Diploma in Secretarial and Office Management

The diploma in office and information management equips graduates with business management skills, information technology and office records management. It combines the key aspects of information technology, accounting, communication skills, customer care, emotional intelligence and entrepreneurship skills. This combination of skills and knowledge prepares graduates to be immediately productive in the modern industry. The DOIM course is intended to produce secretaries with office management skills with business skills capable of managing offices in organizations either employed or self-employed.

DSOM graduates are ideally placed to work either in the Business Enterprises, Audit Firms, Consultancy Firms, and Non-Government Organization’s etc. in both the private and public sectors to develop the use of IT in business office administrative work. Others will take up managerial positions in ICT- based sectors, and other positions such as Web-Designers, business planners, systems Analysts, project Managers, office managers/Administrators, Database managers, information managers, network administrators, business analysts and research assistants. Others take up further studies in business computing; while others will use the vocational skills acquired in this course to start up their own business. Possible employers range from consulting firm to ICT users such as the government, banks and insurance industry. The course also trains students to become entrepreneurs and start their own businesses with aid of ICT’s and vocational studies. Other will take up further studies in information technology related courses.

Year of Study Semester Course Code Course Name
Year One Semester One DFA 1101 Financial Accounting
DBM 1102 Principles of Business Administration
DOM 1101 Computer Literacy
DOM 1102 Short Hand 1 60/70 W.p.m
DOM 1103 Keyboard Skills (30 w.p.m)
DBC 1103 Business Information Systems
Year One Semester Two DOM 1201 Short Hand II
DOM 1202 Keyboard Skills II (40wpm)
DOM 1203 Business Kiswahili
DIT 1204 Introduction to Website Development
DOM 1204 Business communication skills
DBM 1206 Introduction To Ethics
Year One Recess Term Recess Term Recess Term
DCS 1301 IT Practical Skills Development I
DCS 1301 Entrepreneurship Application
DBM 1302 Marketing Skills
Year Two Semester One DOM 2101 Interpersonal skills
DOM 2102 Keyboard skills III(50wpm)
DOM 2103 Shorthand III 70/80
DOM 2104 Customer Service
DOM 2105 Secretarial Duties & Office Management
DOM 2105 Research Methodolgy
Year Two Semester Two DOM 2201 Emotional Intelligence
DOM 2202 Keyboard IV(60wpm)
DOM 2203 Short Hand IV
DOM 2204 Database systems
DOM 2205 Statistical Data analysis
DOM 2206 Computerized Accounting
Year One Recess Term Recess Term Recess Term
DCS 3101 IT Practical skills development II
DOM 2206 Financial Literacy
DOM 3101 Industrial Training

Direct Entry: A candidate must have five (5) passes at O'Level or its equivalent and 2 principal passes at A'Level obtained at the same sitting or its equivalent

Mature Age Entry: For admission under the Mature Age Entry Scheme, a candidate must pass the Mature Age Entry Examinations of any accredited institution in Uganda to be admitted.

Diploma Holders: A candidate shall be admitted to the program if she/he has a relevant diploma award from a recognized institution of higher learning.

Download a Copy of the Application Form, fill in the required information, Attach relevant academic qualification and send to applications@multitech.ac.ug

You can still submit the filled form with relevant academic qualifications to any of our branches [Kampala Campus, Kakiri Campus and Hoima Campus]. For location details, please click here

Please note: Application form fee is 30,000/= paid directly to finance department.

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