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Hubert Kairuki Memorial University

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Type
  
Private

Chairman
  
Prof. Fredrick Kaijage

Total enrollment
  
506 (2007)

Vice-chancellor
  
Keto Mshigeni

Established
  
1997 (1997)

Address
  
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Phone
  
+255 713 278 060

Former names
  
Mikocheni International University

Motto
  
Training. Service. Research.

Location
  
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Undergraduate tuition and fees
  
4.91 million TZS (2010), International tuition: 7,465 USD (2010)

Similar
  
Muhimbili University of Health, International Medical and Tech, Mount Meru University, St John's University of Tanzan, Catholic University of Health

Profiles

The Hubert Kairuki Memorial University (HKMU) is a private medical university in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. It is an accredited university recognized by the government Tanzania through the Tanzania Commission for Universities (formerly known as the Higher Education Accreditation Council, HEAC). The university was established in 1997 and was the first private university to be accredited in Tanzania, in June 2000.

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HKMU is a World Health Organization recognized medical university and appears in the International Medical Education Directory (IMED).

The HKMU campus is at plot No 322 Regent Estate in Mikocheni, some seven km from the Dar es Salaam city centre. HKMU has easy access to several major tourist attractions in Tanzania, including Bagamoyo, Saadani, Mikumi, the Selous game reserve, and Zanzibar.

Academics

HKMU offers degrees, diplomas and certificates in the following courses:

Undergraduate degree programmes

  • Doctor of Medicine (5 years)
  • Bachelor of Science in Nursing (Pre service 4 years, and In-service 3 years)
  • Postgraduate programmes

    1.Master of Medicine (M.Med.)for 3 years in:

  • Internal Medicine
  • Surgery
  • Obstetrics and Gynaecology
  • Pediatrics and Child Health
  • Master of Science in Public Health (18 months)

    Master of Social Work (12 months)

    Diplomas

  • Diploma in Nursing (Pre-service programme) 3 years.
  • Diploma in Nursing for In Service programme (through e-learning)-2 years.
  • Certificates

  • Certificate in Wholistic Therapeutic Counseling- for 3 months
  • Certificate in Nursing for 2 years.
  • References

    Hubert Kairuki Memorial University Wikipedia