🇹🇿 56 university institutions · 1,023 bachelor's programmes · 2026/27
Universities in Tanzania — every bachelor's programme open to Form Six applicants in 2026/27.
The 56 university institutions the Tanzania Commission for Universities approves to operate, with their status, and the 1,023 bachelor's programmes at 74 universities, colleges and institutes, each with its minimum admission points, places and length.
University institutions approved to operate
56
24 public, 32 private · TCU, 11 August 2026
Bachelor's programmes, 2026/27
1,023
at 74 institutions, 315 of them at non-university institutions
Places for Form Six applicants
144,975
our sum of the listed capacities
Programmes asking the general minimum, 4.0 points
865
of 1,023 — a floor, not a cut-off
What's here, and what isn't
“Minimum points” is the guidebook's Minimum Institutional Admission Points: the lowest A-level points an applicant needs to be considered for the programme — an eligibility floor, not the score of the last student admitted. Each institution then selects among eligible applicants, on competition for its places; no admitted scores are published. Points come from the grades of the principal passes the programme counts (A = 5, B = 4, C = 3, D = 2, E = 1, S = 0.5; A-levels taken in 2014 and 2015 used a different scale). Each programme also names the subjects that count, which we don't reproduce — read them in TCU's guidebook.
Places are the admission capacity the guidebook lists for holders of secondary-school (Form Six) qualifications. Holders of a diploma apply under a separate guidebook with its own capacities, which can differ for the same programme, so these are not a programme's total intake. Totals are our sums. The diploma holders' guidebook (PDF) is TCU's too.
TCU's publications carry no tuition fees: each institution sets its own and publishes them itself. The guidebook mentions only TCU's quality assurance fee of TSh 20,000 for every student enrolled at a university institution.
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Minimum points across the programmes
How many programmes set each minimum — our count. Where the guidebook says the points must come from three subjects, it is shown separately.
- 4.0 points865 programmes
- 4.5 points41 programmes
- 5.0 points7 programmes
- 5 (from 3 subjects) points57 programmes
- 6.0 points50 programmes
- 6 (from 3 subjects) points1 programmes
- 8.0 points2 programmes
The 36 universities
Status is as printed on TCU's list of university institutions approved to operate as of 11 August 2026 — “Accredited and Chartered”, “Accredited” or “Provisional Licence” (one college reads “Certificate of Full Registration and Chartered”); campuses, centres and institutes take their mother university's status. TCU states that an institution not on that list is not authorised to offer university education in Tanzania.
| Institution | Status (TCU) | Bachelor's programmes, 2026/27 | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ardhi UniversityARU · Public · Dar es Salaam | Accredited and Chartered | 30 | 3,013 |
| Mbeya University of Science and TechnologyMUST · Public · Mbeya | Accredited and Chartered | 45 | 4,520 |
| Moshi Co-operative UniversityMoCU · Public · Moshi | Accredited and Chartered | 18 | 2,965 |
| Muhimbili University of Health and Allied SciencesMUHAS · Public · Dar es Salaam | Accredited and Chartered | 14 | 870 |
| Mwalimu Nyerere University of Agriculture and TechnologyMNUAT · Public · Musoma | Accredited | 6 | 230 |
| Mzumbe UniversityMU · Public · Morogoro | Accredited and Chartered | 30 | 2,960 |
| Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and TechnologyNM-AIST · Public · Arusha | Accredited and Chartered | none | — |
| Open University of TanzaniaOUT · Public · Dar es Salaam | Accredited and Chartered | 41 | 8,481 |
| Sokoine University of AgricultureSUA · Public · Morogoro | Accredited and Chartered | 35 | 5,130 |
| State University of ZanzibarSUZA · Public · Zanzibar | Accredited | 25 | 2,658 |
| University of Dar es SalaamUDSM · Public · Dar es Salaam | Accredited and Chartered | 107 | 9,704 |
| University of DodomaUDOM · Public · Dodoma | Accredited and Chartered | 78 | 13,131 |
| Abdulrahman Al-Sumait UniversitySUMAIT · Private · Zanzibar | Accredited | 5 | 870 |
| Aga Khan UniversityAKU · Private · Dar es Salaam | Accredited and Chartered | 1 | 30 |
| Catholic University of Health and Allied SciencesCUHAS · Private · Mwanza | Accredited | 5 | 355 |
| Catholic University of MbeyaCUoM · Private · Mbeya · formerly CUCoM | Accredited | 10 | 2,250 |
| Dar es Salaam Tumaini UniversityDarTU · Private · Dar es Salaam · formerly TUDARCo | Accredited | 18 | 2,162 |
| Hikmah University of East AfricaHUEA · Private · Dar es Salaam | Provisional Licence | none | — |
| Kairuki UniversityKU · Private · Dar es Salaam · formerly HKMU | Accredited and Chartered | 3 | 253 |
| Kampala International University in TanzaniaKIUT · Private · Dar es Salaam | Accredited | 12 | 1,620 |
| KCMC UniversityKCMC · Private · Moshi | Accredited | 6 | 419 |
| Muslim University of MorogoroMUM · Private · Morogoro | Accredited and Chartered | 11 | 2,520 |
| Mwanza UniversityMzU · Private · Mwanza | Provisional Licence | none | — |
| Mwenge Catholic UniversityMWECAU · Private · Moshi | Accredited | 15 | 2,475 |
| Rabininsia UniversityRU · Private · Dar es Salaam | Provisional Licence | 2 | 160 |
| Ruaha Catholic UniversityRUCU · Private · Iringa | Accredited | 10 | 1,500 |
| St. Augustine University of TanzaniaSAUT · Private · Mwanza | Accredited and Chartered | 21 | 4,630 |
| St. John's University of TanzaniaSJUT · Private · Dodoma | Accredited and Chartered | 12 | 1,830 |
| St. Joseph University in TanzaniaSJUIT · Private · Dar es Salaam | Accredited | 12 | 1,120 |
| Teofilo Kisanji UniversityTEKU · Private · Mbeya | Accredited and Chartered | 11 | 2,005 |
| Tumaini University MakumiraTUMA · Private · Arusha | Accredited and Chartered | 6 | 1,310 |
| United African University of TanzaniaUAUT · Private · Dar es Salaam | Accredited | 3 | 190 |
| University of ArushaUoA · Private · Arusha | Accredited and Chartered | 6 | 600 |
| University of IringaUoI · Private · Iringa | Accredited | 16 | 2,820 |
| University of Medical Sciences and TechnologyUMST · Private · Dar es Salaam | Provisional Licence | none | — |
| Zanzibar UniversityZU · Private · Zanzibar | Accredited and Chartered | 23 | 1,790 |
The 20 university colleges
University colleges and campus colleges, each under a mother university — TCU counts them among the 56 institutions.
| Institution | Status (TCU) | Bachelor's programmes, 2026/27 | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ardhi University – Mwanza Campus CollegeARU-MCC · Public · Sengerema, Mwanza · Campus College of ARU | Accredited | none | — |
| Dar es Salaam University College of EducationDUCE · Public · Dar es Salaam · University College of UDSM | Accredited and Chartered | 5 | 2,830 |
| Mbeya College of Health and Allied SciencesMCHAS · Public · Mbeya · Campus College of UDSM | Accredited | none | — |
| Mbeya University of Science and Technology – Mtwara Campus College of Technical EducationMUST-MCCTE · Public · Mtwara · Campus College of MUST | Accredited | 4 | 380 |
| Mbeya University of Science and Technology – Rukwa Campus CollegeMUST-RC · Public · Rukwa · Campus College of MUST | Accredited | 3 | 200 |
| Mkwawa University College of EducationMUCE · Public · Iringa · University College of UDSM | Accredited and Chartered | 11 | 3,050 |
| Mzumbe University – Tanga Campus CollegeMU-Tanga · Public · Kilindi, Tanga · Campus College of MU | Accredited | none | — |
| Mzumbe University Dar es Salaam Campus CollegeMUDCCo · Public · Dar es Salaam · Campus College of MU | Accredited | 3 | 346 |
| Mzumbe University Mbeya Campus CollegeMUMCCo · Public · Mbeya · Campus College of MU | Accredited | 6 | 1,006 |
| Sokoine University of Agriculture – Mizengo Pinda Campus CollegeSUA-MPC · Public · Katavi · Campus College of SUA | Accredited | 1 | 80 |
| University of Dar es Salaam – Kagera Campus CollegeUDSM-Kagera · Public · Kagera · Campus College of UDSM | Accredited | none | — |
| University of Dar es Salaam – Lindi Campus CollegeUDSM-Lindi · Public · Lindi · Campus College of UDSM | Accredited | none | — |
| Archbishop Mihayo University College of TaboraAMUCTA · Private · Tabora · University College of SAUT | Accredited | 4 | 960 |
| Jordan University CollegeJUCo · Private · Morogoro · University College of SAUT | Accredited | 14 | 1,980 |
| Marian University CollegeMARUCo · Private · Bagamoyo · University College of SAUT | Accredited | 4 | 320 |
| Mwenge Catholic University – Hedaru Campus CollegeMWECAU-HCC · Private · Same, Kilimanjaro · Campus College of MWECAU | Accredited | 2 | 150 |
| St. Francis University College of Health and Allied SciencesSFUCHAS · Private · Morogoro · University College of SAUT | Accredited | 1 | 150 |
| St. Joseph University College of Health and Allied SciencesSJCHAS · Private · Dar es Salaam · University College of SJUIT | Accredited | 1 | 170 |
| Stefano Moshi Memorial University CollegeSMMUCo · Private · Moshi · University College of TUMA | Certificate of Full Registration and Chartered | none | — |
| Stella Maris Mtwara University CollegeSTeMMUCo · Private · Mtwara · University College of SAUT | Accredited | 6 | 1,635 |
Campuses, centres and institutes
Listed by TCU under their mother university and not counted among the 56; where the guidebook lists their programmes, they are on the mother university's page.
| Institution | Status (TCU) | Bachelor's programmes, 2026/27 | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Institute of Marine SciencesIMS · Public · Zanzibar · University institute of UDSM | As per status of the Mother University | none | — |
| Kizumbi Institute of Co-operative Business EducationKICoB · Public · Shinyanga · University institute of MoCU | As per status of the Mother University | 2 | 230 |
| St. Augustine University of Tanzania – Arusha CentreSAUT-Arusha · Private · Arusha · University Centre of SAUT | As per status of the Mother University | 4 | 520 |
| St. Augustine University of Tanzania – Dar es Salaam CentreSAUT-Dar · Private · Dar es Salaam · University Centre of SAUT | As per status of the Mother University | none | — |
| Stefano Moshi Memorial University College – Mwika CentreSMMUCo-Mwika · Private · Moshi · University Centre of SMMUCo | As per status of the Mother University | none | — |
No bachelor's programmes for Form Six applicants are listed in the 2026/27 guidebook for NM-AIST, HUEA, MzU, UMST, ARU-MCC, MCHAS, MU-Tanga, UDSM-Kagera, UDSM-Lindi, SMMUCo. The guidebook gives no reason, and these institutions have no page here.
Bachelor's degrees at 26 non-university institutions
Non-university institutions — colleges and institutes registered by NACTVET, the technical and vocational education council — are not on TCU's list of university institutions, but TCU's guidebook lists the bachelor's programmes they are approved to admit to in this cycle. The guidebook says its programmes are approved by TCU or NACTVET.
| Institution | Campuses in the guidebook | Programmes | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arusha Technical CollegeATC · Public | Arusha | 5 | 390 |
| College of African Wildlife Management, MwekaCAWM · Public | Mweka, Kilimanjaro | 4 | 400 |
| College of Business EducationCBE · Public | Dar es Salaam, Dodoma, Mwanza, Mbeya | 55 | 7,460 |
| Dar es Salaam Institute of TechnologyDIT · Public | Dar es Salaam, Mwanza | 10 | 1,475 |
| Dar es Salaam Maritime InstituteDMI · Public | Dar es Salaam | 10 | 1,125 |
| Dr. Salim Ahmed Salim Centre for Foreign RelationsCFR · Public | Dar es Salaam | 2 | 250 |
| Eastern Africa Statistical Training CentreEASTC · Public | Dar es Salaam | 5 | 1,500 |
| Institute of Accountancy ArushaIAA · Public | Arusha, Dar es Salaam, Babati | 39 | 5,850 |
| Institute of Adult EducationIAE · Public | Dar es Salaam | 4 | 550 |
| Institute of Finance ManagementIFM · Public | Dar es Salaam, Dodoma, Mwanza, Simiyu | 20 | 4,829 |
| Institute of Public AdministrationIPA · Public | Zanzibar | 4 | 160 |
| Institute of Rural Development PlanningIRDP · Public | Dodoma, Mwanza | 21 | 3,550 |
| Institute of Social WorkISW · Public | Dar es Salaam, Kisangara | 9 | 1,025 |
| Institute of Tax AdministrationITA · Public | Dar es Salaam | 1 | 150 |
| Karume Institute of Science and TechnologyKIST · Public | Zanzibar | 5 | 150 |
| Local Government Training InstituteLGTI · Public | Dodoma | 4 | 400 |
| MS Training Centre for Development CooperationMS-TCDC · Private | Arusha | 1 | 15 |
| Mwalimu Nyerere Memorial AcademyMNMA · Public | Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar, Pemba | 30 | 3,248 |
| National Institute of TransportNIT · Public | Dar es Salaam | 21 | 3,550 |
| Songea Catholic Institute of Technical EducationSOCAITE · Private | Songea | 2 | 200 |
| Tanzania Institute of AccountancyTIA · Public | Dar es Salaam, Mbeya, Mwanza, Mtwara, Singida, Kigoma, Tanga | 39 | 8,230 |
| Tanzania Institute of Project ManagementTIPM · Private | Dar es Salaam | 1 | 50 |
| Tanzania Public Service CollegeTPSC · Public | Dar es Salaam, Tabora | 5 | 430 |
| Tengeru Institute of Community DevelopmentTICD · Public | Tengeru, Arusha, Buhare, Musoma | 8 | 650 |
| Unique Academy Dar es SalaamUAD · Private | Dar es Salaam | 1 | 80 |
| Water InstituteWI · Public | Dar es Salaam | 9 | 680 |
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Source: Tanzania Commission for Universities (TCU) — “University Institutions Approved to operate in Tanzania as of August 11, 2026” and the “Bachelor's Degree Admission Guidebook for the 2026/27 Admission Cycle (For Holders of Secondary School Qualifications)”, August 2026. Facts re-keyed and organised by CollegeMatcher: TCU's text and tables are not reproduced, and sums, groupings, ordering and English labels are ours. Not reviewed or endorsed by TCU.
TCU list of approved university institutions (PDF) · TCU admission guidebook 2026/27, Form Six holders (PDF)