Kamuzu University of Health Sciences
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| Type | Public |
|---|---|
| Established | 2019 |
| Vice-Chancellor | Professor Macpherson Mallewa[1] |
| Location | , 15°48′06″S 35°00′56″E / 15.80167°S 35.01556°E |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | Homepage |
  Location in Malawi | |
The Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (KUHeS) is a public university in Malawi. It was created in 2019 by separating and then merging the College of Medicine and the Kamuzu College of Nursing from the University of Malawi. The Faculty of Medicine of KUHeS is the only medical school in Malawi.[2][3]
Location
[edit]The university's main campus is located along Mahatma Gandhi Avenue, in Blantyre.[4] It is adjacent to Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, the University's teaching hospital.[5]
The medical college has a campus along Mzimba Road, in Lilongwe.[5]
One of the campuses is in Mangochi, along the southern shores of Lake Malawi, at Mangochi District Hospital.
Overview
[edit]The Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (KUHeS) was created in 2019 by merging the College of Medicine and the College of nursing.[6] These colleges were part of the old structure of the University of Malawi from when it was created in 1991.[7] The other two colleges were Chancellor College in Zomba and The Polytechnic, in Blantyre.[6][8]
Governance
[edit]The chancellor of the university is the President of Malawi. Professor Macpherson Mallewa is the vice-chancellor.[1] In 2023 President Dr Lazerus Chakwera appointed Belinda Gombachika as the deputy-vice-chancellor.[1]
Nursing
[edit]Historically, entry requirements for nursing and paramedical training institutions is the Malawi School Certificate of Education (Ordinary Level). Nursing and midwifery training were for three years and offered at the College of Health Sciences and any of the eight mission nursing schools in mostly rural mission hospitals.[9] The superseded Kamuzu College of Nursing provides nursing degrees categorised as generic (degrees offered to students enrolled straight from secondary school), post-basic (degrees offered to enrolled nurses who have "acceptable" O-level grades and with at least two years of service) Bachelor of Science in Advanced Midwifery and Diploma in Nursing.[9] Out of an estimated 4000 nurses active in Malawi in 2005, 453 who had been trained in Malawi were reported to be working in OECD countries. This represented 11.3% of the number of nurses.[9]
Medicine
[edit]The faculty of Medicine's anchor academic program was the five-year Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degree. Other undergraduate programs included Bachelor of Pharmacy and Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Science.[10]
Postgraduate degrees offered at the medical college include the two-year Master of Public Health, the four-year Master of Medicine in the clinical disciplines, and a Doctoral degree programme in collaboration with outside institutions.[10]
Undergraduate courses
[edit]The following undergraduate courses are offered at UMCM.[10]
- Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)
- Bachelor of Pharmacy (BPharm)
- Bachelor of Science in Medical Laboratory Sciences (BMLS)
- Bachelor of Science in Physiotherapy
- Bachelor of Science in Dental Surgery (BDS)
- Bachelor of Science in Nutrition and Dietetics (BND)
- Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences (BMS)
- Bachelor of occupation therapy (BOT)
Graduate courses
[edit]The following postgraduate courses were offered in 2018.
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- Master of Medicine (MMed) in Internal Medicine
- Master of Medicine (MMed) in Family Medicine
- Master of Medicine (MMed) in Obstetrics and Gynecology -
- Master of Medicine (MMed) in Pediatrics
- Master of Medicine (MMed) in General Surgery
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
See also
[edit]- Eric Borgstein
- Education in Malawi
- University of Malawi
- Mercy James Institute for Pediatric Surgery and Intensive Care
- List of universities in Malawi
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Frost, Nicola (5 April 2022). "Professor Mac Mallewa appointed first Vice-Chancellor of Kamuzu University of Health Sciences - University of Liverpool News". News. Archived from the original on 8 December 2024. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
- ^ Muula, A. S. (2009). "Successes and Challenges of Malawi's Only Medical School". Croatian Medical Journal. 50 (2): 189–191. doi:10.3325/cmj.2009.50.189. PMC 2681051. PMID 19399953.
- ^ Wendland, Claire L. (2010). A Heart for the Work: Journeys Through an African Medical School. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226893273.
- ^ "KUHeS - Campuses and Directions". Retrieved 31 March 2025.
- ^ a b Malawi Medical College (6 August 2018). "The Campuses of the University of Malawi College of Medicine". Blantyre: University of Malawi College of Medicine. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
- ^ a b "KUHeS - History". Retrieved 31 March 2025.
- ^ Muula, A. S.; Broadhead, R. L. (February 2001). "The first decade of the Malawi College of Medicine: a critical appraisal". Tropical Medicine & International Health: TM & IH. 6 (2): 155–159. doi:10.1046/j.1365-3156.2001.00673.x. ISSN 1360-2276. PMID 11251912.
- ^ University of Malawi (6 August 2018). "The Colleges of the University of Malawi". Zomba: University of Malawi. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
- ^ a b c "Brain drain ...Archived copy" (PDF). www.equinetafrica.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ a b c d Malawi College of Medicine (6 August 2018). "About the University of Malawi College of Medicine". Blantyre: Malawi College of Medicine. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
