Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Sciences

The Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Sciences at Mbarara University of Science and Technology is offered by the Faculty of Health Sciences. The course code is MLS and it focuses on medical laboratory science topics through areas that include Clinical Chemistry, Haematology & Blood Transfusion, Histopathology, Microbiology, and Parasitology.

The program is full time and has a duration of 4 years. It uses entry processes that include direct entry academic requirements and, for diploma entry, registration and assessment. Entry for diploma applicants also includes reference reports and an entrance examination with written papers across the laboratory science areas listed.

Direct Entry
Two principal passes in Biology and Chemistry and at least Subsidiary Pass in either Physics or Mathematics

Diploma Entry
Diploma in Medical Laboratory Technology from a recognized institution.
Registered with Allied Health Professionals’ Council
Submit two reference reports from your current employer and the other from the institution where the diploma was done
Sit and pass an entrance examination consisting of written papers in Clinical Chemistry, Haematology & Blood Transfusion, Histopathology, Microbiology, and Parasitology.