The University of Malawi College of Medicine (UMCM), also Malawi College of Medicine in Blantyre, is a constituent college of the University of Malawi, the oldest and largest public university in the country. The college houses the Faculty of Medicine of the University, and is the only medical school in Malawi.[1][2]
Location
The College's main campus is located along Mahatma Gandhi Avenue, in the city of Blantyre, Malawi's financial capital and largest city, adjacent to Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, the University's teaching hospital.[3] The geographical coordinates of the medical college's main campus are: 15°48'06.0"S, 35°00'56.0"E (Latitude:-15.801667; Longitude:35.015556).[4]
The medical college maintains a second campus along Mzimba Road, in the national capital of Lilongwe,[3] approximately 312 kilometres (194 mi), by road, northwest of the main campus in Blantyre.[5] The coordinates of the second campus are: 13°58'35.0"S, 33°46'53.0"E
(Latitude:-13.976389; Longitude:33.781389).[6]
A third campus is planned in the town of Mangochi, along the southern shores of Lake Malawi, at the premises of Mangochi District Hospital.[3]
Overview
The college was created by the University of Malawi in 1991. It is one of the four constituent colleges of the university, the other three being (a) Chancellor College in Zomba, (b) The Polytechnic, in Blantyre and (c) Kamuzu College of Nursing, in Blantyre and Lilongwe.[7] The anchor academic program is the five year Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degree. Other undergraduate programs include Bachelor of Pharmacy and Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Science.[8]
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.[8]
Undergraduate courses
The following undergraduate courses are offered at UMCM.[8]
