Master of Science in Integrity and Institutional Systems
Corruption and institutional failure are usually treated as moral or political problems, and rarely as what they also are: system design problems, where the flows of money, information and authority create or close the opportunity for capture. There is almost no training in the region that combines ...
The four facts
What you actually need to compare
- Award and entry
- MSc
- A
- Duration and mode
- 12 months (2 semesters)
- Hybrid. Includes 0 months of paid, assessed cooperative education.
- Cost
- UGX 3,000,000 per year
- None laboratory classification. No laboratory premium.
- Outcome targeted
- Integrity and anti corruption specialist, forensic and investigations analyst, institutional systems designer
- Reviewed by 2031. If the thesis stops holding, the programme is reviewed.
Pricing Model 5.1 · The Forward Standard
Master of Science in Integrity and Institutional Systems fee
UGX 3,000,000 per year
- Laboratory tier
- None
- Annual premium
- UGX 0
- Per semester
- UGX 1,500,000
- Whole programme
- UGX 3,000,000
- Approximate USD
- ≈ USD 789
What this fee includes
- Teaching, practice tutoring, assessment and competency verification
- The Amagezi platform and AI tutor around the clock
- All learning materials
- Every examination, including first resits
- Identity card, library, guild, sports and basic wellbeing
- Co-op placement matching and the Capability Passport
- Graduation and the statutory NCHE fee
- Online application
Employment thesis
What this programme is designed to produce
Forward publishes the destination of every programme before you enrol. If the thesis stops holding, the programme is reviewed and, where necessary, retired. Next review: 2031.
Roles
- Integrity and anti corruption specialist
- forensic and investigations analyst
- institutional systems designer
- audit and oversight specialist
- compliance and risk lead
- governance and accountability adviser
- public integrity officer
- development integrity specialist
Employer types
- Anti corruption and oversight bodies
- audit institutions and firms
- regulators
- development and international organisations with integrity mandates
- financial intelligence and investigation units
- large institutions and their integrity functions
- civil society accountability organisations
- research institutes
- the graduate's own venture, incubated through the Forward Venture Studio
Target outcomes we hold ourselves to
- This programme is built for auditors, investigators, compliance professionals and public servants moving into integrity systems work, and supports senior and international roles. Progression routes include doctoral study.
Compulsory · The Forward Core
How the Core works →Every Forward programme, including this one, carries the same five cross-cutting requirements. They are graded, not optional.
- AI Fluency
- Quantitative Reasoning
- Ethics and African Context
- Human-Advantage Skills
- Enterprise
Includes 12 months paid work-integrated learning
Postgraduate programmes carry work integrated learning inside the taught structure rather than the twelve month undergraduate cooperative education placement. Read the co-op commitment
Am I eligible?
Check yourself against the published requirements
7 questions written specifically for Master of Science in Integrity and Institutional Systems. Every answer is checked against a requirement Forward has published, and the result tells you which page that requirement comes from. Indicative only, the admissions office decides on your full file.
What is the highest qualification you hold?
Curriculum structure
The same degree, in both pathways
Every Forward programme is published in both pathways: Path One, the term plan of two six-month terms, and Path Two, the block sequence of twelve four-week blocks. Same competencies, same assessments, same award. Toggle to see this programme in each.
Path One term plan shown
Path One · The Term Model
| Code | Course | CU | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| FDC 501 | Applied Intelligence for Professionals Both | 4 | 2-2-0 |
| FDC 502 | Research Evidence and Method Both | 4 | 2-2-0 |
| MIIS 510 | Integrity, Corruption and Institutional Systems Both | 6 | 3-2-2 |
| MIIS 511 | Forensic Analysis and Investigation Performance | 6 | 3-2-4 |
| MIIS 512 | Institutional and Systems Design for Integrity Both | 5 | 3-2-2 |
| Code | Course | CU | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| FDC 503 | Governance, Ethics and Leadership of Intelligent Systems Both | 4 | 2-2-0 |
| MIIS 520 | Anti Corruption Law, Standards and Frameworks Performance | 5 | 2-2-4 |
| MIIS 521 | Audit, Oversight and Accountability Mechanisms Both | 4 | 2-2-2 |
| MIIS 522 | Integrity Data Analytics and Intelligent Detection Performance | 4 | 2-2-4 |
| MIIS 523 | Ethics, Whistleblowing and Public Trust Objective | 3 | 2-2-0 |
| MIIS 530 | Institutional Integrity Commission Project Performance | 15 | 0-2-12 |
Total credit units: 60
Curriculum source
Forward University Curriculum Compendium
Assessment
Coursework + project + integrated exam
Work-integrated learning
12 months paid co-operative education
Your week at Forward
A typical week on Master of Science in Integrity and Institutional Systems
Path One, the Term Model: your own pace across a six-month term, one live session a week, short flexible lessons, and assessment on demand.
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Curriculum explorer
Drill into the degree, step by step
Choose a study path, then a year, then a term or block, then a course. Credit totals add up as you go, and every course shows what comes before it and what it unlocks.
Step 1, choose a year
Step 2, choose a term
SEMESTER 1 | YEAR 1 | 25 COMPETENCY UNITS
Year 1 · this step is worth 25 CU
Cumulative
25
Programme total
60
25 CU of 60 CU completed by the end of this step (42%)
Step 3, choose a course
Pick a course to see the detail
Credits, assessment, prerequisites and what each course unlocks later.
The twelve Forward capabilities
What this programme develops in you
Every Forward degree develops the same twelve cross-cutting capabilities. The profile below is the level this programme is designed to develop and verify by graduation, on the four-level scale in Part B2 of the Curriculum Compendium. Every claim above Level 2 is verified by someone other than the teaching lecturer.
- C1Intelligent Systems FluencyLevel 3 of 4, Independent
- C2Quantitative and Evidential Reasoning CriticalLevel 4 of 4, Leading
- C3Ethical and Contextual Judgement CriticalLevel 4 of 4, Leading
- C4Communication and Persuasion CriticalLevel 4 of 4, Leading
- C5Disciplinary MasteryLevel 3 of 4, Independent
- C6Technical Production and CraftLevel 3 of 4, Independent
- C7Problem Framing and Systems Thinking CriticalLevel 4 of 4, Leading
- C8Collaboration and Multidisciplinary TeamingLevel 3 of 4, Independent
- C9Enterprise, Value and Commercial LiteracyLevel 3 of 4, Independent
- C10Professional Conduct and Workplace PerformanceLevel 4 of 4, Leading
- C11Learning to Learn and Adaptive CapacityLevel 3 of 4, Independent
- C12Stewardship and Public ContributionLevel 4 of 4, Leading
Critical capabilities for this programme: Quantitative and Evidential Reasoning · Ethical and Contextual Judgement · Communication and Persuasion · Problem Framing and Systems Thinking. A graduate cannot pass out of this programme below the stated level on any capability marked critical.
Programme Learning Outcomes
What you will be able to do
Each outcome is assessed, and each is tagged with the Forward capabilities it is verified against.
- PLO 1Map an institution as a system of money, information and authority flows.
- PLO 2Diagnose where an institutional system creates integrity risk.
- PLO 3Conduct a defensible forensic analysis of financial and administrative data.
- PLO 4Redesign an institutional system to close an integrity gap.
- PLO 5Apply anti corruption law, standards and frameworks to a real case.
- PLO 6Apply data and intelligent systems to integrity analysis honestly.
- PLO 7Design accountability, oversight and transparency mechanisms that work.
- PLO 8Communicate and C3, C defend integrity findings to boards and the public.
- PLO 9Deliver a real institutional C6, integrity commission with a measured outcome.
- PLO 10Acquire and demonstrate C10 a new capability without formal instruction, evidenced in the Capability Passport.
Why this programme exists
Corruption and institutional failure are usually treated as moral or political problems, and rarely as what they also are: system design problems, where the flows of money, information and authority create or close the opportunity for capture. There is almost no training in the region that combines integrity, forensic analysis and institutional systems design into a professional competence. This taught, project heavy masters builds the specialist who can diagnose where an institution leaks integrity and redesign the system to close it, for anti corruption bodies, auditors, regulators, funders and institutions themselves. It terminates in a real institutional integrity commission.
Admission requirements
A good first degree (second class or above) in any relevant field, or substantial audit, investigation or governance experience admitted through recognition of prior learning; plus a short reasoning task scored against Capabilities C2 and C3. All applicants must demonstrate competence in English, the language of instruction, through their qualifications or an approved proficiency test under Part A. International and non standard qualifications are assessed for equivalence against the profile above under the Credential Portability provisions, so that a suitably prepared applicant may enter from anywhere in the world. Selection considers the whole application, including the structured admission task, and is conducted without discrimination under the University's admissions policy. Alternative pathways: recognition of prior learning against the admission profile under Part G, including substantial professional practice in lieu of the named first degree field. Online components require the Digital Readiness orientation under Part D6.