Kyambogo University has started implementing the new structure replacing the one which has been in operation since 2006. This makes it the first among the public universities to implement the new structure.

This new structure was approved by the University Council in August 2020 and later by the Ministry of Public Service in November 2020 as part of its plan to restructure public universities.

The university academic structure has changed through relocation and the creation of new faculties, schools, departments, and academic and administrative units.

In the old structure, the university had six Faculties and two Schools, and now the schools have increased to six and one Institute has been created.  These include School of Built Environment, School of Vocational Studies, School of Computing and Information Science, School of Education, School of Art and Industrial Design, School of Management and Entrepreneurship and the Institute of Distance Education, E-learning and Learning Centers. The Faculties include; Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Faculty of Special Needs and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Faculty of Social Sciences and Faculty of Education.

The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Eli Katunguka, while in the Consultative meeting with the Deans of Faculties/Schools/Institute said that in order to become Centre of academic and professional excellence, the research function should be given the priority it deserves. He also noted that a lot has changed in addition to the massive growth of the university, which necessitated the restructuring.

The restructuring has also seen the number of academic departments increase from 33 to 56 in the new academic structure. The Non-Teaching staff establishment is 792 positions having reduced by 59 positions which is 7%. And the academic staff establishment has gone up from 1,281 to 1,772 positions which makes an increase of 491 positions

The validation of teaching staff was completed and the validation of Non-Teaching staff will be starting on 19th January 2022.

Approved Composition of Faculties, Schools and Institutes

FACULTIES
(a) FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
(b) FACULTY OF SCIENCE
(c) FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE

The Faculty will include the following Departments:
(i) Civil and Environmental Engineering;
(ii) Mechanical and Production Engineering;
(iii) Electrical and Electronics Engineering;
(iv) Bio-Medical and Mechatronics Engineering; and
(v) Mining, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering.

The Faculty will include the following Departments:
(i) Biological Science;
(ii) Physics;
(iii) Chemistry;
(iv) Mathematics and Statistics;
(v) Food Science Technology;
(vi) Sports Science;
(vii) Environmental Science; and
(viii) Textile and Leather Technology.

The Faculty will include the following Departments:
(i) Agriculture Production (Animal & Crop Science);
(ii) Soil Science and Irrigation Management (to handle Mechanization);
(iii) Agricultural Education and Agriculture Economics (Extension Service, Rural Development & Agri-Business); and
(iv) University Farm.
(d) FACULTY OF SPECIAL NEEDS AND REHABILITATION
(e) FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES
(f) FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

The Faculty will include the following Departments and Centre:
(i) Hearing Impairment and Sign Language Interpretation Studies;
(ii) Visual Impairment Studies;
(iii) Community and Disability Studies;
(iv) Intellectual and Development Difficulties (to house the Early Childhood Learning and Assessment Centre (ECLAC)); and
(v) Adult, Community and Life-Long Learning (Adult & Community Education).

The Faculty will include the following Departments:
(i) Languages and Communication Studies;
(ii) Religious Studies and Philosophy;
(iii) Literature and Filming Studies;
(iv) Performing Arts;
(v) History, Archeology and Heritage; and
(vi) Geography

The Faculty will include the following Departments:
(i) Economics;
(ii) Development Studies;
(iii) Political Science and Public Administration;
(iv) Social Work and Social Administration;
(v) Sociology, Anthropology and Population Studies (Demography); and
(vi) Psychology.
SCHOOLS AND INSTITUTES
(a) SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
(b) SCHOOL OF ART AND INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

The School will include the following Departments and Centre:
(i) Foundations and Educational Psychology;
(ii) Technical Teacher and Instructor Education;
(iii) Teacher Education and Extension;
(iv) Education Planning and Management;
(v) Early Childhood and Pre-Primary Education (includes the Child Study Centre); and
(vi) Curriculum, Pedagogy and Educational Media.

The School will include the following Departments:
(i) Fine Art:
(ii) Industrial and Commercial Art: and
(iii) Visual Communication (Graphics).
(c) SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (SOME)
(d) SCHOOL OF BUILT ENVIRONMENT (SOFBE)

The School will include the following Departments:
(i) Finance, Accounting and Micro-finance;
(ii) Management and Administrative Sciences (includes Secretarial Studies); 
(iii) Business Administration and Entrepreneurship; and
(iv) Procurement and Supply Chain Management.

The School will include the following Departments:
(i) Quantity Surveying and Property Valuation;
(ii) Architecture; and
(iii) Geo-informatics (Land Survey).
(e) SCHOOL OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATION SCIENCE (SCIS)
(f) SCHOOL OF VOCATIONAL STUDIES (SOVS)

The School will include the following Departments:
(i) Computer Science;
(ii) Networks, Data Science and Artificial Intelligence; and
(iii) Library and Information Science.

The will include the following Departments:
(i) Family Life and Consumer Studies (Home Economics);
(ii) Hotel and Institutional Catering;
(iii) Cosmetology and Fashion (Clothing Design); and
(iv) Nutritional Science and Dietetics.
(g) INSTITUTE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION, E-LEARNING & LEARNING CENTRES (IDAEL)

The Institute of Distance and E-Learning will include the following Departments:
(i) Centre for Distance Education (CDE);
(ii) Centre for E-Learning (CEL); and
(iii) Learning Centres