The idea of starting a University in this part of Uganda began in 2000 and Mountains of the Moon University (MMU) was registered and incorporated as a company Limited by Guarantee on 28th June 2002.
The founding Committee consisted of Prof. Edward Rugumayo, Justice Seth Manyindo, Hon. Colonel Tom Butime, Dr. Jockey B. Nyakaana, Fr. Albert Byaruhanga(RIP), Hon. Percy Night Tuhaise, Mr. Yusuf Karmali, Ms Charlotte Karungi, Dr. Arseni Semana, Prof. Oswald Ndoleriire and Eng. Dr. Albert Rugumayo.
In 2003 the Project Officer for Volunteer Missionary Movement (VMM) visited Uganda and the group in Kampala, through Fr. Albert Byaruhanga, contacted VMM with the request of sending a volunteer to assist in heading the proposed University.
The request was granted which saw Dr. Patrick Davey coming to Uganda in November of 2003. The University did not start as planned due to a number of factors one of which was the question of obtaining a provisional license to allow it to operate.
After a lot of hard work by people in Kampala and in Fort Portal, the University finally had all the necessary papers to qualify it to be a University.
After a couple of visits by the National Council for Higher Education (NCHE), the University finally obtained its long awaited provisional license on March 29, 2005, thus being the first University to begin its operations with a license.
Though the University officially opened with the intake of August 2005, it boasts of an in-take of teacher students who were admitted in May 2005.
