[2] The college is located in a neighborhood called Kitikifumba, in Kira Municipality, in Wakiso District, in the Central Region of Uganda.
This location is approximately 19 kilometres (12 mi), by road, north-east of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda.
[2][6] The 15 acres (6.1 ha) piece of land in the city center, where the institution was originally housed, was leased to an investor, who started to erect Kampala Intercontinental Hotel on the site.
[7][8] The government of Uganda, acquired 25 acres (10 ha) in Kitifumba, where it constructed a new college at an estimated cost of US$4 million (UGX:8 billion at that time), with capacity of 450 student-teachers.
During the construction, the Shimoni student-teachers were accommodated at Nyondo Teacher Training College in Mbale.