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Tanzania Commission for Universities Students Guidebook for the Central Admission System for Higher Education Institutions 2010/2011 Tanzania Commission for Universities © Tanzania Commission for Universities (TCU) P.O. Box 6562, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Tel. +255-22-2772657 and +255 22 2772869; Fax +255-22-2772891 E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]; Website: www.tcu.go.tz Physical Address: Garden Road, Mikocheni Area, Dar es Salaam ii Students Guidebook for a Central Admission System Table of Contents Content Page Preface 1 1. Introduction 2 2. Important dates 2 3. Participating institutions 2 4. Entry schemes into higher education institutions 3 5. Minimum entry requirements into higher education institutions 7 6. Application fee 7 7. Applicants obliged to use the central admission system 7 8. Applicants not obliged to use the central admission system 7 9. When to apply 7 10. How to apply 8 10.1 How to apply through the Internet 8 10.2 Applying through mobile phones SMS system 9 10.3 Foreign applicants 9 10.4 Incorrect entries 10 11. Required documents 10 11.1 How to select programmes 10 11.2 Conditions on programme selection 10 11.3 Conditions on programme change 10 11.4 Deadline for submission of applications 11 11.5 Notification of applicants and verification of applications 11 12. Processing of the applications 11 13. Successful applicants 12 14. Unsuccessful applicants 12 15. Change of contacts e-mail address and/ or mobile phone numbers 12 16. Other services offered through the central admission system 11 16.1 Services offered through SMS 12 16.2 Services offered through the internet 13 i Tanzania Commission for Universities Content Page 17. Programmes, codes, entry requirements and other information 15 Ardhi University (ARU) 15 College of Business Education (CBE) Dodoma 24 College of Business Education (CBE) DSM 25 Community Development Training Institute (CDTI) Tengeru 27 Dar es Salaam Institute of Technology (DIT) DSM 28 Dar es Salaam University College of Education (DUCE) 30 Hubert Kairuki Memorial University (HKMU) 31 Institute of Accountancy Arusha (IAA) 32 Institute of Finance Management (IFM) DSM 33 Institute of Rural Development Planning (IRDP) Dodoma 35 Institute of Social Work (ISW) DSM 37 International Medical and Technological University (IMTU) 38 Iringa University College (IUCO) 39 Kampala International University (KIU) – Dar es Salaam Centre 42 Kilimanjaro Christian Medical College (KCMCo) 45 Makumira University College (MUCO) 46 Mbeya Institute of Science and Technology (MIST) 47 Mkwawa University College of Education (MUCE) 49 Moshi University College of Cooperative and Business Studies (MUCCOBS) 51 Mount Meru University (MMU) 53 Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) 54 Mwenge University College of Education (MWUCE) 59 Mzumbe University (MU) 61 Open University of Tanzania (OUT) 72 Ruaha University College (RUCO) 76 Sebastian Kolowa University College (SEKUCO) 78 Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) 79 St. Augustine University of Tanzania (SAUT) 87 ii Students Guidebook for a Central Admission System St. John's University of Tanzania (SJUT) 91 St. Joseph College of Engineering & Technology (SJCET) 94 St. Joseph Institute of Information Technology (SJIIT) 96 State University of Zanzibar (SUZA) 97 Stefano Moshi Memorial University College (SMMUCO) 98 Tanzania Institute of Accountancy (TIA) DSM 99 Teofilo Kisanji University (TEKU) 100 The Mwalimu Nyerere Memorial Academy (MNMA) DSM 103 Tumaini University Dar es Salaam College (TURDACO) 104 University of Arusha (UoA) 105 University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) 106 University of Dodoma (UDOM) 125 Weill Bugando University College of Health (BUCHS) 141 Zanzibar Institute of Financial Administration (ZIFA) ZNZ 143 iii Tanzania Commission for Universities iv Preface The existing admission procedures into higher education institutions in Tanzania require applicants to collect and submit application forms to the respective individual institutions. Such procedures have persistently caused a number of problems during the admission process, including applicants having admission into more than one institution or/and programme, thus leading institutions to run under capacity. In order to avoid the problems, the Tanzania Commission for Universities (TCU) through its mandate as spelt out in the Universities Act No. 7 of 2005 related to the coordination of admissions into higher education institutions in Tanzania, and in collaboration with universities, NACTE and other higher education institutions, has established an admission system where applicants to higher education institutions will be lodging applications centrally. The system will then process the allocation of the applicants to various programmes and institutions to which they would have applied for admission. The processing will be based on the applicant’s secondary school grades related to the minimum programme entry and other requirements of each institution in the country. The requirements will include cut off points, admission capacity and other parameters. However, it should be noted that through the central admission process TCU would only be processing the admission of the applicants to the various programmes and institutions. The final decision on the actual admission of the applicants will have to be made by the individual institutions. Since the system will be applicable for the first time in the academic year 2010/2011, TCU has prepared this Guidebook in order to provide the applicants with basic information on matters related to admissions and how the applicants can apply through the central admission system. The Guidebook also indicates all the programmes offered in each higher education institution in the country, the minimum entry requirements, institutional capacity, fee structure and other relevant information. Therefore, the Guidebook is an important tool to the applicants seeking admission into higher education institutions. Hence, the applicants are strongly advised to read the Guidebook thoroughly and carefully before they start lodging their applications. This Guidebook may not answer all the questions regarding the admission process. Therefore, the prospective applicants and the general public if in need of any assistance are advised to contact TCU at the addresses indicated below. Postal address: The Executive Secretary, Tanzania Commission for Universities, P O Box 6562, Dar es Salaam Tel: +255 22 2772657 and +255 22 2772869; Fax: +255 22 2772891; Email: [email protected] or [email protected] Physical address: Garden Road, Mikocheni, Dar es Salaam Prof. Mayunga H.H. Nkunya EXECUTIVE SECRETARY March 2010 Tanzania Commission for Universities 1. Introduction The Tanzania Commission for Universities (TCU) has prepared this Guidebook as a tool to simplify the admission process using the Central Admission System that has been established in order to streamline the admission of students into higher education institutions in Tanzania. Therefore, the Guidebook describes how to apply through the central admission system to the higher education institutions in the country and to the corresponding programmes offered by the institutions. Through the central admission system applicants can lodge their applications either through the Internet or by using the mobile phone SMS system. The application process is interactive in such a way that the applicant is enabled to follow the instructions given by the system in the course of lodging an application. In addition, this Guidebook has been prepared in order to give the information required for the application process as follows: • Important dates to be adhered to during the application process • Institutions for which the central admission systems is applicable and their particulars • Code particulars of the institutions and their corresponding programmes • Various entry schemes into higher education institutions • Minimum entry requirements into higher education institutions • The application fee and procedures for payment • The categories of applicants eligible to use the central admission system • How to apply through Internet and mobile phone SMS system • How to select programmes • Conditions for programme selection and change of the programmes • How applications are processed through the system • What to do in case of change of e-mail address and/or mobile phone number • Other services offered by the central admission system 2. Important dates In order for the applications to be considered and processed without due complications, applicants are advised to observe and adhere to the dates indicated in Table 1. Failure to adhere to these dates may result into rejection of applications. 3. Participating institutions The Government has directed all public higher education institutions to admit students through the central admission system. However, for private higher education institutions admission of students through the central admission system is optional. Institutions opting not to process admissions through the central admission system will be required to follow the old procedures of admitting students, where selected students will have to be vetted by TCU before being finally admitted by the institutions. Therefore, since some institutions will not use the central admission system, only those applicants applying to join the institutions listed in Table 2 can lodge their 2 Students Guidebook for a Central Admission System applications through the central admission system. Applicants seeking admission into institutions not listed