PREAMBLE The Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College (KCMUCo) was founded as result of the 1993 Executive Council of Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania (ELCT) decision to establish a Lutheran University “Tumaini University” comprising among others, The Kilimanjaro Christian Medical College. The College became operational on 1st October 1997 under the name of “Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College” starting with the Faculty of Medicine and soon afterwards expanded to incorporate more faculties, institutes and directorates. KCMUCo is the centre for intellectual life, a locus of research activity extending the boundaries of knowledge, a resource for professional development and a key player in the growing global network of scholarship. KCMUCo recognizes that the growing application and use of educational technology and computer programs in research raises new and complex problems relating to the proper and equitable distribution of rewards and obligations. To that end, KCMUCo understands that the need and concern to properly manage its intellectual property and the intellectual property of others is paramount. As KCMUCo increasingly becomes active in research and technology, and as academic and non-academic staff actively engage in the pursuit of entrepreneurial activities, there is a need for KCMUCo to promulgate the ‘Intellectual Property Policy & Guidelines’. The Policy seeks to: (i) provide guidelines that can be consistently applied to facilitate commercialization of research outputs; (ii) encourage the development of inventions, innovations, and other intellectual creations for the best interest of the public, the creator, and the research sponsor where necessary; and (iii) Provide equitable solutions on IP matters relating to research conduct, technology transfer and commercialization.