TOP 5 POPULAR UNIVERSITY IN TANZANIA

5.SAINT AUGUSTINE UNIVERSITY Popular name SAUT

                    

St.Augustine University of Tanzania-SAUT,is a secular and private institution for higher learning owned and managed by the Catholic Church.It is dedicated to St.Augustine of Hippo (354-430 A.D),with the MOTTO,"Building the City of God"

The University extends over 600 acres in the Nyegezi-Malimbe area 10km south of Mwanza City,lying 4km off the Main Mwanza-Shinyanga road on the shores of Lake Victori

4.UNIVERSITY OF DODOMA Popular name UDOM

The University of Dodoma is a public institution, established in March 2007 following the signing of a Charter by the President of the United Republic of Tanzania, His Excellency Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete. As a University, our core responsibility is to provide a conducive environment for teaching and learning, knowledge generation and community service.The educational programmes that are offered have been carefully designed to suite a wide range of clientele. Individual students have the opportunity to choose programmes depending on their interest and convenience

3.MZUMBE UNIVERSITY.

Mzumbe University is located at Mvomero District in Morogoro Region, providing higher education of various levels such as PhD, Masters, Bachelor Degree, Diploma and Certificate. It has branches in Mbeya and Dar es Salaam [Tanzania].It was established in 2003.

2.SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE popular name SUA

The history of Sokoine University of Agriculture dates back to 1965 when it started as an Agricultural College offering diploma training in the discipline of agriculture. With the dissolution of the University of East Africa and the consequent establishment of the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) in July 1970, the College was transformed into a Faculty of Agriculture of UDSM and thereby started offering Bachelor of Science in Agriculture. In 1974, the Division of Forestry was established and hence the faculty was named Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry. The introduction of Bachelor of Veterinary Science in 1976 and the establishment of the Division of Veterinary Science, the Faculty was re-named “Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Sciences”. The Faculty was on the 1st of July 1984 transformed, through Parliamentary Act No. 6 of 1984, into a full-fledged University and became known as Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) with the Faculty of Agriculture, Faculty of Forestry and Faculty of Veterinary Medicine.

Currently SUA has four faculties namely; the Faculty of Agriculture (FoA), Faculty of Forestry and Nature Conservation (FoF & NC), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (FVM) and the Faculty of Science (FoS), the latter which was established in 2001. Other academic units include the Directorate of Research and Postgraduate Studies (DRPGS), Institute of Continuing Education (ICE), Development Studies Institute (DSI), Computer Centre (CC), Pest Management Centre (PMC), SUA Centre for Sustainable Rural Development (SCSRD) and the Sokoine National Agriculture Library (SNAL). SUA also hosts the African Seed Health Centre and Virtual Centre known as “Southern African Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance

 SUA located in Morogoro

1.University of Dar es salaam (UDSM) popular name MLIMANI.

It was established on 1st July 1970, through parliament act no. 12 of 1970 and all the enabling legal instruments of the constituent colleges. Prior to 1970, the university college, Dar es Salaam had started on 1st July 1961 as an affiliate college of the University of London. It had only one faculty- the faculty of Law, with 14 students

In 1963 it became a constituent college of the university of East Africa together with Makerere University College in Uganda and Nairobi University College in Kenya. Since 1961, the University of Dar es Salaam has grown in terms of student intake, academic units and academic programmes.

The University of Dar es salaam is the oldest and biggest public university in Tanzania. It is situated on the western side of the city of Dar es salaam, occupying 1,625 acres on the observation hill, 13 kilometers from the city centre

It provides higher education of various levels such as PhD, Masters, Bachelor Degree, Diploma and Certificates.