He is also the Director of the Institute of Heritage Conservation and Restoration, Makerere University. In 2003, he completed his PhD in African Art at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, where he examined trends in Uganda’s Contemporary Art. George Kyeyune is also a practicing artist with several monuments in Uganda to his credit. In 2005, he became Head of the Department of Sculpture and in 2006, he was appointed as Dean at the Margaret Trowell School of Industry and Fine Arts. He was awarded a post-doctoral Fulbright Fellowship in 2012-2013 and a Commonwealth Fellowship in 2013-2014.