During the movement toward the multiparty rule, UNIMA students participated in a protest that was organized by themselves as a part of fighting for their educational freedom.

A week later, 25-year-old Robert Chasowa, a fourth-year engineering student at the Malawi Polytechnic was found dead.

[5] Departments service each faculty as follows: 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.

Out of about 250 doctors that had graduated from the University of Malawi-College of Medicine between 1992 and 2005, 25 (10%) were reported to be registered with the UK General Medical Council which has contributed to a healthcare worker brain drain in Malawi.

[6] In addition, the college has a long stating relationship with the University of St Andrews School of Medicine in Scotland.

Entry requirements for nursing and paramedical training institutions is the Malawi School Certificate of Education (Ordinary Level).

The highest and most popular institution in Malawi offers various technical and vocational training based on national and regional needs.

[7] Polytechnic offers postgraduate programs in business administration, infrastructure development and transport management in response to the emerging needs of the industry and the pressure from the native baccalaureate graduates.

[8] Its mission is to advance and promote knowledge,skills,self-reliance and sound character for "sustainable food production and utilization; Improving income, food security and nutrition; and Conservation and management of biodiversity, the environment and natural resources.

Now Bunda College forms part of Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR).