Zambian Open University - University Without Walls

Location : New Foundland Campus, Unity Road, off Mumbwa Road, P.O. Box 31925, Lusaka, Zambia

E-mail:admissions@zaou.ac.zm

Contacts: +260-211-427600 +260-211-845469, +260-969-672965, +260-976-123055

Examination Enquiries – Mr Katyamba – 0962215561, bedson.katyamba@zaou.ac.zm

ICT Enquiries: +260-211-845467

Email: ICTsupport@zaou.ac.zm

Website : www.zaou.ac.zm

Schools and Programmes

ZAOU offers its programmes and courses through various Schools as follows:

Undergraduate Degree Programmes (4 years)

School of Business Studies

• Bachelor of Business Administration

• Bachelor of Business in Accounting

• Bachelor of Business in Banking and Finance

• Bachelor of Business in Human Resource Management

• Bachelor of Science in Financial Mathematics

School of Education

• Bachelor of Theatre Arts

• Bachelor of Education (Adult Education)

• Bachelor of Education (Primary Education)

• Bachelor of Education (Secondary Education)

• Bachelor of Education (Guidance and Counselling)

• Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood)

• Bachelor of Education (Special Education)

School of Humanities and Social Sciences

• Bachelor of Arts (Development Studies)

• Bachelor of Arts (Public Administration)

• Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Arts)

School of Law

• Bachelor of Laws (LLB)

Diploma and Certificate Programmes

School of Education

• Diploma in Early Childhood Education (2 years)

• Diploma in Civic Education (2 years )

• Diploma in Theatre Arts (2 years )

• Certificate in Theatre Arts (1 year)

Graduate Studies Programmes

• Master of Arts (Development Studies)

• Master of Arts (History)

• Master of Education (Literacy and Development)

• Master of Arts (Religious Studies)

• Master of Business Administration (General)

• Master of Business Administration (Finance)

• Master of Business Administration (Marketing)

• Master of Business Administration (Project Management)

• Master of Business Administration (Human Resource Management)

• Master of Arts (Criminal Justice)

• Master of Arts (Sociology)

• Master of Science (Agricultural Sciences)

• PhD History

• PhD Literacy and Development

• PhD Sociology

• PhD Open and Distance Learning

The Zambian Open University (ZAOU) is a private Open and Distance Learning (ODL) University, which was established in 2002 having been registered in November of that year under the Companies Act No. 26 of 1994 of the Laws of Zambia. ZAOU was registered with the then Ministry of Education (MOE) on 23rd December 2004, within the provisions of the University Act No. 11 of 1999 of the Laws of Zambia.

ZAOU’s first 369 students were enrolled in January, 2005, in the School of Education and the School of Social Sciences and Law. On 25th March, 2005 the University was formally launched by the late Republican President Mr Levy Patrick Mwanawasa.

The founding members of ZAOU recognised the limited number of places at the country’s only two public universities at that time and were committed to increasing access to university education through open and distance learning. They were also encouraged by the government policy that had just been put in place allowing the establishment of private universities.