What is the history of Clarke International University?

CIU (formerly, International Health Sciences University  - IHSU) in Uganda is a university that is licensed by the Uganda National Council for Higher Education, a non-residential university offering health sciences, ICT and business courses, that develop students to become tomorrow's leaders nationally and internationally. 

 The Clarke Family first came to Uganda in 1987. Dr Ian Clarke worked as a medical doctor working for a missionary organization in Luwero, and built a mission hospital – Kiwoko Hospital, which still thrives today. Since then he went on to build International Medical Group (IMG), which consisted of a network of private primary healthcare clinics, the premiere hospital in Kampala, and an HMO medical insurance company.

 At the same time his Ugandan daughter Rose Nanyonga Clarke started a School of Nursing, with the aim of producing high quality nurses for IMG. This became a licensed University in 2008 – International health Sciences University, with a goal to rethink, refresh, and make a difference to the way new and professional higher education is done in Uganda. In March of 2008, the school received its provisional license to operate as a university and expanded its curriculum to include baccalaureate education in a range of health disciplines.

 In 2016, a decision was taken to diversify the program offering of the University and as such, the School of Business and Applied Technology was established in May 2017 with the focus on business and technology programs.

 In March, the university re-launched under its new brand name, Clarke International University.  The re-launch marketing activity has contributed towards a high level of awareness of the new brand in research, and a growth in student numbers of nearly 20%.  Activities included a major re-launch event with KeyNote speeches from Rebecca Kadaga, the Speaker of Parliament, and Nobel Prize winning social entrepreneur, Professor Mohammud Yunus,  billboard, newspaper and radio advertising, a regular social media campaign, phone and text direct marketing activity, combined with career teacher and school leaver events.