Levy Mwanawasa Medical University

Levy Mwanawasa Medical University (LMMU) is a public university for the health sciences on Great East Road in the Chainama area, about 10 km east of central Lusaka, Zambia. According to the university's website, LMMU was established as a public university on 22 May 2018 under the Higher Education Act of 2013. It brought together several existing institutions: Chainama College of Health Sciences, the Dental Training School, Levy Mwanawasa University Teaching Hospital and Chainama Hills College Hospital. It describes itself as Zambia's fourth public university. LMMU is organised in five academic units: Basic and Biomedical Sciences; Nursing; Health Sciences; Medicine and Clinical Sciences; and Public Health and Environmental Sciences. Its programmes include medicine (MBChB), dentistry, pharmacy, physiotherapy, radiography and midwifery. The website gives figures of more than 50 programmes and more than 6,000 students. It describes the national campus as a hub for 3,000 students with a 1,000-seat National Health Reference Library, alongside ten provincial training hubs. Its teaching hospital is Levy Mwanawasa University Teaching Hospital. Office hours are 08:00 to 17:00, Monday to Friday. The university's telephone numbers are +260 974 330 519 and +260 953 821 693, and general enquiries go to info@lmmu.ac.zm. The postal address is PO Box 33991, Lusaka. Tuition fees are not given on the pages consulted.

Plot L/Lusaka/3170151, Great East Road, Chainama, Lusaka, Zambia
Lusaka

15°23′20″S 28°21′5″E

• Medicine (MBChB)
• Dentistry
• Pharmacy
• Nursing and midwifery
• Public health