This is about 5 kilometres (3 mi), by road, east of the central business district of the city.

[4] The coordinates of the university campus are: 0°19'19.0"N 32°37'17.0"E (Latitude:0.321944; Longitude:32.621389),[5] UTAMU was founded in 2012 by a group of academics in Uganda and currently with a shareholding of 27 members.

UTAMU started initially with five undergraduate degree courses in business and information technology.

[6] As of July 2014, the university operated in the following schools:[7] In its second year of operation, the university expanded its undergraduate degree menu from the original five courses to about two dozen courses in business and information technology.

[8] Academic diplomas are offered to undergraduate and graduate students in a number of disciplines.