The University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) (Swahili: Chuo Kikuu cha Dar es Salaam) is a public university located in Ubungo District, Dar es Salaam Region, Tanzania. It was established in 1961 as an affiliate college of the University of London. The university became an affiliate of the University of East Africa (UEA) in 1963, shortly after Tanzania gained its independence from the United Kingdom.
In 1970, UEA split into three independent universities: Makerere University in Uganda, the University of Nairobi in Kenya, and the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania abbrivated as UDSM.
The university was originally created as the University College Dar es Salaam, an affiliate college of the University of London on October 25th 1961. The university was briefly located on Tanganyika African National Union (TANU) premises on Lumumba street, Dar es Salaam. The university would eventually move to its current location on the hill in the Ubungo district in 1964, after becoming a part of the University of East Africa. It initially only had the faculty of law with fourteen students of which one was female.
The University Of Dar es Salaam became the first national university of Tanzania on July 1st, 1970.The university became more selective, and they created courses to fit the needs of the nation. The university grew to six department of study.
List of Courses offered at University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM)
List of Courses
- Bachelor of Science in Geology and Geothermal Resources
- BA in Anthropology
- BA in Archeology
- BA in Archeology and Geography
- BA in Archeology and History
- BA in Art and Design
- BA in Development Studies
- BA in Film and Television
- BA in Geography and Environmental Studies
- BA in Heritage Management
- BA in History
- BA in Journalism
- BA in Language Studies
- BA in Literature
- BA in Mass Communication
- BA in Music
- BA in Philosophy and Ethics
- BA in Political Science and Public Administration
- BA in Psychology
- BA in Public Relations and Advertising
- Bachelor of Arts in Literature
- Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Public Administration
- Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Economics
- Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies
- Bachelor of Arts in Diplomatic and Military History
- Bachelor of Arts in Disaster Risk Management
- Bachelor of Arts in Film and Television Studies
- Bachelor of Arts in History and Political Science
- Bachelor of Arts in History Cultural Heritage Management and Tourism
- Bachelor of Arts in Kiswahili
- Bachelor of Arts in Language Studies
- Bachelor of Arts in Law Enforcement
- Bachelor of Arts with Education
- Bachelor of Business Administration
- Bachelor of Business Administration (Evening Programme)
- Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting
- Bachelor of Commerce in Banking and Financial Services
- Bachelor of Commerce in Finance
- Bachelor of Commerce in Human Resources Management
- Bachelor of Commerce in Marketing
- Bachelor of Commerce in Tourism and Hospitality Management
- Bachelor of Education in Adult and Community Education
- Bachelor of Education in Arts
- Bachelor of Education in Commerce
- Bachelor of Education in Early Childhood Education
- Bachelor of Education in Physical Education and Sport Sciences
- Bachelor of Education in Psychology
- Bachelor of Education in Science
- Bachelor of Laws
- Bachelor of Science in Chemical and Process Engineering
- Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
- Bachelor of Science in Electronic Science and Communication
- Bachelor of Science in Geology
- Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
- Bachelor of Science in Actuarial Sciences
- Bachelor of Science in Agricultural and Natural Resources Economics and Business
- Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Engineering and Mechanisation
- Bachelor of Science in Applied Microbiology and Chemistry
- Bachelor of Science in Applied Zoology
- Bachelor of Science in Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries
- Bachelor of Science in Beekeeping Science and Technology
- Bachelor of Science in Botanical Sciences
- Bachelor of Science in Business Information Technology
- Bachelor of Science in Chemistry
- Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and Physics
- Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering and Information Technology
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
- Bachelor of Science in Crop Science and Technology
- Bachelor of Science in Electronics Engineering
- Bachelor of Science in Engineering Geology
- Bachelor of Science in Food Science and Technology
- Bachelor of Science in Geomatics
- Bachelor of Science in Geophysics
- Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering
- Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Statistics
- Bachelor of Science in Metallurgy and Mineral Processing Engineering
- Bachelor of Science in Microbiology
- Bachelor of Science in Mining Engineering
- Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering
- Bachelor of Science in Telecommunication Engineering
- Bachelor of Science in Telecommunications Engineering
- Bachelor of Science in Textile Design and Technology
- Bachelor of Science in Textile Engineering
- Bachelor of Science with Geology
- BSc Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries
- BSc in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
- BSc in Petroleum Chemistry
- BSc in Petroleum Engineering
- BSc in Petroleum Geology
- BSc in Quantity Surveying
- BSc in Wildlife Science and Conservation
- BSc with Geology
- BSc. with Education
- Certificate in Computer Science
- Certificate in Journalism
- Certificate in Law
- Certificate in Sign Language Interpretation
- Development Theory
- Diploma in Computer Science
- Diploma in Journalism
- Diploma in Journalism and Mass Communication
- Doctor of Dental Surgery
- Doctor of Medicine
- Doctor of Philosophy in Molecular Biosciences (PhD MB)
- Master of Arts in Development Studies
- Master of Business Administration (MBA)
- Master of Science in Physics
- Masters of Science in Chemistry (Coursework and Dissertation)
- Mining Engineering
- MSc Biochemistry
- MSc in Applied Botany
- MSc in Applied Science of Materials
- MSc in Botany
- MSc in Mathematics
- MSc in Biodiversity & Conservation
- MSc in Applied Zoology
- MSc in Mathematical Modelling
- MSc with Education
- PhD in Environmental Science
- PhD in Botany
- PhD in Mathematics
- Political Thought for Development
- Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) – Evening
- Postgraduate Diploma in Meteorology
The university did not only develop academically and physically, it also developed a socialist ideology in line with TANU. Julius Nyerere believed that the university was not only a opportunity for the select few, but it came with responsibilities and duties to the nation.
In March of 1967, a conference was held to discuss how to tie the university more inline with the Arusha Declaration; this resulted in the creation of a TANU youth league on campus, less overseas faculty, and the mandatory course of Development Studies. These reforms and the change in the city of Dar es Salaam helped to cement the university as one of the capitals of revolution in Africa.
People like Museveni attracted by the ideological element came to the university to study and form hard left student groups on campus establishing a powerful leftist minority in the university. Despite the creation of a socialist environment, TANU wanted to control the university fully and with Nyerere’s installment as chancellor of the university; he solidified TANU socialism in the university and weakened far left student organizations outside TANU.
These attempts to control the university caused an eventual decline in socialist thought on campus, and by 1985 when Nyerere resigned the ideology had become faded on campus.
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