Pharm-Bio Technology and Traditional Medicine Centre

PHARMBIOTRAC Welcomes Mbarara University’s New Vice Chancellor, Professor Pauline Byakika Kibwika

Engineer Anke Weisheit, Chair Innovation & Business Management taking the VC through the innovative products in the museum

The students organizing committee that contributed to MUST's first-ever career fair, organized by PHARMBIOTRAC.

Cake cutting during lanuching of Friends of PHARMBIOTRAC Foundation, the sustainable arm of PHARMBIOTRAC

Cake cutting during the launch of the Friends of PHARMBIOTRAC Foundation, the sustainable arm of PHARMBIOTRAC.

The PHARMBIOTRAC team with visitors from Ndejje University in the PHARMBIOTRAC Herbal Garden.

Students swearing in during the Whitecoat Ceremony

Professor Robert Tamukong giving a speech during the MUST Career Fair

Dr. Casim Umba Tolo (Director, PHARMBIOTRAC) on the occasion of the Official Launch of the Friends of PHARMBIOTRAC Foundation (FPF) on Wednesday, August 28, 2024 at Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST), Uganda

Our Goal

“To build a critical mass of specialized and skilled human resource that can advance traditional medicine and Pharm-Biotechnology for socio-economic development of Africa”.

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Our Programmes

Current Degree Programme (PhD & Masters)

MSc courses in traditional medicine and pharm biotechnology
PhD programs

Degree Programmes Launched in 2018/2019

MSc in Clinical Pharmacy
MSc in Pharmacognosy and Biopharmaceuticals
MSc in Pharmaceutical Analysis
MSc in Pharmaceutical Business Management
MSc in African and Oriental Medicine Science

PHARMBIOTRAC Accelerator Program (PAP) Call 2022

Cohort 2 The Pharm-Biotechnology and Traditional Medicine Center (PHARMBIOTRAC) is one of the 24 Eastern and Southern Africa Higher Education Centers of Excellence (ACE II) Programs. PHARMBIOTRAC is established at Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST) since 2017, with financial support from the World Bank. The Goal of PHARMBIOTRAC is “to build a critical…

Call for Application: Certificate of Production and Quality Assurance of Herbal Medicine (CPQAHM)

Short Course – Certificate of Production and Quality Assurance of Herbal Medicine

Call for Applications 2020 Short Course Certificate of Production and Quality Assurance of Herbal Medicine Summary: The Africa Center of Excellence (ACE) for Pharm-Biotechnology and Traditional Medicine (PHARMBIOTRAC) is based at the Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST), a public university located in Southwestern Uganda about 260 km from Kampala, the Capital City of…

PHARMBIOTRAC Accelerator Program (PAP) Call 2020

The Pharm-Biotechnology and Traditional Medicine Center (PHARMBIOTRAC) is one of the 24 Eastern and Southern Africa Higher Education Centers of Excellence (ACE II) Programs. PHARMBIOTRAC is established at Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST) since 2017, with the financial support from the World Bank. The Goal of PHARMBIOTRAC is “to build a critical mass…

Call for Application: Masters program 2019/2020

PHARMBIOTRAC is informing the interested applicants to apply for the 2 masters programs for the academic year 2019/2020 For more information, see the links below Masters of Science in Pharmacognosy & Natural Medicine Sciences Masters of Pharmacy in Clinical Pharmacy (M.PHARM Clinical Pharmacy) APPLICATION DEADLINE: 30th April 2019 “A limited number of scholarship opportunities are…