University Computing Services department is located in the upper library building. This department in collaboration with the Faculty of Technology offers a number of services that benefit the universities administrative and academic facilities.

In this department you'll find staff members of different IT backgrounds ranging from Instructors, network and system administrators, web developers, helpdesk specialists and lab technicians who provide different support services to the university.

         

Among the services that this department offers to the university and its community are:

• Network Services
• A Campus LAN(Local Area Network)
• Campus Intranet
• Inter-Campus LAN setup that will allow other UCU colleges to share educational facilities with the Mukono campus
• Wireless Connectivity and Hospots (Currently implementing)
• Dial-in access (future project)

 

• Email services for faculty, staff and students
• Access on campus
• Web-mail access for faculty/staff who are traveling or working remotely

 

• Anti-Virus Software and Solutions (Currently the department has installed F-Secure in all the labs and office machines)
• Office installations and upgrades
• Individual faculty and staff installations and upgrades
• Access to other anti-virus solutions of choice.
• On schedule virus alerts and how to get rid of them.

 

• Web services (Future Project)
• Hosting
• Web design kits
• Templates for students interested in web development
• Software upgrades
• Space to advert staff/student campus activities
• Access to the most popular search engines

 

• Administrative Support facilities
• Financial Management System (Pastel)
• Academic Registry Information Systems (ARIMS)
• Library Information Systems

 

• Other Services include:
• Helpdesk
• Printing/Scanning/Photocopying/binding/faxing
• Training workshops