Table 1.
Sub-Saharan Africa Institutions with a Masters in Biostatistics program (March, 2015)
| INSTITUTION | ACADEMIC DIVISION |
NAME OF PROGRAM |
YEAR PROGRAM STARTED |
FULL /PART TIME |
DURATION | TOTAL COMPLETED |
CURRENT NO. OF STUDENTS |
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS |
ANNUAL INTAKE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE, ZIMBABWE | College of Health Sciences, Department of Community Medicine | MSc in Biostatistics | 2007 | FULL | 2 YEARS | Good first degree (upper second or better) in Statistics, Medicine, Health, Social or Biological sciences with substantial statistics & Advanced level mathematics | 7 | ||
| JIMMA UNIVERSITY, ETHOPIA | College of Natural Sciences | Masters in Biostatistics | 2009 | FULL | 2 YEARS | 41 | 11 second yr. & 10 first yr. | BSc-direct entry or Other fields (Health, Biology, Math and Agriculture)-Bridging course for one/two semester | 10 |
| UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, KENYA | Institute of Tropical & Infectious Diseases | MSc in Medical Statistics | 2008 | FULL | 2 YEARS | 24 | Holders of upper second class in any degree + strong mathematics background OR lower second class + 2 years experience OR pass + 5 years experience | ||
| University of Malawi, MALAWI | Chancellor College, Faculty of Science | MSc in Biostatistics | 2010 | FULL | 2 YEARS | 13 | Bachelors degree majored in Statistics + enough background in Mathematics; Bridging course for students without statistics background | ||
| University of Zambia, Zambia | Department of Public Health | MSc in Epidemiology and Applied Biostatistics | 2010 | Full | 2 YEARS | 30 | Undergraduate in medicine, statistics or biological sciences, mathematical sciences, some good working experience, with evidence of doing biological or health related research. | ||
| Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, TANZANIA | Directorate Postgraduate Studies | MSc in Epidemiology & Applied Biostatistics | 2012 | FULL/PART | 2 YEARS/3 YEARS | 14 | 8 second yr. & 7 first yr. | Undergraduate in medicine, statistics or biological sciences; mathematics at advanced level; at least one year working experience after undergraduate | 8 |
| University of the Witwatersrand, SOUTH AFRICA | School of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics | MSc Epidemiology in the field of Epidemiology and Biostatistics | 2000 | FULL/PART | 2 YEARS/3 YEARS | 139 | 19 first years | Undergraduate in Medicine, four year honours degree in health sciences or statistics. Experience working in a research environment will be an add on. |