{"id":2994,"date":"2026-05-31T13:56:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T13:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chstkaltungo.edu.ng\/new\/?page_id=2994"},"modified":"2026-06-01T10:01:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T10:01:07","slug":"medical-laboratory-technology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chstkaltungo.edu.ng\/new\/medical-laboratory-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical Laboratory Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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PHILOSOPHY<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

The Philosophy of the department is in line with the framework of College education in Nigeria. It is aimed at exposing the students to sound and thorough knowledge of the theory and practice of Medical Laboratory Science.<\/span><\/p>

The courses offered are designed to expose the student to core areas like clinical chemistry, hematology and Blood Transfusion Science, Histopathology, medical microbiology, immunology, and instrumentation.<\/span><\/p>

Students are required to broaden their knowledge in their core areas by taking ancillary courses in chemistry, anatomy, physiology, and biology.<\/span><\/p>

The practical aspect of this programme (MLT) prepares the students to fit into basic Medical Laboratory science for basic routine diagnostic processes.<\/span><\/p>

On the successful completion of the three (3) year MLT programme, students obtain an automatic practice permit from the Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria (MLSCN) that is after registration with them.<\/span><\/p>

This registration enables them to take up careers in Medical Laboratory practices in Tertiary (Teaching Hospitals and Specialist Hospital), Secondary (General Hospitals), Primary Health Care, and Private Establishments.<\/span><\/p>

VISION<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

To be the foremost department in the college with a passion for excellence, staff, and students welfare.<\/span><\/p>

MISSION<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

To be a forerunner in the craving for excellence and ideal manpower.<\/span><\/p>

OBJECTIVES<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

  1. To instill in students a sense of enthusiasm for the profession; an appreciation of its application in different contexts (e.g. in research institutions).<\/span><\/li>
  2. To involve the students in an intellectually and satisfying experience of learning, studying and research.<\/span><\/li>
  3. To provide students with a knowledge and skills base from which they can prove to further studies in the profession.<\/span><\/li>
  4. To generate in students, an appreciation of the importance of Medical Laboratory Sciences in an industrial, economic, environmental, Health and Social context.<\/span><\/li>
  5. To also empower graduates\u2019 of MLT with skills that will enable them to engage in income-yielding ventures i.e. re-orientation from the take a job mentality to the make a job mentality.<\/span><\/li><\/ol>

    ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

    This programme is to train competent Medical Laboratory Personnel at the middle manpower level. It entails exposing the students to basic knowledge and the practices of medical laboratory science.<\/span><\/p>

    This is a three (3) years intensive semester based programme with a strong medical laboratory exposure component.<\/span><\/p>

    1. Prospective students for this programme must possess a minimum of four 5credits passes at Senior Secondary School Certificate Level\/GCE \/NABTEB O-Levels in the following subjects: English, Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology and Physics at not more than two sittings.<\/span><\/li>
    2. Prospective students will be selected through a competitive entrance examination, where applicable.<\/span><\/li>
    3. Candidates with MLA certificate in addition to the requirements in subsection (a) above may be considered for admission into 200L of the programme<\/span><\/li><\/ol>

      REGISTRATION OF STUDENTS WITH THE REGULATORY COUNCIL<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

      The training institution for MLT is expected to register the students within the first year of admission with the Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria (MLSCN).\u00a0This is for the purpose of indexing.<\/strong>\u00a0The registration is recognized as the effective date of commencement of the course and it also determines when the student is due for the MLSCN Professiona<\/span><\/p><\/header><\/article><\/section><\/main><\/div><\/header><\/article><\/section><\/main><\/div><\/header><\/article><\/section><\/main><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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