Wikipedia:WikiAfrica/Stubs/Chancellor College Malawi

Chancellor College, widely considered the main campus of the University of Malawi is located in Zomba district, southern Malawi

History

Chancellor College was formed in 1973 when all the constituents of the university save the Malawi Polytechnic and Bunda College of Agriculture were transferred to Zomba and merged into Chancellor College

Faculties

Chancellor college has five faculties: Faculty of Humanities, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Social Science and Faculty of Education. The faculties has the following departments:

• Education: Curriculum and Teaching Studies and Educational Foundations

• Humanities: African Languages and Linguistics, Classics, English, Fine and Performing Arts, French, Language and Communication Skills, Philosophy and Theology and Religious Studies.[8]

• Science: Biology, Chemistry, Geography and Earth Sciences, Home Economics, Physics, Mathematical Sciences.

• Social Science: Economics, History, Psychology, Political and Administrative studies and Sociology.[8]

Campus

The Centre for Language Studies

The Centre for Language Studies is a a research institution under the Faculty of Humanities at Chancellor College, University of Malawi. It replaced the ChiChewa Board, the latter's mandate being to promote the development of Chichewa, Malawi's national language. The Centre's main role is to promote the development of all Malawian languages and guide government on language policy matters.

The centre also carries research and consultancy in English, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish and others. The mission of the centre is to conduct theoretical and descriptive language research relevant to Malawi and provide high qualify language-related services to contribute to the development of Malawi and its languages.

Notable alumni

Jack Mapanje Shemu Joyah

External links

• http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/105318/Chancellor-College

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