The campus is approximately 221 kilometres (137 mi), by road, north-east of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city.

The faculty is headed by Dean Professor Julius Wandabwa, who is deputized by Dr. Joseph Mpagi Luwaga.

The teaching disciplines of the medical school are integrated with the regional referral hospital.

The hospital's consultants, registrars, and interns collaborate in teaching the university's medical and nursing students.

[5] The following undergraduate programmes are offered: [6][7][8] The degree is awarded after three years of pre-clinical instruction and examination in anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, microbiology, pathology, and pharmacology, followed by two years of clinical instruction and examination in general surgery, internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics & gynecology, psychiatry, otolaryngology, neurosurgery, orthopedics, anesthesiology, urology, and public health.