Malawi University of Science and Technology

Malawi University of Science and Technology
Type	Public
Established	2012
Vice-Chancellor	Address Mauakowa Malata
Location	Thyolo , Southern Region , Malawi
Colours	Red, black, green, white
Website	www.must.ac.mw

Last updated August 23, 2025

The Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST) is a public university in Thyolo in South Malawi. It was established on 17 December 2012. MUST opened doors in March 2014, the first undergraduate programmes were: 1. Metallurgy and Materials Engineering 2. Chemical Engineering 3. Biomedical Engineering

History

The university was founded in 2012.^{[ citation needed ]}

When Address Mauakowa Malata was appointed at the university's vice chancellor in 2019, she became the first woman to achieve that position at any of Malawi's universities.^[1]

Undergraduate programmes

Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) in Biomedical Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) in Chemical Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) in Metallurgy and Materials Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) in manufacturing engineering
Bachelor of Engineering Polymer and Textile Engineering (Hons)
Bachelor of Science in Mathematical sciences
Bachelor of Science in Earth Science (Geology)
Bachelor of Science in Meteorology and Climate Science
Bachelor of Science Geo-Information and Earth observation Science
Bachelor of Science Disaster Risk Management
Bachelor of Science in Business Information Technology
Bachelor of Science in Medical Microbiology
Bachelor of Science in Medical Imaging Diagnostic Radiography
Bachelor of Science in Medical Imaging Diagnostic Ultrasound
Bachelor of Science in Computer Systems and Security
Bachelor of Science in Sustainable Energy Systems
Bachelor of Science in Water Quality and Management
Bachelor of Science in Sport Science
Bachelor of Arts in Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Practices
Bachelor of Arts in African Musicology
Bachelor of Arts in Archives and Record Management
Bachelor of Science in Mathematical Sciences
Bachelor of Science in Science Education (Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry)

Postgraduate programmes

Master of Science in Innovation
Master of Science in Entrepreneurship

Some researchers from the University

Mixon Faluweki

Mixon is a lecturer in Physics. He invented the Padoko charger that was critical in assisting people to be able to charge their gadgets just from peddling a bicycle.^[2]^[3]

Gama Bandawe

Gama Bandawe is a medical virologist and an associate professor in biomedical sciences in the Department of Biological Sciences in the Academy of Medical Sciences at MUST. He has published extensively on HIV/AIDS with clinical perspectives.^[4] He is the Coordinator of the center for Clinical and Biological Sciences Research (CCBSR) in the Academy of Medical Sciences. He is also the lead scientist in the newly established MUST Bacteriophage Research Unit (MBRU). Gama has championed collaborations between the University and the seeding labs program which has/is benefited/benefiting the university at large.^[5]

Andrew Mtewa

Lecturer in Chemistry and PhD fellow in drug development^[6] with a translational research approach focusing on drugs from hit sources to the clinic.^[7] He has authored books, book chapters and journal articles.

Prof. Wilson Mandala

He is the Executive Dean of the Academy of Medical Sciences and Professor of Immunology.^[8] has successfully supervised at least five PhD and three MSc fellows. In terms of management, Professor Mandala has served as Director of the Research Support Centre at College of Medicine for two years and also served as Associate Director of the MLW. He also served as the Grant Director of Wellcome Trust funded SACORE and has served as the Malawian Board member on CARTA Board

Dumisani Namakhwa

He is a Biomedical Engineering student at the Malawi University of Science and Technology (2016 - 2021) ^[9] has won numerous awards: National Bank of Malawi excellency Award;^[10] Finalist in 2021 Envision the Future Dell Technologies Graduation Project Competition (pending);^[11] Finalist of the 2020 Africa Biomedical Engineering Consortium Design competition. (January 2021); Awarded Higher Education Partnership in Sub-Saharan African (HEP SSA of the Royal Academy of Engineering) innovation award by Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural resources (August 2020).^[12] He also published article(s) in international journal(s).^[13]

References

↑ geoff (2024-09-03). "Address Mauakowa Malata, FAAN, PhD, MSc, BSc, Named UCSF Presidential Chair Through June 30, 2025". UCSF Institute for Global Health Sciences. Retrieved 2025-07-23.
↑ "Tech-I 2014 Finalist - Mixon Faluweki". American Association for the Advancement of Science.
↑ "Malawi: Padoko Charger Inventor, Chinese Company Strike Business Deal - allAfrica.com". Archived from the original on 2016-10-03.
↑ "Publications Authored by Gama Bandawe". PubFacts.
↑ "Malawi University of Science & Technology • Seeding Labs". Seeding Labs. Archived from the original on 2021-05-07. Retrieved 2018-12-26.
↑ "ORCID". orcid.org.
↑ "Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry: From Source to the Clinic | Andrew Mtewa | updates | Research Project".
↑ "Professor Wilson Mandala – Malawi University of Science and Technology".
↑ "ORCID". orcid.org.
↑ "NBM Awards MUST Students". natbank.co.mw.
↑ "MUST Students in final 25 of dell competition". must.ac.mw.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
↑ "MUST student wins innovations award | Malawi 24 - Malawi news". Malawi 24. 2020-08-27. Retrieved 2021-06-12.
↑ S.d. *, Ngulube Peter; Namakhwa, Dumisan; Munthali, George N. Chidimbah; Chirambo, Arthur M. (2021-01-07). "Current advancements on Covid-19 potential treatments: Learning from literature review". International Journal of Applied Chemical and Biological Sciences. 1 (4): 13–19.

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[address-1] (2024-09-03). "Address Mauakowa Malata, FAAN, PhD, MSc, BSc, Named UCSF Presidential Chair Through June 30, 2025". UCSF Institute for Global Health Sciences. Retrieved 2025-07-23.

[2] "Tech-I 2014 Finalist - Mixon Faluweki". American Association for the Advancement of Science.

[3] "Malawi: Padoko Charger Inventor, Chinese Company Strike Business Deal - allAfrica.com". Archived from the original on 2016-10-03.

[4] "Publications Authored by Gama Bandawe". PubFacts.

[5] "Malawi University of Science & Technology • Seeding Labs". Seeding Labs. Archived from the original on 2021-05-07. Retrieved 2018-12-26.

[6] "ORCID". orcid.org.

[7] "Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry: From Source to the Clinic | Andrew Mtewa | updates | Research Project".

[8] "Professor Wilson Mandala – Malawi University of Science and Technology".

[9] "ORCID". orcid.org.

[10] "NBM Awards MUST Students". natbank.co.mw.

[11] "MUST Students in final 25 of dell competition". must.ac.mw.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[12] "MUST student wins innovations award | Malawi 24 - Malawi news". Malawi 24. 2020-08-27. Retrieved 2021-06-12.

[13] S.d. *, Ngulube Peter; Namakhwa, Dumisan; Munthali, George N. Chidimbah; Chirambo, Arthur M. (2021-01-07). "Current advancements on Covid-19 potential treatments: Learning from literature review". International Journal of Applied Chemical and Biological Sciences. 1 (4): 13–19.

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