This study explored the growth of security and strategic studies (SSS) as an academic discipline in Uganda’s civilian and military institutions. This was owing to the increased establishment of SSS courses in both military and civilian institutions of higher.

Evolution of security and strategic studies in Uganda. The study found that the teaching of SSS in Uganda began about 10 years ago at Makerere University, then Uganda Senior Command and Staff College, Kimaka plus Nkumba University, and so on. This implies that SSS in Uganda is 40 years behind the rest of the world where it started 50 years ago. This was as a result of the need identified by Ugandan academics to shift from the traditional state-centric approach to security to an approach based on human security.