The Uganda Military Engineering College (UMEC), also University of Military Science and Technology (UMST), is a tertiary institution of higher learning, that instructs qualified military officers and technicians in various fields of engineering and science.
[1] UMEC is located in the town of Lugazi, in Buikwe District, on a 175 acres (0.71 km2) campus, approximately 44 kilometres (27 mi) east of Kampala, Uganda's capital city, on the Kampala-Jinja Highway.
[2] This location lies approximately 4.5 kilometres (3 mi), by road, west of the central business district of Lugazi.
[3] The coordinates of the campus of University of Military Science and Technology are:0°22'12.0"N, 32°54'47.0"E (Latitude: 0.3700; Longitude: 32.9130).
An affiliated school of military engineering was later opened and initially housed in Magamaga in Jinja District.