Open University of Tanzania

OUT · Public university · Dar es Salaam

TCU status, 11 August 2026: Accredited and Chartered

Bachelor's programmes, 2026/27

open to Form Six applicants

Places for Form Six applicants

8,481

our sum of the listed capacities

Minimum points

4.0

lowest–highest across its programmes; a floor, not a cut-off

Length

3–6 years

as listed per programme

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.

Its bachelor's programmes, 2026/27

In alphabetical order. The subjects each programme counts are in TCU's guidebook.

Programme	Code	Minimum points	Places	Years
Bachelor of Agricultural SciencesOU043 · 3–6 years	OU043	4.0	40	3–6
Bachelor of Arts in EconomicsOU026 · 3–6 years	OU026	4.0	100	3–6
Bachelor of Arts in English Language and LinguisticsOU027 · 3–6 years	OU027	4.0	81	3–6
Bachelor of Arts in History and Cultural Heritage ManagementOU046 · 3–6 years	OU046	4.0	50	3–6
Bachelor of Arts in International RelationsOU034 · 3–6 years	OU034	4.0	300	3–6
Bachelor of Arts in JournalismOU003 · 3–6 years	OU003	4.0	100	3–6
Bachelor of Arts in Kiswahili and Creative StudiesOU028 · 3–6 years	OU028	4.0	100	3–6
Bachelor of Arts in Mass CommunicationOU004 · 3–6 years	OU004	4.0	150	3–6
Bachelor of Arts in Population and DevelopmentOU031 · 3–6 years	OU031	4.0	200	3–6
Bachelor of Arts In Public AdministrationOU033 · 3–6 years	OU033	4.0	300	3–6
Bachelor of Arts in SociologyOU005 · 3–6 years	OU005	4.0	350	3–6
Bachelor of Arts with EducationOU001 · 3–6 years	OU001	4.0	300	3–6
Bachelor of Business Administration (International Business)OU021 · 3–6 years	OU021	4.0	250	3–6
Bachelor of Business Administration in AccountingOU017 · 3–6 years	OU017	4.0	400	3–6
Bachelor of Business Administration in FinanceOU018 · 3–6 years	OU018	4.0	250	3–6
Bachelor of Business Administration in Human Resource ManagementOU020 · 3–6 years	OU020	4.0	400	3–6
Bachelor of Business Administration in MarketingOU019 · 3–6 years	OU019	4.0	400	3–6
Bachelor of Business Management with EducationOU049 · 3–6 years	OU049	4.0	250	3–6
Bachelor of Community Economic DevelopmentOU035 · 3–6 years	OU035	4.0	250	3–6
Bachelor of Early Childhood Care and DevelopmentOU051 · 3–6 years	OU051	4.0	100	3–6
Bachelor of Geography and Environmental ManagementOU044 · 3–6 years	OU044	4.0	20	3–6
Bachelor of Human Resource ManagementOU022 · 3–6 years	OU022	4.0	450	3–6
Bachelor of LawsOU012 · 3–6 years	OU012	4.0	300	3–6
Bachelor of Library and Information ManagementOU036 · 3–6 years	OU036	4.0	100	3–6
Bachelor of Natural Resources Assesment and ManagementOU030 · 3–6 years	OU030	4.0	250	3–6
Bachelor of Procurement and Supply Chain ManagementOU040 · 3–6 years	OU040	4.0	300	3–6
Bachelor of Science GeneralOU014 · 3–6 years	OU014	4.0	250	3–6
Bachelor of Science in Accounting and FinanceOU048 · 3–6 years	OU048	4.0	100	3–6
Bachelor of Science in Cyber Security and Digital ForensicsOU045 · 3–6 years	OU045	4.0	100	3–6
Bachelor of Science in Data ManagementOU039 · 3–6 years	OU039	4.0	250	3–6
Bachelor of Science in Energy ResourcesOU037 · 3–6 years	OU037	4.0	100	3–6
Bachelor of Science in Environmental StudiesOU011 · 3–6 years	OU011	4.0	150	3–6
Bachelor of Science in Food Processing TechnologiesOU042 · 3–6 years	OU042	4.0	50	3–6
Bachelor of Science in Food, Nutrition and DieteticsOU038 · 3–6 years	OU038	4.0	150	3–6
Bachelor of Science in Information and communication TechnologyOU016 · 3–6 years	OU016	4.0	250	3–6
Bachelor of Science with EducationOU015 · 3–6 years	OU015	4.0	250	3–6
Bachelor of Social WorkOU006 · 3–6 years	OU006	4.0	300	3–6
Bachelor of Special and Inclusive EducationOU010 · 3–6 years	OU010	4.0	250	3–6
Bachelor of Tourism ManagementOU007 · 3–6 years	OU007	4.0	200	3–6
Bachelor of Tourism with EducationOU050 · 3–6 years	OU050	4.0	250	3–6
Bachelor of Travel and Tour Operations ManagementOU047 · 3–6 years	OU047	4.0	40	3–6

Reading these figures

“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.

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.

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)

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