The University of Malawi - the mother university in Malawi - was founded in 1964. Teaching started on 29th September 1965 at the newly established campus which used to be an Asian Secondary School in Blantyre. Only 90 students were enrolled.
Unicaf University is a pan-African, independent, internationally recognised university, combining the best elements of online learning through the offering of high-quality academic education.
The University of Livingstonia is a private owned institution by the CCAP Synod of Livingstonia. It started in 2003 in fulfilment of Rev. Dr Robert Laws??? dream to establish an institution of higher learning. It is started at the place where Dr Laws founded the Overtoun Institute, which was known at the time as the ???Greatest Achievement??? in Central Africa, specifically in relation to the offering of quality education and other social services.
Nkhoma University was registered by Malawi Government in November, 2011. It was operationalized in June, 2013; officially launched in August, 2015; and registered by National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) in 2015. The University was accredited by NCHE in November, 2016.
Mzuzu University is one of the principal universities of Malawi. The university is located in Luwinga, Mzuzu City, in the northern region of Malawi. It was founded in 1997 after being transformed from a teachers training college established in 1970s. It accepted its first students in 1999
The Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST) is Malawi???s fourth public university established by an Act of Parliament Number 31 of 2012. Situated in Ndata, Thyolo, its groundbreaking ceremony took place on April 11, 2011 and was led by the founder, then President, His Excellency the late Professor Bingu wa Mutharika. MUST was officially opened on October 24, 2014 by then president, Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika.
The University was established under legal authority granted by a provision in the Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences Act of 2019 which governs the operations of the University.
Malawi Assemblies of God University (MAGU) exists to provide leaders with quality and innovative tertiary education that is transformational and spirit empowered with global relevance based on Biblical principles.
The Malawi Adventist University was established by an action of the Executive Committee of the Malawi Union Mission of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. As early as 1996, the action was taken to upgrade what was the Lakeview Seminary to a Junior College. It was envisaged to offer four year degree programmes of an already existing University. At that time the University of Eastern Africa, Baraton was the best candidate. In 1999 the Malawi Union Mission agreed to run the four year degree programmes.
The University of Malawi???s Bunda College of Agriculture was established just outside of Lilongwe in 1967. It is now a constituent college of the Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUNAR). Its first intake took place in September 2012. There are three faculties???agriculture, development studies, and environmental sciences.