Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (NM-AIST) is a public institution in northern
Tanzania
Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands ...
based in
Arusha
Arusha City is a Tanzanian city and the regional capital of the Arusha Region, with a population of 416,442 plus 323,198 in the surrounding Arusha District Council (2012 census).
Located below Mount Meru on the eastern edge of the eastern bran ...
City.
Institution
The Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology in Arusha (NM-AIST Arusha) is part of the network of Pan-African Institutes of Science and Technology located across the continent.
The NM-AIST Arusha, which is accredited by the Tanzania Commission for Universities (TCU), is being developed into a research intensive institution for postgraduate and postdoctoral studies and research in Science, Engineering and Technology (SET).
The training in SET, however, incorporates appreciable doses of relevant humanities and business studies ingredients. Life sciences and bio-engineering are being developed to become specializations of the NM-AIST Arusha due to the biodiversity in the region. The institution seeks to stimulate, catalyze and promote intensification of agricultural production.
Value addition to the various natural products (agricultural, mineral, etc.) produced in Tanzania and the Eastern African region is also a primary focus. Other main thematic areas covered by NM-AIST Arusha include Energy, ICT, Mining, Environment and Water.
See also
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African Institute of Science and Technology
The African University of Science and Technology (AUST) is an undergraduate and post-graduate university that is part of a university system concept developed by the Nelson Mandela Institution (NMI). The university caters to over 5,000 students ...
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Nelson Mandela Institution
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Public universities in Tanzania
Universities in Arusha
Educational institutions established in 2010
2010 establishments in Tanzania