A university is an institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines University is derived from the Latin phrase universitas magistrorum et scholarium, which roughly means “community of teachers and scholars”. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs.
The original Latin word universitas refers in general to “a number of persons associated into one body, a society, company, community, guild, corporation, etc” As urban town life and medieval guilds developed, specialized associations of students and teachers with collective legal rights (these rights were usually guaranteed by charters issued by princes, prelates, or their towns) became denominated by this general term. Like other guilds, they were self-regulating and determined the qualifications of their members.
In modern usage, the word has come to mean “an institution of higher education offering tuition in mainly non-vocational subjects and typically having the power to confer degrees”. The earlier emphasis on its corporate organization is no longer the primary feature by which a modern university is recognized.
Universities in Tanzania
This is a list of universities and colleges in Tanzania. The country has 45 universities. Universities and University Colleges are regulated by the Tanzania Commission for Universities.
| S/N | Name of the University | Head Office |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) | Dar es Salaam |
| 2 | Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) | Morogoro |
| 3 | Open University of Tanzania (OUT) | Dar es Salaam |
| 4 | State University of Zanzibar (SUZA) | Zanzibar |
| 5 | Mzumbe University (MU) | Morogoro |
| 6 | Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (NM-AIST) | Arusha |
| 7 | Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) | Dar es Salaam |
| 8 | Ardhi University (ARU) | Dar es Salaam |
| 9 | University of Dodoma (UDOM) | Dodoma |
| 10 | Mbeya University of Science and Technology (MUST) | Mbeya |
| 11 | Moshi Cooperative University (MoCU) | Moshi |
| 12 | Mwalimu Julius K. Nyerere University of Agriculture and Technology (MJNUAT) | Musoma |
| 13 | Kairuki University (KU), formerly HKMU | Dar es Salaam |
| 14 | Abdulrahman Al-Sumait University (SUMAIT) | Zanzibar |
| 15 | KCMC University | Moshi |
| 16 | St. Augustine University of Tanzania (SAUT) | Mwanza |
| 17 | Zanzibar University (ZU) | Zanzibar |
| 18 | Tumaini University Makumira (TUMA) | Arusha |
| 19 | Aga Khan University (AKU) | Dar es Salaam |
| 20 | Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences (CUHAS) | Mwanza |
| 21 | University of Arusha (UoA) | Arusha |
| 22 | St. Joseph University in Tanzania (SJUIT) | Dar es Salaam |
| 23 | Teofilo Kisanji University (TEKU) | Mbeya |
| 24 | Muslim University of Morogoro (MUM) | Morogoro |
| 25 | Mwenge Catholic University (MWECAU) | Moshi |
| 26 | University of Iringa (UoI) | Iringa |
| 27 | St. John’s University of Tanzania (SJUT) | Dodoma |
| 28 | Kampala International University in Tanzania (KIUT) | Dar es Salaam |
| 29 | United African University of Tanzania (UAUT) | Dar es Salaam |
| 30 | Ruaha Catholic University (RUCU) | Iringa |
| 31 | Mwanza University (MzU) | Mwanza |
| 32 | Catholic University of Mbeya (CUoM), formerly CUCoM | Mbeya |
| 33 | Dar es Salaam Tumaini University (DarTU), formerly TUDARCo | Dar es Salaam |
| 34 | Rabininsia Memorial University of Health and Allied Sciences (RMUHAS) | Dar es Salaam |
| 35 | University of Medical Sciences and Technology (UMST) | Dar es Salaam |
| 36 | Islamic University of East Africa (IUEA) | Dar es Salaam |
| 37 | Dar es Salaam University College of Education (DUCE) | Dar es Salaam |
| 38 | Mkwawa University College of Education (MUCE) | Iringa |
| 39 | Mzumbe University – Dar es Salaam Campus College | Dar es Salaam |
| 40 | Mzumbe University – Mbeya Campus College | Mbeya |
| 41 | Mbeya College of Health and Allied Sciences (MCHAS) | Mbeya |
| 42 | Mbeya University of Science and Technology – Rukwa Campus College | Rukwa |
| 43 | Sokoine University of Agriculture – Mizengo Pinda Campus College | Katavi |
| 44 | Stefano Moshi Memorial University College (SMMUCo) | Moshi |
| 45 | Archbishop Mihayo University College of Tabora (AMUCTA) | Tabora |
| 46 | Jordan University College (JUCo) | Morogoro |
| 47 | St. Francis University College of Health and Allied Sciences (SFUCHAS) | Morogoro |
| 48 | Stella Maris Mtwara University College (STeMMUCo) | Mtwara |
| 49 | Marian University College (MARUCo) | Bagamoyo |
| 50 | St. Joseph University College of Health and Allied Sciences (SJCHAS) | Dar es Salaam |
| 51 | Institute of Marine Sciences (IMS) | Zanzibar |
| 52 | Kizumbi Institute of Cooperative Business Education (KICoB) | Shinyanga |
| 53 | St. Augustine University of Tanzania, Dar es Salaam Centre | Dar es Salaam |
| 54 | Stefano Moshi Memorial University College, Mwika Centre | Moshi |
| 55 | St. Augustine University of Tanzania, Arusha Centre | Arusha |
