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University of Malawi - The Polytechnic

Background

The Malawi Polytechnic was established in 1965. It was the dream of the founders then that the institution was to be flexible enough and to offer both full and part-time programmes in industrial and commercial fields. It was envisaged that the Polytechnic would grow into an institution that would supply technical information for the entire country, develop apprenticeship in industry and coordinate training for Malawian Government ministries.

In 1967, the University of Malawi assumed control of all Diploma programmes and the administration of the Polytechnic. The idea was that the University should act as an integrating center for all higher and further education in the country. Since 1967, the Polytechnic has operated as a constituent college of the University of Malawi.

The Malawi Polytechnic has now grown to Six academic faculties offering degrees and diplomas in the areas of Commerce, Engineering, Applied Sciences, Education, Media Studies and Building.

The following are the academic faculties at the Polytechnic:

Faculty of Applied Sciences
Faculty of Built Environment
Faculty of Commerce
Faculty of Education and Media Studies
Faculty of Engineering
Faculty of Postgraduate Studies
source:http://www.poly.ac.mw/

 

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The Department of Business Administration falls under the Faculty of Commerce at the Polytechnic, a constituent College of the University of Malawi. The department started offering a five-year Bachelor of Commerce (Administration) degree in 1978. This degree was studied after successful completion of a three-year Diploma in Business Studies (i.e. the first three years were for the diploma and the final two years for the degree). This programme was however, restructured to a four year Bachelor of Business Administration programme. Such that students who came into the department in October 1990 had the opportunity of being the pioneers of the four-year degree programme.

This restructuring exercise was concluded after revising and adjusting the syllabus which involved removing all irreverent areas and rectifying overlapping areas. The restructuring work was done in close contact with the industry and commerce.
Although there was no student for the Diploma Programme between 1993 and 1996; in 1997 through the Board of Governors, the department re-launched the three-year Diploma in Business Studies Programme with two streams – Administration and Secretarial. Both programmes however, have since been phased out.