Levy Mwanawasa Medical University

**Levy Mwanawasa Medical University** (**LMMU**), be public varsity insyd Lusaka, Zambia. Ebe de country ein first ever specialized University for health studies.

## Location
De main campus of de university dey located for Chainama Hill top, insyd northeastern Lusaka, de capital den largest city of Zambia. De geographical coordinates of de university campus be: 15°23'06.0"S, 28°21'14.0"E (Latitude:-15.385000; Longitude:28.353889).

## Overview
De Levy Mwanawasa Medical University School of Medicine and Clinical Sciences, dey comprise de Chainama College of Health Sciences, de Dental Training School, Levy Mwanawasa University Teaching Hospital den Chainama Hills Hospital. Those public institutions, wich na dem dey operate independent of each other, na dem integrate dem into one teaching institution, de School of Medicine of LMMU.

De schools den institutes wey dey make up de university, dey include de following, as of August 2020: 

1. Institute of Basic den Biomedical Sciences 

2. School of Nursing 

3. School of Health Sciences 

4. School of Medicine den Clinical Sciences den 

5. School of Public Health den Environmental Sciences.

## History
Insyd 2016, de government of Zambia begin de expansion of Levy Mwanawasa Teaching Hospital go 850 bed capacity. For de same tym, construction start for training annex, plus student capacity of 3,000 adjacent to de hospital. Na de Zambian government fund de work go de tune of ZMW:170 million (approx. US$10 million). Na *Sanjin Construction Engineering Group Company Limited* be de main contractors. Dis form de nucleus of Levy Mwanawasa Medical University.

## Academic programmes
As of August 2020, de university dey offer de degree courses wey dey follow:

### School of Medicine den Clinical Sciences
Undergraduate degree courses:

* Bachelor of Medicine den Bachelor of Surgery
* Bachelor of Science in Clinical Sciences
* Bachelor of Science in Clinical Anaesthesia
* Bachelor of Science in Clinical Ophthalmology
* Bachelor of Science in Optometry
* Bachelor of Science in Mental Health and Clinical Psychiatry

### School of Nursing
Undergraduate degree courses:

* Bachelor of Science in Nursing
* Bachelor of Science in Ophthalmic Nursing
* Bachelor of Science in Midwifery
* Bachelor of Science in Public Health Nursing
* Bachelor of Science in Mental Health Nursing

### Institute of Basic den Biomedical Sciences
Courses dem offer:

* Diploma in General Counselling
* Bachelor of Arts in Counselling
* Post Graduate Diploma in Medical Education
* Master of Science in Health Professions’ Education
* Doctor of Philosophy in Health Professions’ Education

### School Of Health Sciences
Degree courses offered:

* Bachelor of Science in Nutrition den Dietetics
* Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences
* Bachelor of pharmacy (Bpharm)
* Bachelor of science in radiography
* Bachelor of science in physiotherapy

### School of Public Health den Environmental Sciences
Dem dey offer de courses wey dey follow:

* Master of Public Health
* Bachelor of Science in Public Health
* Bachelor of Science in Environmental Health
* Bachelor of Science in Public Health Nutrition
* Diploma in Public Health
* Diploma in Environmental Health Sciences

## Oda academic courses
For addition to de courses dem list above, de university dey offer other diploma den certificate courses for ein schools den institutes insyd.

## References


## External links

* Official Website