Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences
Public university in Blantyre in Malawi
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The Malawi University of Business and Applied Science (MUBAS) is a public university based in the city of Blantyre in Malawi. In 2025, 320 students graduated.
Former names | The Malawi Polytechnic |
|---|---|
| Type | Public |
| Established | 2019 |
| Vice-Chancellor | Nancy Chitera[1] |
| Location | , |
| Website | www |
History
This facility was called the Malawi Polytechnic when it was part of the University of Malawi which was founded in 1965. The new MUBAS university was established in 2019[2] by Malawi's president ( University of Business and Applied Sciences Act).[3]
In 2021, associate professor Nancy Chitera was appointed as the acting vice-chancellor.[4]
In 2022 the university created a Unipod where there are sufficient machines to allow students to rapidly experiment in creating new prototypes.[5] The Pod project was funded by the United Nations Development Programme who were asking universities to demonstrate their contemporary impact.[6]
Organisation
MUBAS has five schools focusing on Science and Technology, Engineering, the Built Environment, Business and Economics, Education and the Communication and Media school.[2]
In 2025 the seventh graduation ceremony saw 320 students completing their studies successfully.[7]
In 2026 a new Open and Distance e-Learning campus was being built. The minister of education saw this as essential for Malawi and the vice-chancellor said that is was planned to have 30,000 students by 2030.[citation needed][1] Assoc. Professor Nancy Chitera, the vice chancellor of the university announced in 2026 that MUBAS would manufacture and assemble tractors, maize shellers, crop planters and maize harvesters. A substantial investment had been made by MUBAS and it was planned to create new tractors within three years.[8]
Alumni
Rachel Kachaje who became Malawi's Minister for Disabilities took evening courses here.[9]