[1] BSU has its main campus, measuring approximately 48 hectares (120 acres), at Kakoba Hill, off of Buremba Road, approximately 5.5 kilometres (3 mi) east of downtown Mbarara.

[2][3] The coordinates of the main campus of the university are 0°36'10.0"S, 30°41'44.0"E (Latitude:-0.602778, Longitude:30.695556).

[4] The second campus is located at Ruharo Hill, also in the Mbarara Metropolitan Area.

[2] BSU is named after Cyril Stuart who was the Anglican Bishop of Uganda in the middle of the 20th Century.

[5] BSU started operations in 2003 at the campus of then Kakoba National Teacher's College (KNTC) in the western Ugandan city of Mbarara.

[6] KNTC ceased operations at the end of 2005, and in 2006, BSU took over the premises and grounds previously occupied by the teachers' college.

[7] In 2006, BSU held its maiden graduation ceremony.

However, the certificates, diplomas, and degrees were awarded by Uganda Christian University.

[10] On 10 October 2014, at the university's 10th graduation ceremony, Minister of Education Jessica Alupo announced that BSU had been cleared by the Uganda National Council for Higher Education to receive a university charter.

[11] The charter was granted and delivered to the university in late October 2014.

[12] As of December 2020[update], BSU had the following academic faculties and departments:[13] The university offers courses at certificate, diploma, undergraduate, and postgraduate levels.

Diploma in Industrial Fine Art Design 13.

Diploma in Office Management and Secretarial Studies 18.

Diploma in Procurement and Supply Chain Management 19.

Diploma in Records Management and Information Science 20.

Diploma in Microfinance & Business Enterprise Management 26.

Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Economics and Resource Management 2.

Bachelor of Conservation & Natural Resources Environmental Management 26.

Doctor of Philosophy in Agriculture and Community Innovations 2.

Master of Science in Climatic Change and Food Security 3.

Master of Science in Agronomy (Dry Land Farming) 7.

Postgraduate Diploma in Agriculture And Rural Innovations 8.

Doctor of Philosophy in Language, Culture, and Society 9.

Postgraduate Diploma in Public Administration and Management 24.

Postgraduate Diploma on Office Management and Secretarial Studies.