Faculty of Health Sciences

Mission
To produce highly qualified health professionals in response to address the critical shortage of human resource which has resulted from inadequate capacity of training institutions to produce the numbers of health workers required, through training, education, research and outreach in order to improve the health of Malawians.

Vision
The Faculty of the Health Sciences is to be an academic centre of excellence in training health care professionals, research and outreach for quality service and socio-economic transformation or the people of Malawi and beyond.

Strategic Objectives

• To produce highly competent graduates.
• To undertake research in health related problems
• To promote best practices in health delivery services
• To develop community outreach services
• To facilitate mid-career skills and knowledge through short courses.
• To build a clinic for income generating and teaching.

The Faculty has the following departments:

Departments Under the Faculty
Nursing and Midwifery
Biomedical Sciences
Optometry