Background about the school

• The School of Nursing and Midwifery was established in 1989 through collaboration between the Nursing Education Department of the Muhimbili Medical Centre in Tanzania, and the Dalhousie University School of Nursing, in Canada. In 2007 when Muhimbili University College of Health Sciences (MUCHS) became a fully-fledged university i.e., the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS), five schools were established one of them being the School of Nursing and Midwifery.

• Under MUCHS and later on, MUHAS, the School of Nursing and Midwifery remains one of the leading Schools which pioneered the advancement of the nursing profession in East Africa. The school runs three bachelor’s degrees including Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BScN – direct and equivalent truck), Bachelor of Science in Midwifery (BSc. Midwifery – direct and equivalent truck) and the Bachelor of Science in Nurse Anesthesia (BSc.NA – Equivalent truck). The school also runs six Master of Science degree programs including Master of Sciences in Critical care nursing, mental health Nursing, Midwifery and Women’s Health, Nephrology Nursing, Cardiovascular Nursing, and Oncology Nursing, The School enrols students at the doctoral level, a huge milestone in advancing the profession in Africa and the world at large.

Vision & Mission

 Vision:

• The vision of the School of Nursing and Midwifery is to become a centre of excellence in nursing education, research, consultancy and public services that respond to national, regional and global challenges.

Mission statement:

Train and produce future competent nurses and midwives, provide evidence-based practice and conduct innovative research to advance nursing and midwifery practice, leadership and education.

To achieve this, the School of Nursing endeavours to do the following:

• To excel in knowledge and human resource capacity building in the nursing and midwifery professions without sacrificing the quality of care.
• To build distinctive characteristics and trademarks of nursing and midwifery under the label of “Scientific professionalism” to be acquired through the prime principle of integration of research, teaching, services and consultancy in the immediate subject area.
• Further the image of nursing and midwifery professions by striving to make the school a centre of excellence for the creation of nursing and midwifery knowledge, skill development, effective entrepreneurship and formation of responsible attitude to the graduate nurses and midwives for the betterment of the society

Our Values

• Quality
• Professionalism
• Expertise
• Role modeling
• Creativity
• Innovation
• Open minded
• Dignity
• Respect
• Integrity
• Accountability
• Compassion
• Unit
• Teamwork
• Conducive and supportive working environment
• Happy academics

 Our Motto

We teach what we research and practice, and practice what we teach and research.