Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences
Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences (CUHAS) is a private university in Mwanza, Tanzania.
Programmes
- Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Sciences
- Bachelor of Pharmacy
- Bachelor of Science in Medical Imaging and Radiotherapy
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing Education
- Diploma in Diagnostic Radiography
- Diploma in Medical Laboratory
- Diploma in Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Doctor of Medicine
- Master of Public Health
Tuition
- No CUHAS fee figures could be verified — contact vc@bugando.ac.tz or +255 28 298 3384. FOR A FIVE-YEAR PRIVATE MEDICAL DEGREE, ASK FOR THE FULL PROGRAMME COST, NOT THE ANNUAL FIGURE — this is among the largest financial commitments available in Tanzanian higher education and the annual number badly understates it. THE DECISIVE QUESTION IS HESLB LOAN PRIORITY: health workforce programmes commonly carry it, and if yours does the picture changes entirely. Settle that with HESLB before accepting a place. Note that Tanzania's HESLB criteria refer to 'an accredited tertiary institution' without Kenya's public/private split, so private-university students may have loan access their Kenyan counterparts lack — worth confirming. Given Catholic ownership, ask your diocese about sponsorship too. Add the TZS 20,000 annual TCU quality assurance fee, plus uniforms, stethoscope and equipment, and placement travel to the regional hospital used in rotations. Mwanza living costs are below Dar es Salaam.
Admissions
- ASK WHICH PROFESSIONAL COUNCIL RECOGNISES YOUR PROGRAMME, and get it in writing. CUHAS teaches medicine, dentistry and nursing, and each requires registration with the relevant Tanzanian council before you can practise. None were confirmed here — this is the single most important thing to establish.
- Apply DIRECTLY to the university; Tanzania has no central placement body equivalent to Kenya's KUCCPS.
- DIRECT ENTRY: two ACSEE principal passes at E or above totalling 4.0 points, but medical and dental cut-offs sit far above that floor and require specific science subjects.
- If you are not Catholic, ask whether you would be admitted. Most Catholic health institutions in the region admit students of other faiths, but this was not confirmed at CUHAS.
- IF THE WEILL CORNELL CONNECTION MATTERS TO YOU, VERIFY IT IS CURRENT. CUHAS was formerly named 'Weill Bugando', implying an association with Weill Cornell Medicine, but whether that relationship is still active was not established. It would be a significant credential if live and misleading if lapsed.
- Accepts international applicants
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