Faculty of Science

Duration: 3 years

Fee Paying: No

Admission Requirements

Interested candidates shall fulfil all the general requirements for admission into the University of Buea and in addition at least four points at the Advanced Level in science subjects including Biology or Chemistry (or equivalent).

Objectives

The BSc in Clinical Laboratory Technology is designed to train well grounded highly skilled medical/clinical laboratory scientists with an in-depth knowledge of the discipline to provide high quality medical laboratory services to the Cameroonian population and beyond. This goal will be realised through lectures and specially designed tutorials delivered by highly qualified staff with a rich teaching experience; alongside hands-on skills training through an intensive and varied practical repertoire covering all areas of Laboratory Medicine; this aspect of the training shall be ensured by modern, state of the art Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory which has been set up in the Faculty with the authorization of Ministry of Public Health. Additionally, the training will equip the graduates with competencies to enable them serve as biomedical research assistants/technicians. In brief, this professional training will render graduates very competitive in the job market particularly in the area of the biomedical sciences.

Graduation Requirements

The candidates shall earn at least 180 credits in at least three years (6 semesters) to qualify for the award of the Professional BSc in Clinical Laboratory Technology.

Skills Acquired

Bench skills in:

• Sample collection and processing, analysis, interpretation of rows and reporting in Clinical Biochemistry and Endocrinology, Clinical Microbiology and Parasitology, Clinical Haematology, Histopathology and Cytology;
• Quality control, laboratory entrepreneurship and management, handling of legal and ethical issues of the Clinical Laboratory Technology profession.

Employment Opportunities

Graduates with any of the double major degrees listed above can

• be employed as Clinical/Medical Laboratory Scientist
• be employed as a Clinical/Medical Lab Manager
• be self-employed by opening and running a private medical laboratory
• be employed as a trainer of junior medical lab technicians e.g. Assistant Laboratory Technicians
• further their studies in the Medical Biosciences

Courses