Mulungushi University
University, Graduate school in Kabwe, Zambia
Mulungushi University (MU) is a public university in Zambia, established on 1 January 2008. It has three campuses: the Great North Road Campus, 26 kilometres north of Kabwe on the banks of the Mulungushi River; the Kabwe Town Campus in the centre of Kabwe; and the Livingstone Medical School at Livingstone General Hospital. The university reports more than 13,000 active students, including over 2,500 registered for distance learning.
MU offers more than 300 degree, diploma and certificate programmes, from bachelor's to master's and doctoral level, in departments that include:
- Agriculture, agribusiness and natural resources
- Business studies, economics, law and human resource management
- Computer science, information technology and engineering
- Medicine, nursing and health sciences, including the MBChB
- Education, social development and international relations
Examples include a Bachelor of Laws, a Bachelor of International Relations and Development with Chinese or French, an MBA and distance-learning PhDs in computer science. The university also runs 100% online undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. Applications can be made online through the student portal or with forms from the Academic Office at the Great North Road Campus.
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Programmes
- Business: Banking and Finance, Commerce (Accounting and Finance), Public Administration
- Computing and engineering: Computer Science, Civil Engineering and other BEng degrees
- Agriculture: BSc in Agriculture and related degrees
- Law: Bachelor of Laws
- Health: MBChB, Pharmacy, BSc in Nursing and a Diploma in Nursing
- Social sciences and education: Social Work, Primary Education
Graduate programmes
- Master's degrees including Computer Science, Business Administration (MBA), Laws, Public Health and Climate Change and Sustainable Development
- Master of Education in several specialisations
- Doctor of Business Administration and PhDs in fields such as agribusiness and agricultural economics
- Distance-learning PhD in Computer Sciences
- Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching Methodology (distance learning)
Admission
Undergraduate entry is based on credits (grade 6 or better) in the Zambian School Certificate, General Certificate of Education or Cambridge International Examinations:
- Business programmes: English, Mathematics and three other subjects
- Science, engineering and agriculture programmes: English, Mathematics, Biology or Agricultural Science, Science (or Physics and Chemistry) and two other subjects
- Social sciences and arts: English and four other subjects
For the MBChB, O-level entrants first take a one-year foundation in sciences at the Great North Road Campus; A-level holders with an average grade B in the four sciences enter the second year. Applications must include certified copies of certificates.
Subjects taught
- Business
- Business Studies
- Leadership
- Education
- Education
- Industries
- Labour Markets
- Sciences
- Natural Resources
- Social Sciences
- Agriculture