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A Call for Application in the Department of Computing & Information Technology

The Department of Computing & Information Technology through the Academic Registrar UCU-Bishop Barham University college invites applications for 2023 – 2024 Academic year for May and September intakes in the following Programs.

CAREER PROSPECTS.

When you choose an Information Technology career path, you will have a variety of job opportunities to choose from. They include the following.

  1. Business Intelligence Analyst: Produce financial and market intelligence by querying data repositories and generating periodic reports.
  2. Computer and Information Research Scientist: Conduct research into fundamental computer and information science as theorists, designers, or inventors.
  3. Computer Network Architect: Design and implement computer and information networks, such as local area networks (LAN), wide area networks (WAN), intranets, extranets, and other data communications networks.
  4. Computer Network Support Specialist: Analyze, test, troubleshoot, and evaluate existing network systems, such as local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), and Internet systems or a segment of a network system. Perform network maintenance to ensure networks operate correctly with minimal interruption.
  5. Computer Programmer: Create, modify, and test code, forms, and scripts that allow computer applications to run.
  6. Computer Systems Analyst: Analyze science, engineering, business, and other data processing problems to implement and improve computer systems. Analyze user requirements, procedures, and problems to automate or improve existing systems and review computer system capabilities, workflow, and scheduling limitations
  7. Computer Systems Engineer: Design and develop solutions to complex applications problems, system administration issues, or network concerns. Perform systems management and integration functions.
  8. Database Administrator: Administer, test, and implement computer databases, applying knowledge of database management systems. Coordinate changes to computer databases. May plan, coordinate, and implement security measures to safeguard computer databases.
  9.  Geographic Information Systems Technician.
  10. Geospatial Information Scientists and Technologist.
  11. Information Security Analyst: Plan, implement, upgrade, or monitor security measures for the protection of computer networks and information.
  12. Information Technology Project Manager: Plan, initiate, and manage information technology (IT) projects. Lead and guide the work of technical staff.
  13. Cyber security Specialist: They work to make sure that networks are safe from external threats like hackers or crackers who want access for malicious purposes.
  14. Network and Computer Systems Administrator: Install, configure, and support an organization’s local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), and Internet systems or a segment of a network system.
  15. Software Developer: Software developers are the creative minds behind computer programs
  16. Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Tester: Develop and execute software test plans in order to identify software problems and their causes.
  17. Telecommunications Engineering Specialist: Design or configure voice, video, and data communications systems.
  18. Video Game Designer: Design core features of video games. Specify innovative game and role-play mechanics, story lines, and character biographies.
  19. Web Administrator & Web Developer: Manage web environment design, deployment, development and maintenance activities. They also Design, create, and modify Web sites.
  20. IT infrastructure engineer: IT infrastructure engineers are specialists who are usually in charge of the hardware aspects of a business network.
  21. Application engineer: Application engineers are people who work with computers to design and improve specialty equipment and enhance software programs.
  22. Computer User Support Specialist: Provide technical assistance to computer users.
NOCOURSEDurationENTRY Requirements
  1  Bachelor of Science in Information Technology (BSIT)  3 YEARSUACE or equivalent, with 2 Principal passes and a credit in UCE / UACE mathematics, plus UCE or equivalent with 5 passes;
OR a Diploma in a related field of study.
  2  Diploma in Information Technology (DIT)  2 YEARSUACE or equivalent, with a Principal pass and 2 subsidiary passes plus a credit in UCE/UACE mathematics, & UCE or equivalent with five passes;
OR a Certificate in a related field of study
3Certificate in Information Technology (CIT)2 YEARSUCE or equivalent

Contact us.

ACADEMIC REGISTRAR: +256772 56885 | +256701 163950

COORDINATOR IT DEPARTMENT: +256779 538344 | +256700 538344