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Zambian Open University

Private university · Lusaka Province

Registered, as listed by HEA on 12 November 2026

Accredited programmes

61

Doctorate programmes

13

Master's programmes

19

Accredited programmes

Doctorate · 13

ProgrammeHEA accreditation number
Doctor of Philosophy in Applied LinguisticsHEA-010/LP/4/20
Doctor of Philosophy in Business AdministrationHEA-010/LP/3/245
Doctor of Philosophy in Criminal JusticeHEA-010/LP/8/31
Doctor of Philosophy in Development StudiesHEA-010/LP/7/118
Doctor of Philosophy in Early Childhood EducationHEA-010/LP/5/301
Doctor of Philosophy in Education Administration and ManagementHEA-010/LP/3/302
Doctor of Philosophy in GeographyHEA-010/LP/10/80
Doctor of Philosophy in HistoryHEA-010/LP/7/120
Doctor of Philosophy in LawHEA-010/LP/8/32
Doctor of Philosophy in Public AdministrationHEA-010/LP/7/119
Doctor of Philosophy in Religious StudiesHEA-010/LP/7/121
Doctor of Philosophy in SociologyHEA-010/LP/7/300
Doctor of Philosophy in Transformative Community DevelopmentHEA-010/LP/7/122

Master's · 19

ProgrammeHEA accreditation number
Master of Arts in Development StudiesHEA-010/LP/7/116
Master of Arts in English Language and LinguisticsHEA-010/LP/4/19
Master of Arts in HistoryHEA-010/LP/7/113
Master of Arts in Linguistics and African LanguagesHEA-010/LP/4/18
Master of Arts in Religious StudiesHEA-010/LP/7/114
Master of Arts in SociologyHEA-010/LP/7/117
Master of Arts in Trade Development and International RelationsHEA-010/LP/7/103
Master of Arts in Trade Development StudiesHEA-010/LP/7/116
Master of Arts in Transformative Community DevelopmentHEA-010/LP/7/115
Master of Business AdministrationHEA-010/LP/3/243
Master of Business Administration (Project Management)HEA-010/LP/3/244
Master of Business Administration in Human Resource ManagementHEA-010/LP/7/105
Master of Criminal JusticeHEA-010/LP/8/21
Master of Education in Early Childhood EducationHEA-010/LP/5/157
Master of Education in Literacy and DevelopmentHEA-010/LP/5/158
Master of Education in Management and AdministrationHEA-010/LP/5/218
Master of LawsHEA-010/LP/8/22
Master of Public AdministrationHEA-010/LP/7/104
Master of Science in GeographyHEA-010/LP/10/79

Degree · 28

ProgrammeHEA accreditation number
Bachelor of Agriculture Science with EducationHEA-010/LP/5/215
Bachelor of Arts in Development StudiesHEA-010/LP/7/96
Bachelor of Arts in Fine ArtsHEA-010/LP/7/102
Bachelor of Arts in Local Government AdministrationHEA-010/LP/7/200
Bachelor of Arts in Paralegal StudiesHEA-010/LP/7/100
Bachelor of Arts in Policing and Security StudiesHEA-010/LP/7/101
Bachelor of Arts in Public AdministrationHEA-010/LP/7/97
Bachelor of Arts in Social WorkHEA-010/LP/7/98
Bachelor of Arts in SociologyHEA-010/LP/7/99
Bachelor of Business AdministrationHEA-010/LP/3/347
Bachelor of Business Administration (Accounting)HEA-010/LP/3/198
Bachelor of Business in Banking and FinanceHEA-010/LP/3/242
Bachelor of Business in Human Resource ManagementHEA-010/LP/7/111
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Education)HEA-010/LP/5/154
Bachelor of Education (Primary Education)HEA-010/LP/5/155
Bachelor of Education (Secondary Education)HEA-010/LP/5/156
Bachelor of Education in Adult EducationHEA-010/LP/5/216
Bachelor of Education in Special EducationHEA-010/LP/5/217
Bachelor of Guidance and CounsellingHEA-010/LP/7/82
Bachelor of Information TechnologyHEA-010/LP/10/264
Bachelor of LawsHEA-010/LP/8/16
Bachelor of Science in Agribusiness ManagementHEA-010/LP/3/150
Bachelor of Science in Agricultural EconomicsHEA-010/LP/1/13
Bachelor of Science in Agricultural ExtensionHEA-010/LP/1/77
Bachelor of Science in Animal ScienceHEA-010/LP/1/51
Bachelor of Science in Financial MathematicsHEA-010/LP/3/348
Bachelor of Science in HorticultureHEA-010/LP/1/52
Bachelor of Science in Plant SciencesHEA-010/LP/1/53

Diploma · 1

ProgrammeHEA accreditation number
Diploma in Early Childhood EducationHEA-010/LP/5/214

About this list

Every institution in the published list is marked "Registered" and every programme "Accredited". The list gives no registration or accreditation dates, so we show these as listed by HEA on the date read, not as a statement that a registration or accreditation is current today.

Programmes and levels are as the registry gives them ("Degree" is HEA's level for bachelor's programmes). Where a programme is listed more than once under different accreditation numbers, it is shown once with all its numbers. The registry gives no programme durations.

Names are as HEA's registry writes them. Some institutions appear under more than one spelling (for example "The Copperbelt University" and "Copperbelt University", or "Trans-Africa" and "Trans- Africa Christian University"); each entry is shown separately, as listed, because the registry doesn't say they are the same institution. The one exception is "Zambian Royal Medical University (continued)", whose programmes are shown under Zambian Royal Medical University.

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Source: Higher Education Authority, Zambia — Digital Registry, as published on its website; read 12 November 2026. All rights reserved by HEA; facts re-keyed, and the grouping, English level labels and counts are ours.