The University of Malawi wishes to inform graduands and the general public that its first Congregation for 2021 will be held on Wednesday, 28th April, 2021 in the Great Hall at Chancellor College in Zomba from 7:30 a.m. The Congregation shall be a blended virtual graduation ceremony where all graduands shall graduate in absentia. Graduands and the general public should note that the Chancellor of the University of Malawi, His Excellency Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera, President of the Republic of Malawi will preside over this blended virtual graduation. 

Kindly note that due to the gazetted preventive, management and control measures of COVID-19, ONLY CONGREGATION STAFF AND INVITED GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS shall be allowed into the Great Hall. During the ceremony, graduands, parents and guardians shall therefore not be allowed at the Great Hall. Virtual graduation links on You-tube, Facebook and CHANCO Television shall be communicated in due course.

Academic awards shall be conferred to graduands in the following programmes:

A. KAMUZU COLLEGE OF NURSING

1. Postgraduate Diploma in Adult Health Nursing
2. Postgraduate Diploma in Child Health Nursing
3. Postgraduate Diploma in Midwifery
4. Postgraduate Diploma in Reproductive Health
5. Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing and Midwifery Education
6. Master of Science in Adult Health Nursing
7. Master of Science in Child Health Nursing
8. Master of Science in Community Health Nursing
9. Master of Science in Midwifery
10. Master of Science in Reproductive Health
11. Doctor of Philosophy in Interprofessional Health Care Leadership 

B. CHANCELLOR COLLEGE

1. Diploma in Law
2. Diploma in Statistics
3. Bachelor of Education (Primary)
4. Bachelor of Laws (Honours)
5. Bachelor of Arts (Communication and Cultural Studies)
6. Bachelor of Arts (Humanities)
7. Bachelor of Arts (Media for Development)
8. Bachelor of Arts (Theology)
9. Bachelor of Arts (Political Science)
10. Bachelor of Arts (Public Administration)
11. Bachelor of Arts (Human Resource Management)
12. Bachelor of Social Science
13. Bachelor of Social Science (Gender Studies)
14. Bachelor of Science
15. Bachelor of Science in Family and Consumer Sciences
16. Bachelor of Science in Food and Nutrition
17. Master of Education in Curriculum and Teaching Studies (Science and Mathematics Education)
18. Master of Science in Biostatistics
19. Master of Science in Informatics
20. Master of Science in Environmental Science
21. Master of Arts in Literature
22. Master of Arts in Applied Ethics
23. Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics
24. Master of Arts in Development Studies
25. Master of Arts in Political Science
26. Doctor of Philosophy in Curriculum and Teaching Studies (Language Education)

C. THE POLYTECHNIC

1. Certificate in Architectural Studies
2. Certificate in Mathematical Sciences Education
3. Certificate in Mechanical Engineering
4. Diploma in Accountancy
5. Diploma in Architectural Studies
6. Diploma in Business Administration
7. Diploma in Business Administration (Marketing)
8. Diploma in Business Communication
9. Diploma in Education (Business Studies)
10. Diploma in Environmental Health
11. Diploma in Environmental Science and Technology (Food)
12. Diploma in Information Technology
13. Diploma in Land Surveying
14. Diploma in Quantity Surveying
15. Bachelor of Accountancy
16. Bachelor of Arts (Business Communication)
17. Bachelor of Arts in Journalism
18. Bachelor of Automobile Engineering
19. Bachelor of Automobile Engineering (Honours)
20. Bachelor of Business Administration
21. Bachelor of Business Administration (Marketing)
22. Bachelor of Civil Engineering
23. Bachelor of Civil Engineering (Structures) Honours
24. Bachelor of Civil Engineering (Transportation) Honours
25. Bachelor of Civil Engineering (Water) Honours
26. Bachelor of Commerce (Entrepreneurship)
27. Bachelor of Commerce (Internal Audit)
28. Bachelor of Education (Business Studies)
29. Bachelor of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
30. Bachelor of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (Honours)
31. Bachelor of Electronics and Computer Engineering (Honours)
32. Bachelor of Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering (Honours)
33. Bachelor of Energy Engineering 
34. Bachelor of Energy Engineering (Honours)
35. Bachelor of Industrial Engineering (Honours)
36. Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering
37. Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering (Honours)
38. Bachelor of Science (Technical Education)
39. Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies
40. Bachelor of Science in Environmental Health
41. Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science and Technology (Food)
42. Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science and Technology (Management)
43. Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science and Technology (Physics)
44. Bachelor of Science in Industrial Laboratory Technology
45. Bachelor of Science in Information Technology
46. Bachelor of Science in Land Economy
47. Bachelor of Science in Land Surveying
48. Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems
49. Bachelor of Science in Mathematical Sciences Education (Mathematics and Computing)
50. Bachelor of Science in Mathematical Sciences Education (Mathematics and Statistics)
51. Bachelor of Science in Mathematical Sciences Education (Statistics and Computing)
52. Bachelor of Science in Physical Planning
53. Bachelor of Science in Procurement and Logistics Management
54. Bachelor of Science in Quantity Surveying
55. Postgraduate Diploma in Sustainable Engineering and Management
56. Master of Arts in Health and Behaviour Change Communication 
57. Master of Business Administration
58. Master of Philosophy in Engineering (Telecommunications)
59. Master of Science in Environmental Health
60. Master of Science in Environmental Protection and Management 
61. Master of Science in Infrastructure Development and Management
62. Master of Science in Sustainable Engineering and Management - Water
63. Master of Science in Water Resources and Supply Management
64. Master of Technical and Vocational Education
65. Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Sciences (Environmental Sanitation) 

D. COLLEGE OF MEDICINE

1. Bachelor of Science in Health Management
2. Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Sciences (Honours)
3. Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery
4. Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours)
5. Bachelor of Science in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
6. Bachelor of Science in Internal Medicine (Honours)
7. Bachelor of Science in Obstetrics & Gynaecology (Honours)
8. Bachelor of Science in Paediatrics and Child Health (Honours)
9. Bachelor of Physiotherapy (Honours)
10. Bachelor of Science in General Surgery (Honours)
11. Master of Medicine in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
12. Master of Medicine in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
13. Master of Medicine in Paediatrics and Child Health
14. Master of Medicine in Family Medicine
15. Master of Science in Epidemiology
16. Master of Public Health
17. Master of Philosophy in Antimicrobial Stewardship
18. Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Sciences
19. Doctor of Philosophy in Public Health

GRADUATION ARRANGEMENTS

Graduands are requested to verify their details and upload their passport photo to be used for live streaming on graduation day through the following College based links:

Chancellor College: www.cc.ac.mw 

College of Medicine: www.medcol.mw 

Kamuzu College of Nursing: www.kcn.unima.mw 

The Polytechnic: www.poly.ac.mw 

To spice this auspicious occasion, all graduands are requested to submit their best passport size photos, preferably taken in University of Malawi academic regalia on white background, by 5th April, 2021 to Assistant Registrars (Academic) for their respective colleges. The photo shall be flashed when the name is called. The University of Malawi reserves the rights to choose the best picture for the function. Kindly note that in the unlikely event of a graduand’s failure to submit a passport size photo in the prescribed format, the University shall use the photo used during admission of the candidate into the programme.  

ACADEMIC DRESS

Academic dress for the Congregation shall be available for hire from Tuesday 30th March 2021 from graduands’ respective Colleges for the purpose of taking graduation passport size photo.  Graduands that shall only need the academic regalia for graduation photo shall pay K4, 000 and the gown shall be returned immediately after the photo has been taken by designated College photographers. In addition, those who would wish to have their photos taken outside the campus shall hire the gown at the following cost:

•  Diploma Set K8, 000
•  Bachelors Set K10, 000
•  Masters Set K30, 000
•  PhD Set K40, 000 

All graduands must return their academic dress by 4pm on the following day after hiring. Any unreturned academic dress shall attract a penalty fee of K2, 000 for each subsequent day of delay payable before the release of the certificate.

Candidates who owe the College any money or are yet to sit for supplementary examinations have not been included in this graduation. 

SIGNING IN THE GRADUATE REGISTER AND COLLECTION OF CERTIFICATE 

Since all graduands shall graduate in absentia, UNIMA has arranged that graduates shall sign in the Graduate Register and collect their certificate in designated areas as follows:

i. Eastern Region

Date: Thursday 29th April 2021 and Friday, 30th April 2021

Time: 8:00 am to 12 noon and 1:00pm to 5:00pm each day

Venue: Great Hall, Chancellor College in Zomba

ii. Southern Region

Date: Tuesday, 4th May 2021 and Wednesday 5th May, 2021

Time: 8:00 am to 12 noon and 1:00pm to 5:00pm each day

Venue: Sports Complex, College of Medicine, Blantyre

iii. Central Region

Date: Thursday 6th May 2021 and Friday, 7th May 2021

Time: 8:00 am to 12 noon and 1:00pm to 5:00pm each day

 Venue: Kamuzu College of Nursing, Lilongwe Campus

iv. Northern Region- Polytechnic, Mzuzu Campus at Luwinga

Date: Monday 10th May, 2021 and Tuesday 11th May, 2021

Venue: The Polytechnic Mzuzu Campus

Time: 8:00 am to 12 noon and 1:00p