St. Francis University College of Health and Allied Sciences

Constituent college of St. Augustine University of Tanzania

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The St. Francis University College of Health and Allied Sciences (SFUCHAS) is a constituent college of St. Augustine University of Tanzania.^[1]

The college was established in 2010 by the Tanzania Episcopal Conference (TEC) based on the need of the Catholic Church to contribute to the training of more doctors and other Health Professionals in Tanzania. The college was provisionally registered by the Tanzania Commission for Universities (TCU) on 2 November 2010 and was fully registered in September 2013.

The college is the second Medical school after the former Weill Bugando in Mwanza, now Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences (CUHAS) to be established and owned by the Catholic Bishops of Tanzania.

St. Francis University College of Health and Allied Sciences is located in Ifakara town; an administrative home of the Kilombero district, in Morogoro region lying 420 km South-West of Dar-s-Salaam and 230 km from Morogoro Town. It is the first medical school to be established in rural town of Tanzania.

The college offers the following academic programs for the time being:-

Technician Certificate in Medical Laboratory Sciences.
Technician Certificate in Pharmaceutical Sciences
Diploma in Medical Laboratory Sciences
Diploma in Pharmaceutical Sciences
Doctor of Medicine Degree (MD)

Future Programs to be offered:-

Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Sciences
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Bachelor of Science in Biological Anthropology
Doctor of Dentistry
Master of Human Resource for Health
Master of Public Health
Master of Medicine (Obstetrics and Gynecology, Surgery, Pediatrics and Internal Medicine).
MSc. Medical Microbiology/Immunology

References

^ "Register of Universities" (PDF). Tanzania Commission for Universities. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2013.