Strengthening academic programmes and organisational management capacity for competitiveness and growth of Mulungushi University

Updated on August 11th:

Project budget: € 1,247,118
Project period: September 2010 - September 2014

NICHE-ZMB-021

Sector: Higher education
Project budget: The maximum budget for this project is € 1.5 million.

Organisations

This project has been developed by Mulungushi University (MU). The tender for this project expired on 8 July 2010.

Nuffic has awarded this tender to Stichting DLO/Alterra, which has formed a consortium with University of Zambia, Golden valley Agricultural Research Trust (Zambia) and Agrotechnology Consult Africa BV.

Project description

Mulungushi University was established in 2008 by the Zambian government as the country's third public university with multi-level curricula and fee-paying admission.

This should be a more effective way to meet the high demand in Zambia for tertiary level education. The university will cater for new market-oriented and demand-driven courses, especially in the field of business, technology and engineering.

Objectives

This project will support the Mulungushi University to:

- enhance MU’s capacity to develop and deliver quality training and teaching;
- enhance research capacity and improve the delivery of quality services for sector and national development;
- strengthen capacity within the university for sustained identification, development, and implementation of attractive and relevant programmes which are in high demand on the labour market;
- strengthen organisational, strategic management and leadership capacities to help it become a self-sustaining public university.