Education and List of Universities in Tanzania

Tanzania is the country from East Africa, its population almost approximately to reach 61M as per previous statistics of 2012. Tanzania is an East African country known for its vast wilderness areas. They include the plains of Serengeti National Park, a safari Mecca populated by the “big five” game (elephant, lion, leopard, buffalo, rhino), and Kilimanjaro National Park, home to Africa’s highest mountain. Offshore lie the tropical islands of Zanzibar, with Arabic influences, and Mafia, with a marine park home to whale sharks and coral reefs. Actually the GDP for this country is not much big since it’s belong to among of developing country. Despite lot o resources available in Tanzania but it is poor country as per researcher’s reports.

Education in this country is not good compared to its neighbor countries like Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda and others alike, about more than 60 percent of people from Tanzania are non educated despite the cost of education in this country is much less than you expected. According to UNCEF said that in 2007, Tanzania achieved nearly universal access to primary education. However, since then, enrolment of primary school-aged children has been dropping. An estimated 2 million children between the ages of 7 and 13 years are out-of-school. Almost 70 per cent of children aged 14–17 years are not enrolled in secondary education while a mere 3.2 per cent are enrolled for the final two years of schooling

As per Wikipedia reported that Education in Tanzania is provided by the public and private sectors, starting with pre-primary education, followed by primary, secondary ordinary, secondary advanced, and ideally, university level education. Free and accessible education is a human right in Tanzania. The Tanzanian government began to emphasize the importance of education shortly after its independence in 1961.^[1] Curriculum is standardized by level, and it is the basis for the national examinations. Achievement levels are important, yet there are various causes of children not receiving the education that they need, including the need to help families with work, poor accessibility, and a variety of learning disabilities. While there is a lack of resources for special needs education, Tanzania has committed to inclusive education and attention on disadvantaged learners, as pointed out in the 2006 Education Sector Review AIDE-MEMORE.^[2] The government’s National Strategy for Growth and Reduction of Poverty in 2005 heavily emphasized on education and literacy.^[3]

In 2016, the government introduced a fee free education policy for primary and secondary government schools.^[4]

Reg. No.	Institution	Acronym	Founded	Region
001	University of Dar es Salaam	UDSM	1961	Dar es Salaam
002	University of Dodoma	UDOM	2007	Dodoma
003	The Open University of Tanzania	OUT	1992	Dar es Salaam
004	Institute of Accountancy Arusha	IAA	–	Arusha
004	Ardhi University	AU	1956	Dar es Salaam
010	State University of Zanzibar	SUZA	1999	Zanzibar Urban
011	Mzumbe University	MU	1975	Morogoro
014	Sokoine University of Agriculture	SUA	1984	Morogoro
015	Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences	MUHAS	1963	Dar es Salaam
016	Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology	NM–AIST	2009	Arusha
025	Katavi University of Agriculture	KUA		Katavi
026	Mbeya University of Science and Technology	MUST	1986	Mbeya
027	Moshi Co-operative University	MoCU	1963	Kilimanjaro

Private universities

Reg. No.	Institution	Acronym	Founded	Region
005	Hubert Kairuki Memorial University	HKMU	1997	Dar es Salaam
006	International Medical and Technological University	IMTU	1997	Dar es Salaam
007	Tumaini University Makumira	TUMA	1997	Arusha
008	St. Augustine University of Tanzania	SAUT	2002	Mwanza
009	Zanzibar University	ZU	2002	Zanzibar Urban
012	Mount Meru University	MMU	2005	Arusha
013	University of Arusha	UoA	2006	Arusha
014	Teofilo Kisanji University	TEKU	2007	Mbeya
017	Muslim University of Morogoro	MUM	2004	Morogoro
018	St. John’s University of Tanzania	SJUT	2007	Dodoma
020	University of Bagamoyo	UB	2010	Dar es Salaam
021	Eckernforde Tanga University	ETU	2010	Tanga
022	Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences	CUHAS	1994	Mwanza
023	St. Joseph University In Tanzania	SJUIT	2011	Dar es Salaam
024	United African University of Tanzania	UAUT	2012	Dar es Salaam
027	Sebastian Kolowa Memorial University	SEKOMU	2012	Tanga
028	Tanzania International University	TIU		Dar es Salaam
030	University of Iringa	UoI	1994	Iringa

Public university colleges

Reg. No.	Institution	Acronym	Founded	Region
001	University College of Education Zanzibar	UCEZ	1999	Zanzibar Urban
002	Dar es Salaam University College of Education	DUCE	2005	Dar es Salaam
003	Moshi University College of Cooperative and Business Studies	MUCCOBS	2003	Kilimanjaro
004	Mkwawa University College of Education	MUCE	2003	Iringa
005	Mwalimu Nyerere Memorial Academy	MNMA	1961/2005	Dar es Salaam

Private university colleges

Reg. No.	Institution	Acronym	Founded	Region
005	Kampala International University Dar es Salaam College	KIU-DAR	2008	Dar es Salaam
006	Mwenge University College of Education	MWUCE	2003	Kilimanjaro
007	Kilimanjaro Christian Medical College	KCMCo	2003	Kilimanjaro
008	Ruaha Catholic University	RUCU	2006	Iringa
009	St. Francis University College of Health and Allied Sciences	SFUCHAS	2010	Morogoro
010	St. Joseph University College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology	SJUCAST	2000	Ruvuma
011	St. Joseph University College of Information and Technology	SJUCIT	2000	Ruvuma
012	St. Joseph University College of Management and Commerce	SJUCMC	2000	Njombe
013	Stefano Moshi Memorial University College	SMMUCO	2002	Kilimanjaro
016	Stella Maris Mtwara University College	STEMMUCO	2009	Mtwara
015	Tumaini University Dar es Salaam College	TUDARCO	2005	Dar es Salaam
039	Al-Maktoum College of Engineering and Technology	AMCET	2010	Dar es Salaam