The schools of the college offer undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the biomedical sciences, health sciences, human medicine and public health, covering a broad range of disciplines and specialties.

[5] Makerere University College of Health Sciences, formerly named the Faculty of Medicine, Makerere University's medical school was established in 1924 as the oldest medical training institution in East and Central Africa https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36321129/ and https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14287327/.

Its training programs expanded to include all health care professionals such as Radiographers, Nurses, Pharmacists, Dental Surgeons, Optometrists, biomedical Engineers, Speech and Language therapists, Cytotechnologists, bioinformaticians etc with 70 academic programs (undergraduate and graduate).

The school that is ultimately responsible for awarding the postgraduate degree is indicated in bold ink.

The library houses an archive of Dr. Albert Cook's original handwritten patient notes dating back to 1900.