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St. Joseph's Technical Institute Kisubi

P.O. Box 20, Kisubi, Entebbe - Uganda | Tel: +256 785 838 713

📢 Academic Update: The Institute officially opened on 7th February 2026, and classes are currently in progress. 🚀 New Students: Orientation for new students has been successfully completed, and academic activities are now fully underway. Welcome aboard! 🎓 Graduation Announcement: The 5th Graduation Ceremony is scheduled for Thursday, 30th April 2026, with approximately 600 graduands expected.      📢 Academic Update: The Institute officially opened on 7th February 2026, and classes are currently in progress. 🚀 New Students: Orientation for new students has been successfully completed, and academic activities are now fully underway. Welcome aboard! 🎓 Graduation Announcement: The 5th Graduation Ceremony is scheduled for Thursday, 30th April 2026, with approximately 600 graduands expected.

About Us

Institute Historical Background

St. Joseph's Technical Institute Kisubi is the oldest Technical Institute in Uganda. It was founded in 1911 by the White Missionary Fathers in the buildings of the seminary that had been transferred to Bukalasa.

It began as a Rural Trade School offering practical training in:

  • Blacksmith
  • Tinsmith
  • Carpentry and Joinery
  • Shoemaking
  • Block Laying and Concrete Practice
  • Tailoring and Cutting

The White Fathers trained young men in basic crafts. After three years of training, students were awarded certificates of attendance and deployed across Uganda to help construct churches, schools, hospitals, and other structures.

Development Stages

  • 1911: Rural Trade School
  • 1950: Became a Technical School
  • 1954: Motor Vehicle Course started
  • 1960: Plumbing Course introduced
  • 1968: Began offering City & Guilds London Certificates
  • 1970: Electrical Installation Course introduced
  • 1972: Technical Institute Craft Courses Part I
  • 1976: Advanced Craft Courses Part II
  • 2001: Admission of female students began
  • 2005: Evening Engineering Diploma Courses launched
  • 2010: Tailoring Cutting and Garment Design Course Started
  • 2017: Shoe Making Course Started
  • 2024: Welding and Metal Fabrication Course Started

Employment Challenges & Self-Employment

Uganda faces significant youth unemployment, often due to mismatched skills and market demand. In such cases, self-employment becomes a viable solution.

St. Joseph's Technical Institute Kisubi equips youth with technical and entrepreneurial skills to empower them to start and sustain their own businesses, creating jobs for themselves and others.

Come to St. Joseph's Technical Institute Kisubi. You will never remain the same!

Quality Assurance

Our graduates are in high demand across the labor market. We ensure excellence through:

  1. Open admission to all qualified students regardless of background
  2. Eligibility based on UCE or Polytechnic completion
  3. Hands-on projects and external exams each semester
  4. Promotion of sports and extracurricular activities

Our Facilities

  • Lecture Rooms
  • Student Hostels
  • Library
  • Computer Laboratory
  • Reliable Clean Water Supply
  • Stable Electricity
  • Modern Practical Equipment

Vision

To be a leading Catholic TVET Institute fostering innovation, excellence, and values to empower students to serve and shape the world.

Mission

To provide high quality employable skills, knowledge, and competencies and promotion of moral and spiritual values.

Goal

To foster innovation, excellence, and values; equip learners with employable skills and competencies; promote moral and spiritual values; and develop responsible, ethical, and productive individuals for society.

Institute Motto

Ogutateganya Teguzza Nvuma - "No pain, No gain"

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