Meteorology and climate science helps us to understand and predict changes in the Earth’s atmosphere. This is of paramount importance in developing countries like Malawi whose socio-economic development is largely dependent on its agro-based economy. Over 85% of the total population in Malawi is dependent upon rain fed agricultural production, which is highly vulnerable to frequent weather and climatic shocks such as floods and drought. Other important sectors of society that are also highly sensitive to weather and climate include tourism, disaster management, trade, aviation and health. Climate Change and variability is an additional pressure on the country’s socio-economic development, with Malawi being the most prone countries in the sub Saharan Africa. Projected climate change scenarios in Malawi indicate an increase in temperature and erratic rainfall events, coupled by a decrease in total annual rainfall and water availability. These will in turn impact heavily on the agricultural sector thereby increasing poverty levels.
It is evident that the sustenance of Malawi’s economy base needs specialized human capacity in meteorology, climate and related atmospheric sciences with a considerable understanding of the behaviour of the Earth’s atmospheric conditions, and the subsequent responses to both human and natural inputs. This human capacity will also be key to the provision of accurate weather and climate information which is essential for planning and managing socio-economic production, particularly under changing climate. Presently, there is no institution in Malawi offering such a specialised undergraduate degree programme.
This programme has therefore been designed to address Malawi’s specific capacity needs in meteorology, climate and related atmospheric sciences. The programme has been designed by integrating the basics with advanced and applied aspects of meteorology and climate science such as monitoring and analysis of the climatic system and processes, forecasting at various temporal and spatial scales, climate modelling, climate change science and future scenarios analysis, weather information communication and dissemination and early warning systems, and disaster management.

-Chemistry-Algebra and Trigonometry
-Biology I
-Physics I
-Language and Communication
-Introduction to Space and Earth Sciences I
-Introduction to Computer Applications I
-Calculus I

-Biology II
-Physics II
-Language and Communication II
-Introduction to Space and Earth Sciences II
-Computer Programming

-Chemistry II

-Introduction to Meteorology
-Weather and Climate Fundamentals
-Calculus II
-Atmospheric Physics I
-Physics III
-Fortran Programming
-Classical Mechanics

-Applied Mathematics
-Fluid Mechanics I
-Atmospheric Physics
-Fieldwork
-Atmospheric Physics II
-Environmental Chemistry
-Air Pollution

-Probability and Statistics
-GIS and Remote Sensing
-Tropical Meteorology
-Dynamics of Weather Systems
-Practical Weather Observation and Climate Forecasting
-Atmosphere and Ocean Dynamics and Climate Processes

-Numerical Methods
-Dynamics of Weather Systems II
-Satellite and Radar Meteorology I
-Tropical Meteorology II
-Aviation Meteorology
-Grometeorology

-Satellite and Radar Meteorology II
-Disaster Risk Management I
-Hydrometeorology
-Statistical Climatology
-Research Project 1
-Atmospheric Pollution and Regulations

-Climate Information Communication and Dissemination
-Boundary Layer Meteorology
-Climate Change Science and Policy
-Advanced Climate Modelling
-Research Project II
-Disaster Risk Management II