Midlands State University

Midlands State University
Former names
Gweru Teachers' College
MottoOur Hands,Our Mind,Our Destiny
TypePublic
Established2000
ChairmanDoctor Engineer Caleb Makwiranzou[1]
ChancellorEmmerson Mnangagwa ex officio as President of Zimbabwe[2]
Vice-ChancellorVictor Ngonidzashe Muzvidziwa[3]
Students31,000
Undergraduates28,000
Postgraduates3,000
Location,
Midlands
,
19°30′58″S 29°49′59″E / 19.516°S 29.833°E / -19.516; 29.833
CampusUrban
Colors   Gold and Sky Blue
NicknameMSU
Website[1]

Midlands State University is a government owned university in Zimbabwe. The university has 9 faculties (Agriculture, Arts, Commerce, Education, Engineering, Law, Science, Social Sciences and Medicine) offering a wide variety of courses and many specialist programmes. The university is accredited through the National Council for Higher Education, under the Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education of Zimbabwe.

The main campus is located in Gweru the third largest city in Zimbabwe. The university adopted a multi campus system therefore it has a satellite campus in the mining town of Zvishavane and other campuses located in the city of Gweru. TelOne campus is the second popular campus after Main campus.

  1. ^ "Midlands State University Council Chair". LinkedIn. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  2. ^ "University of Zimbabwe Act (Chapter 25:16)" (PDF). Parliament of Zimbabwe. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 March 2009. Retrieved 3 January 2009.
  3. ^ "Midlands State University Vice Chancellor". Midlands State University. Retrieved 18 February 2018.