MULUNGUSHI UNIVERSITY

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WELCOME
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MULUNGUSHI UNIVERSITY
ZAMBIA'S THIRD PUBLIC UNIVERSITY
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INTRODUCTION

• Mulungushi University Comprises 2 campuses
• The great North Road campus located 26 Km north
  of Kabwe on the banks of Mulungushi River
• The Kabwe town campus located along Munkoyo
  street in the heart of Kabwe town.

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HISTORICAL NOTES

• 1972 Presidents citizenship College (PCC)
  founded
• 1994 PCC transformed into the College.
• 1997 Bobby Bwalya Commission recommended
  conversion of the College into a University
• 2000 Minister of Education appointed a
  Committee to conduct a needs assessment.
• 2000 Vice President directed the College Council
  to constitute a Committee to conduct a
  feasibility assessment
• 2001 Ministry of Education facilitated the
  acquisition of the Zambia Railways Training
  School, now town campus

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HISTORICAL NOTES (Continued)

• 2002 The President directed the Ministry of
  Education to appoint a Planning and
  Implementation Committee
• 2005 PCC Act No.21 of 1972 repealed by
  Parliament by Repeal Act No. 18 of 2005
• 2006 Minister of Education appointed a Technical
  Committee to make preparations for
  converting the College into a University
• 2007 The President announced the establishment
  of Mulungushi University with effect from
  January, 2008

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VISION OF THE UNIVERSITY

• A centre of academic excellence and a leading
  institution of higher education in Africa

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MISSION OF THE UNIVERSITY

• To provide high quality education and
  generate knowledge and technological innovations
  relevant to national and regional development
  goals

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MOTTO OF THE UNIVERSITY

• Excellence and Relevance

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CORE VALUES AND PRINCIPLES OF THE UNIVERSITY

• An equal opportunity institution in both
  employment and admission of students while
  employment and admission of women are
  particularly encouraged
• Providing an enabling environment for unfettered
  pursuance of the frontiers of knowledge in which
  staff and students are only limited by their
  intellectual capacity
• Tolerance of different opinions and ideas and
  encouraging freedom of thought and expression.
• Evolving an institution which is international in
  character in both its staff and student profiles

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CORE VALUES AND PRINCIPLES OF THE UNIVERSITY
(Continued)

• Seeking to produced graduates who are employable
  but with capacity to employ themselves
• Offering academic programmes, research and public
  service undertakings which are relevant to
  sustainable development
• Increasing access to higher education by offering
  distance education programmes and opportunities
  for life long learning
• Establishing mutually beneficial partnerships
  with other universities around the world

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CORE VALUES AND PRINCIPLES OF THE UNIVERSITY
(Continued)

• Seeking financial attainability by investing in
  income generating activities and establishing
  partnership with the business community and other
  stakeholders
• Seeking to serve society with honour and
  integrity by conducting activities in an
  honourable, accountable and transparent manner

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PROJECTED STUDENT NUMBERS
Student enrolment projected to increase to 10,000
by 2018
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TUITION FEE POLICY

• Charge economic fees
• Fee Categories
• Zambian students and students from SADC countries
• Other foreign students
• Children and spouses of members of staff

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STRUCTURE OF THE UNIVERSITY
Bursar Deputy Bursar
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STRUCTURE OF THE UNIVERSITY(continued)

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SCHOOL OF BUSINESS STUDIES

• To offer 4 year degree programmes, 2 year diploma
  programmes and 1 year certificate programmes
• To be established in partnership with the
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
• Degree programmes proposed include
• Bachelor of Commerce
• Bachelor of Entrepreneurship
• Diploma and certificate programmes carried-over
  from the College to continue

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SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

• To offer 4 year degree programmes, 2 year diploma
  programmes and 1 year certificate programe
• Degree programmes proposed include
• Bachelor of Human Resources Management
• Bachelor of Social Work
• Bachelor of Physical Education
• Diploma and certificate programmes carried-over
  from the College to continue

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SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

• To offer 4 year undergraduate programmes and 2
  year postgraduate programmes in
• Agribusiness Management
• Agricultural Marketing and Trade
• Rural Development Studies
• Agricultural Policy Development Analysis
• Agricultural Project Management
• Land Water Resources Management
• Environmental Systems Analysis and Appraisal
• Geographical Information Systems

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INSTITUTE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION

• To offer some degree programmes of the University
  by distance education
• Degree programmes to be determined after a needs
  assessment

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CENTRE FOR LABOUR STUDIES

• To offer 4 year degree programmes, 2 year diploma
  programmes and 1 year certificate programmes.
• Degree programmes to be determined after the
  Centre is established
• Diploma and certificate programmes carried-over
  from the College to continue

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DISASTER MANAGEMENT TRAINING CENTRE

• To offer short courses and seminars to be
  determined after a needs assessment
• To host conferences on disaster management

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CENTER FOR ICT EDUCATION

• To offer short and long-term training in ICT to
  be determined after a needs assessment
• To host workshops and conferences on ICT
  education and development
• To provide computer services to the University

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LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE

• To offer short term training courses in
  leadership and management
• To host workshops and conferences on leadership
  and management

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DIRECTORATE OF RESEARCH AND POSTGRADUATE STUDIES

• To administer research activities of the
  University
• To administer postgraduate programmes of the
  University

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DEVELOPMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY

• Based on the policy of Public Private Partnership
  
• Konkola Copper Mines (KCM)
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
• Other partnerships to be established in future

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QUALITY ASSURANCE

• MoU between MU, CBU and UNZA
• External examiners
• Internal quality control mechanisms
• Institutional audits by the HEA

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DEVELOPING THE UNIVERSITY INTO A CENTRE OF
EXCELLENCE

• Good infrastructure
• High quality staff
• High quality students
• Chairs of academic excellence
• High quality academic programmes
• Strong research and development capacity
• Quality assurance
• Consistent University calendar
• Good student and staff discipline
• Admission of foreign students
• Partnership with other Universities e.g MIT.

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DEVELOPING THE UNIVERSITY INTO A CENTRE OF
EXCELLENCE (cont)

• Membership to University Associations e.g IAU,
  ACU, AAU
• ICT capacity
• University website

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EMPLOYMENT POLICY

• Equal opportunity employer
• Staff student ratios
• Academic staff-student 1 25
• Non academic staff-student 120
• Fixed term employment contracts for all staff
• Duration of contracts 2-4 years

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PLANNING UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT

• Strategic plan Blueprint articulating the long
  term vision of the University and how to attain
  it
• Business Plan Blueprint articulating how to
  develop the business potential of the University

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STRATEGIES FOR RESOURCE MOBILIZATION

• Winning goodwill support
• Provision of high quality service
• Charging economic fees
• Offering business and consultancy services
• Admission of foreign students (7)
• Developing research and development projects
• Conducting short courses
• Conducting evening classes
• Offering distance and Lifelong learning
  programmes
• Establishing partnerships with private sector
• Hosting seminars/conferences/conventions

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STRATEGIES (continued)

• Promoting Mulungushi Rock as a tourist attraction
• Investing in the stock exchange
• Commercializing knowledge and skills
• Establishing a commercial FM Radio station
• Annual production of audited accounts

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INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT

• Converting the incomplete buildings into student
  hostels
• Constructing new student hostels
• Constructing new library
• Extension of old kitchen and constructing a new
  one
• Constructing faculty buildings
• Constructing student centre
• Constructing recreation facilities

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INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT(continued)

• Improving water and sewerage systems
• Constructing staff accommodation
• Constructing lecture theatre
• Constructing new farm buildings
• Converting town campus into ICT Centre
• Horticulture and landscaping

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OPPORTUNITIES FOR PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION

• Renting student accommodation
• Constructing student hostels
• Providing cafeteria services
• Providing transport services
• Providing bookshop services
• Opening shops
• Responding to other needs of the University
  community

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CONCLUSION

• Establishment of Mulungushi University has
• presented a unique opportunity to set new
• standards in the delivery of higher education
  in
• Zambia
• Mulungushi University is the first public private
• partnership of its kind in the development of
  higher
• education in Zambia
• The private sector is challenged to seize the
• opportunities created by the establishment of
• Mulungushi University by engaging into
  mutually
• beneficial business ventures

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