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Hubert Kairuki Memorial University

Private medical university in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Summary

Private medical university in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Field	Value
name	Hubert Kairuki Memorial University
native_name
image_name	Hubert Kairuki Memorial University Logo.png
image_size	150px
motto	Training. Service. Research.
established
type	Private
chairman	Prof. Fredrick Kaijage
chancellor	Anna Makinda
vice_chancellor	Prof. Yohana Mashalla
city	Dar es Salaam
country	Tanzania
coor
campus	Urban
former_names	Mikocheni International University
affiliations	IAU
website	www.hkmu.ac.tz

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The Hubert Kairuki Memorial University (HKMU) is a private medical university located in Mikocheni ward of Kinondoni District of 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). HKMU is a World Health Organization recognized medical university and appears in the International Medical Education Directory (IMED).

History

The university was established in 1997 by Hubert Mwombeki Kairuki (1940 - 1999), a Tanzanian obstetrician-gynecologist, educator and chairman of African evangelist enterprises. It was first named Mikocheni International University of Health Sciences (MIUHS), then Mikocheni International University, and received its present name in 1999. It was the first private university to be accredited in Tanzania, in June 2000.

Location

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 (4 years)
Bachelor of Social Work (3 years)

Postgraduate programmes

Master Of Medicine (MMED ) (3 years) in Paediatrics and Child Health
Master of Medicine in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Master of Medicine in General Surgery
Master of Medicine in Internal Medicine
Master of Science in Public Health (MSCPH)

Diplomas

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

Certificates

Certificate in Nursing (2 years)
Certificate in Midwifery (6 Months)

References

"Register of Universities". [[Tanzania Commission for Universities]].
"Founding history".

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