(a) The main campus is approximately 5 kilometres (3.1 mi), by road, north-east of the central business district of Gulu, the largest city in the Uganda's Northern Region.

[4] (b) The second campus is in the town of Kitgum, approximately 104 kilometres (65 mi), by road, north-east of Gulu,[5] close to the international border with South Sudan.

[6] (c) Upon the request of the Kingdom of Bunyoro, the university established a campus in the city of Hoima, offering agriculture, environment, computer science, information technology, business studies, accounting and education.

[10][14] As of January 2016[update], the following undergraduate academic degree courses were offered at GU, according to an advertisement placed in the New Vision by the university.

[6] As of August 2013, the university had a shortage of 73 academic staff, according to Vice Chancellor Jack Nyeko Pen-Mogi.