Bachelor of Records and Information Management

Overview

Code KRM
Duration 3 Years
Study time Fulltime
Intake August

Entry requirements

UACE (or equivalent) with two Principal passes, & UCE (or equivalent) with five passes; or a Diploma in a related field of study

Fees structure

Tuition Fees per Semester (East African) UGX 725,000
Tuition Fees per Semester (Non East Africans) UGX 1,087,500
Fieldwork/School Practice/Industrial Training/Internship/COBERS Fees (per year) UGX 200,000 (Years 1&2)

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
Professional Development fee (for students of Law only) (per year) 150,000
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
  1. The University Council reserves the right to adjust the fees without prior notice.
  2. These Programmes are run over Weekends, during Fulltime, or in Recess/Holiday Sessions.

Contribution to NCHE should be deposited using a payment reference number generated via www.ura.go.ug

Fees Structure 2025-2026

Course details

  • LH Lecture Hours
  • CH Contact Hours
  • TH Tutorial Hours
  • CU Credit Units

YEAR ONE SEMESTER ONE

Code Course Name LH PH CH CU COMMENTS
BRM  1101 Organisation and Office Management 45 30 60 4 Reviewed
ICT 1101 Computer Applications 45 30 60 4 Reviewed
ELS  1103 Basic study and English Language Communication Skills 1 45 00 45 3 Reviewed
BRM 1104 Records Processing and  Organisation 45 00 45 3 Reviewed
BRM 1105 Foundation of records  and archives management 30 30 45 3 Reviewed
BRM 1106 Documentation work and information services 45 30 60 4 Reviewed
BRM 1107 Museums Management, Curatorship and Antiquities 30 30 45 3 Reviewed
  Total CU       24  

 YEAR ONE SEMESTER TWO

Code Course Name LH PH CH CU  
BRM 1201 Stores and Materials Management 45 30 60 4 Reviewed
BRM 1202 IT Applications for records management 30 60 60 4 Reviewed
ELS  1203 English Communication Skills for Professional Development. 30 30 45 3 Reviewed
BRM 1204 Reprographic services 30 30 45 3 Reviewed
BRM 1205 Archival management 45 00 45 3 Reviewed
BRM 1206 Management of Financial records 45 30 30 3 Reviewed
BRM 1207 Management of Legal records 45 00 45 3 New
  Total CU       23  

FIELD WORK

Code Course Name CU LH PH CH  
BRM 1207 Field Work Report 5   150 75 Reviewed
  TOTAL CU 5        

 YEAR TWO SEMESTER ONE

Code Course Name LH PH CH CU  
BRM 2101 General Psychology 45 00 45 3 Reviewed
BRM  2102 Classification and Cataloging theory 45 30 60 4 Reviewed
BRM  2103 Analysis of Information Systems 30 30 45 3 Reviewed
BRM  2104 Information Resources Security 30 30 45 3 Reviewed
BRM  2105 Information storage and retrieval 30 30 45 3 Reviewed
BRM  2106 Knowledge Management 45 30 60 4 New
  Total CU       20  

 YEAR TWO SEMESTER TWO

Code Course Name LH PH CH CU  
BRM 2201 Indexing and Abstracting 30 60 60 4 Reviewed
BRM 2202 Cataloguing and Classification practice 30 60 60 4 Reviewed
BRM 2203 Documentary Heritage and Oral History Management 45 00 45 3 Reviewed
BRM 2204 Database development and maintenance 15 60 45 3 Reviewed
BSW 2205 Social Psychology 30 30 45 3 Reviewed
BRM 2206 Management Information Systems 30 30 45 3 New
  Total CU       20  

 FIELD WORK

Code Course Name CU LH PH CH  
BRM  2207 Field Work Report 5   150 75 Reviewed
  TOTAL CU 5        

 YEAR THREE SEMESTER ONE

Code Course Name LH PH CH CU  
BRM 3101  Automation and Digitisation of information resources 15 60 45 3 Reviewed
BRM 3102 Research Methods in RIM 45 30 60 4 Reviewed
BRM 3103 Strategic Planning and Human Resource Management. 45 00 45 3 New
BRM 3104 Project Planning and Management 30 30 45 3 New
BRM 3105 Website development and internet technology 30 30 45 3 Reviewed
BRM 3106 Archival Administration and Management 30 30 45 3 Reviewed
  Total CU       19  

YEAR THREE SEMESTER TWO

Code Course Name LH PH CH CU  
BRM 3201 Preservation and Conservation 45 30 60 4 Reviewed
BRM 3202 Data analysis tools for research in RIM 45 30 60 4 Reviewed
BRM3203 Legislations and ethical issues in records management 45 00 45 3 Reviewed
BRM 3204 Infopreneurship 30 30 45 3 Neew
BRM 3205 Digital Assets Management and Archiving 30 30 45 3 New
BRM 3206 Marketing in information work 30 30 45 3 Reviewed
  Total CU       20  

 RESEARCH REPORT

Code Course Name CU LH PH CH  
BRM 3207 Research  Report 5   150 75  
  TOTAL CU 5        

 

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