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[vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_wp_custommenu nav_menu=”49″ title=”Faculties”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_custom_heading text=”Faculty of Health Sciences & Veterinary Medicine” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:32px|text_align:left|color:%230a0a0a” google_fonts=”font_family:Roboto%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal”][vc_text_separator title=”Schools in Faculty” title_align=”separator_align_left” css=”.vc_custom_1646665241225{margin-top: 5px !important;margin-bottom: 5px !important;}”][vc_tta_accordion shape=”square” color=”orange” active_section=”0″ collapsible_all=”true” el_id=”SchoolsAcc” el_class=”FHSVM”][vc_tta_section title=”School of Allied Health Sciences” tab_id=”SoAHS”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_text_separator title=”Introduction” title_align=”separator_align_left”][vc_column_text]Optional health and performance for all!<\/strong><\/p>\n

We train professionals to enhance total well-being and performance in work, life, and sports. Health and performance are about optimal well-being and not merely the absence of disease.\u00a0\u00a0We aim to provide professional training for different professions related to allied health and physical sciences.<\/p>\n

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Join us if your passion is related to professions like\u00a0Radiography, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Psychology, Social Work, Sports Coaching and much more.<\/p>\n

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See possibilities below.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_text_separator title=”2027 Career Guide” title_align=”separator_align_left” css=””][vc_single_image image=”12998″ img_size=”medium” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” css=”” link=”https:\/\/www.unam.edu.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Career-Guidance-FHSVM-2027.pdf”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_raw_html]JTVCeHl6LWlwcyUyMHNuaXBwZXQlM0QlMjJTb0FIUyUyMiU1RA==[\/vc_raw_html][vc_text_separator title=”Key Contact Offices” title_align=”separator_align_left”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]\"\"<\/p>\n

Prof Cilas Wilders<\/strong>
\nAssociate Dean
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Mrs Agnes Shipanga<\/strong>
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Ms Saima Amia<\/strong>
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\n\"email<\/a>\"call<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”School of Dentistry” tab_id=”SoD”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_text_separator title=”Introduction” title_align=”separator_align_left”][vc_column_text]Welcome to the School of Dentistry.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_text_separator title=”2027 Career Guide” title_align=”separator_align_left” css=””][vc_single_image image=”12998″ img_size=”medium” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” css=”” link=”https:\/\/www.unam.edu.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Career-Guidance-FHSVM-2027.pdf”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_raw_html]JTVCeHl6LWlwcyUyMHNuaXBwZXQlM0QlMjJTb0QlMjIlNUQ=[\/vc_raw_html][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”School of Medicine” tab_id=”SoM”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_text_separator title=”Introduction” title_align=”separator_align_left”][vc_column_text]The School of Medicine opened its doors in 2010 as part of a national strategy to strengthen health care in Namibia and to date has produced 400 medical doctors.<\/p>\n

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The School strives to deliver quality medical education and produce competent doctors who can respond to the health care needs of the Namibian people and are advocates for the poor, underserved, and marginalized in our society. We expect our students to display high levels of professional integrity, empathy, compassion, and commitment as future health care providers.<\/p>\n

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The School of Medicine is well placed within the Faculty of Health Sciences and Veterinary Medicine to become a center of excellence in research, education, and clinical training that is locally relevant and globally competitive. The School also endeavors to strategically work together with the rest of the Faculty towards financial sustainability.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_text_separator title=”2027 Career Guide” title_align=”separator_align_left” css=””][vc_single_image image=”12998″ img_size=”medium” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” css=”” link=”https:\/\/www.unam.edu.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Career-Guidance-FHSVM-2027.pdf”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_raw_html]JTVCeHl6LWlwcyUyMHNuaXBwZXQlM0QlMjJTb00lMjIlNUQ=[\/vc_raw_html][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”School of Nursing & Public Health” tab_id=”SoNPH”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_text_separator title=”Introduction” title_align=”separator_align_left”][vc_column_text]The School of Nursing and Public Health is the \u201cmother school\u201d of all schools in the Faculty of Health Sciences and Veterinary Medicine. The School started on 1 January 1986 when nursing was taken up in the stream of higher education from a hospital-based education.<\/p>\n

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Nursing is a noble profession for anyone who has the desire to care for the sick and needy in hospital and an opportunity to prevent illness in communities. Nurses are needed in all corners of the country and can operate in absence of other health care professionals. The attributes of an excellent nurse are compassion, competence, caring, conscience and confidence.<\/p>\n

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A nurse is the only member of the health team who is in contact with the patient for 24hrs a day and is therefore the glue that keeps the entire health professions team together.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_text_separator title=”2027 Career Guide” title_align=”separator_align_left” css=””][vc_single_image image=”12998″ img_size=”medium” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” css=”” link=”https:\/\/www.unam.edu.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Career-Guidance-FHSVM-2027.pdf”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_raw_html]JTVCeHl6LWlwcyUyMHNuaXBwZXQlM0QlMjJTb05QSCUyMiU1RA==[\/vc_raw_html][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”School of Pharmacy” tab_id=”SoP”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_text_separator title=”Introduction” title_align=”separator_align_left”][vc_column_text]The School of Pharmacy was inaugurated in 2010, by the Founding President H.E. Dr. Sam Nujoma, as part of the national strategy to strengthen health systems and work-force in Namibia.<\/p>\n

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Currently, the School, headed by an Associate Dean, has 3 departments including: Pharmaceutical Sciences; Pharmacology & Therapeutics, and Pharmacy Practice & Policy.\u00a0\u00a0The School offers a world-class pharmacy programmes, including a Bachelor of Pharmacy (Hons), Diploma in Pharmacy, and Masters in Pharmacy (Clinical Pharmacy).<\/p>\n

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We are renowned for excellence in implementing work-integrated pharmacy education. Through networks with other pharmacy schools in regions and internationally, the School envisions to be, \u201ca sustainable international business, education and innovation hub in pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_text_separator title=”2027 Career Guide” title_align=”separator_align_left” css=””][vc_single_image image=”12998″ img_size=”medium” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” css=”” link=”https:\/\/www.unam.edu.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Career-Guidance-FHSVM-2027.pdf”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_raw_html]JTVCeHl6LWlwcyUyMHNuaXBwZXQlM0QlMjJTb1AlMjIlNUQ=[\/vc_raw_html][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”School of Veterinary Medicine” tab_id=”SoVM”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_text_separator title=”Introduction” title_align=”separator_align_left”][vc_column_text]Welcome to the School of Veterinary Medicine.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_text_separator title=”2027 Career Guide” title_align=”separator_align_left” css=””][vc_single_image image=”12998″ img_size=”medium” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” css=”” link=”https:\/\/www.unam.edu.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Career-Guidance-FHSVM-2027.pdf”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_raw_html]JTVCeHl6LWlwcyUyMHNuaXBwZXQlM0QlMjJTb1ZNJTIyJTVE[\/vc_raw_html][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_accordion][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_text_separator title=”Faculty Introduction” title_align=”separator_align_left”][vc_column_text]The Well-Being Faculty:
\n<\/strong>We are more than an excellent centre for Health and Veterinary education, the well-being of our students and staff is important to us. Everyone should be happy enough to be truly productive.<\/p>\n

The business of the faculty is to produce graduates who are well-rounded individuals, highly employable, and able to make great contributions to society at large.<\/p>\n

Our faculty is about community outreach in Namibia. We are also concerned with globalisation and our roles and responsibilities as international citizens. Importantly, we are about the One Health agenda: the planet as an organism: animals, human beings, and the environment.<\/p>\n