The health challenges of students’ in tertiary institution have become imperative that increase attention be given to the method of health care delivery. The major purpose of the research is to develop a preliminary mobile health system (mHealth) for students in tertiary institutions. In this research, the waterfall model of software development methodology was adopted in developing a user friendly, web based, and mobile health system. The mHealth system developed has two interfaces: Students and Admin interface. The system has the ability to diagnose diseases, proffer treatments, give health advice and book appointment for students by assigning username and password to every student after registering with the Admin. Since increase utilization of mobile technology by tertiary institution students has been observed in recent times, it is expected that this mHealth system will address problem such as long queues, ensure prompt treatment and problems associated with the tertiary institution social health insurance programme (TISHIP).