 4
HSM 122 Human Resource Management 60 – 60 4
HSM 123 Management and Maintenance 60 – 60 4
HSM 124 Biostatistics 60 – 60 4
HSM 125 Proposal Writing 75 5