Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (KUHeS) was established in 2019 through an act of parliament, resulting from the merger of two esteemed institutions: Kamuzu College of Nursing (established in 1965) and the College of Medicine (established in 1991). As a comprehensive health and allied sciences higher learning public institution, KUHeS aims to impart knowledge and produce transferable skills through teaching and learning, research, consultancy, and application of knowledge, skills, and aptitudes to meet the professional needs of society at national, regional, and global levels.
The University specifically trains health professionals such as nurses, midwives, medical doctors, pharmacists, physiotherapists, nutritionists, and biomedical scientists/lab technologists at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
