Metropolitan International University was founded in 2016 in Kisoro, Uganda.
There are faculties of education and humanities, business administration and management science, as well as the Institute of Languages where students can take courses in French, Chinese, Arabic, English, Swahili, Luganda and Runyakitara
The university is committed to digitally-based blended learning techniques. All courses have been developed to be able to be taken online.
The university's second campus is located in Mbarara.
The university also offers certificate-level qualifications in disciplines such as plumbing and agricultural production.