List of accredited Colleges and Universities in Malawi.
- The following higher education institutions are unregistered and have been told to either close down, seek registration or face penalties and jail term according to the law:
- Shareworld Open University (Mzuzu)
- Beston College
- Cyprus Institute of Marketing
- Cypress International Institute for Academic Excellence
- Central Christian University
- Jerusalem University
- Amity University
- Azteca University
- Asum Islamic College
- Western University
- University of Southern Africa
- Karonga Polytechnic
- Christian Leadership University
- The following higher education institutions failed assessment for accreditation and are therefore unaccredited:
- Blantyre International University
- Exploits University
- Share World Open University
- Skyway University
- Riverton University
- Columbia Commonwealth University
- Eastern and Southern Africa Management Institute (ESAMI)
- Montfort SNE College
- The following higher education institutions are new institutions which are consolidating their systems and processes and are unaccredited:
- UNICAF University
- Malawi Institute of Management (MIM)
- Lake Malawi Anglican University
- Millennium University
- University of Lilongwe
- University of Blantyre Synod
- The following higher education institutions are just provisionally registered but are unaccredited:
- Islamic Online University
- Zomba Theological College
- Evangelical Bible College
- Jubilee University
5.The following higher education institutions are accredited (List of accredited Universities).
- College of Medicine
- Mzuzu University
- Malawi University of Science and Technology
- Kamuzu College of Nursing
- Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources
- Catholic University of Malawi
- DMI St John the Baptist University
- Nkhoma University
- Livingstonia University
- Daeyang University
- Pentecostal Life University
- Malawi Assemblies of God University
- Malawi Adventist University
- Management College of Southern Africa (MANCOSA)
- Malawi College of Accountancy