Zanzibar University
ZU · Private university · Zanzibar
TCU status, 11 August 2026: Accredited and Chartered
Bachelor's programmes, 2026/27
23
open to Form Six applicants
Places for Form Six applicants
1,790
our sum of the listed capacities
Minimum points
4.0–6.0
lowest–highest across its programmes; a floor, not a cut-off
Length
3–4 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 in Islamic Banking & FinanceZU006 · 3 years | ZU006 | 4.0 | 75 | 3 |
| Bachelor of Arts in LanguagesZU007 · 3 years | ZU007 | 4.0 | 100 | 3 |
| Bachelor of Arts in Public AdministrationZU008 · 3 years | ZU008 | 4.0 | 50 | 3 |
| Bachelor of Arts inEconomicsZU005 · 3 years | ZU005 | 4.0 | 75 | 3 |
| Bachelor of Arts with EducationZU026 · 3 years | ZU026 | 4.0 | 120 | 3 |
| Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting and FinanceZU001 · 3 years | ZU001 | 4.0 | 100 | 3 |
| Bachelor of Business Administration in MarketingZU003 · 3 years | ZU003 | 4.0 | 100 | 3 |
| Bachelor of Community DevelopmentZU025 · 3 years | ZU025 | 4.0 | 100 | 3 |
| Bachelor of Information StudiesZU015 · 3 years | ZU015 | 4.0 | 100 | 3 |
| Bachelor of International Relations and DiplomacyZU017 · 3 years | ZU017 | 4.0 | 100 | 3 |
| Bachelor of LawsZU020 · 4 years | ZU020 | 4.0 | 120 | 4 |
| Bachelor of Mass CommunicationZU019 · 3 years | ZU019 | 4.0 | 60 | 3 |
| Bachelor of Procurement and Logistics ManagementZU002 · 3 years | ZU002 | 4.0 | 60 | 3 |
| Bachelor of Science in Counselling PsychologyZU018 · 4 years | ZU018 | 4.0 | 50 | 4 |
| Bachelor of Science in Disaster and Emergency ManagementZU028 · 3 years | ZU028 | 4.0 | 30 | 3 |
| Bachelor of Science in NursingZU022 · 4 years | ZU022 | 6.0 | 30 | 4 |
| Bachelor of Science in Occupational Health and Environmental SafetyZU027 · 3 years | ZU027 | 4.0 | 30 | 3 |
| Bachelor of Science in Public HealthZU024 · 3 years | ZU024 | 5.0 | 70 | 3 |
| Bachelor of Science in Telecommunications EngineeringZU013 · 4 years | ZU013 | 4.0 | 40 | 4 |
| Bachelor of Science inBusiness Information TechnologyZU004 · 3 years | ZU004 | 4.0 | 60 | 3 |
| Bachelor of Science inComputer Engineering and Information TechnologyZU012 · 4 years | ZU012 | 4.0 | 40 | 4 |
| Bachelor of Science with EducationZU023 · 3 years | ZU023 | 4.0 | 200 | 3 |
| Bachelor of Social workZU021 · 3 years | ZU021 | 4.0 | 80 | 3 |
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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