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in Dar es Salaam,

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. It was established in 1961 as an affiliate college of the

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(UEA) in 1963, shortly after Tanzania gained its independence from the United Kingdom. In 1970, UEA split into three independent universities:

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, the

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, and the University of Dar es Salaam.

Rankings

In 2012, the University Ranking by Academic Performance Center ranked the University of Dar es Salaam as the 1,618th best university in the world (out of 2,000 ranked universities). In 2013, AcademyRank ranked the university as the 2,965th best university worldwide (out of 9,803 ranked universities) but the best of the 16 ranked in Tanzania, with the

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in second place. In 2012, the Scimago Institutions Rankings placed the university in 3,021st place worldwide (out of 3,290 ranked institutions), 57th in Africa, and second in Tanzania behind the

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. This ranking is based on the total number of documents published in scholarly journals indexed in the

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. Based solely on the university's "excellence rate", the university was ranked 16th out of 62 universities in Africa in 2011. This rate "indicates which percentage of an institution's scientific output is included into the set formed by the 10% of the most cited papers in their respective scientific fields. It is a measure of high quality output of research institutions". In July 2012, Webometrics ranked the university as the 1,977th best university worldwide based on its web presence (an assessment of the scholarly contents, visibility, and impact of the university on the web) but the best in Tanzania, with the

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far behind in second place.

Campuses

The university has five campuses in and around the city of Dar es Salaam and operates academically through ten faculties, some of which are exclusive to specific campuses. For example, the College of Engineering and Technology campus houses the faculties of mechanical and chemical engineering, electrical and computer systems engineering, and civil engineering and the built environment. The faculty of humanities and social sciences is active in the

Mkwawa University College of Education The Mkwawa University College of Education (MUCE) is a constituent college of the University of Dar es Salaam in Iringa Iringa is a city in Tanzania with a population of 151,345 (). It is situated at a latitude of 7.77°S and longitude of 35 ...

campus and also in the Dar es Salaam University College of Education. The university, as of 2015, started offering a Doctor of Medicine program, which did not exist since its medical college, the Muhimbili College of Health Sciences (MUCHS), became a full-fledged university in 2007. The newly established college started as the University of Dar es Salaam School of Health Sciences (SOHS) at the Mlimani campus, then in 2017 relocated to Mbeya region as Mbeya College of Health and Allied Sciences (MCHAS) within the grounds of Mbeya zonal referral hospital. The main campus, called Mlimani (meaning "on the hill" in

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), is located 13 kilometres west of Dar es Salaam city centre and is home to the basic faculties of education, arts and social science, and science. In addition, four specialist faculties – informatics and virtual education, law, commerce and management, and aquatic science and technology – have been established there. The Institute of Journalism and Mass Communication provides the university with its fifth campus. The Nkrumah Hall, a building on the Mlimani campus, is featured on the back of the Tanzanian 500 shilling bill.

Notable alumni

* Francis K. Butagira, Ugandan diplomat *

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, prime minister of

, November 2015 – present * Zakia Meghji, former Minister of Finance

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, former Vice President of Sudan *

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, Namibian diplomat *

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, former President of DRC *

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, President of the

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* Eriya Kategaya, former First Deputy Prime Minister of

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, former

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, former Prime Minister of

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, former

* Patricia McFadden, Swazi author, and African radical feminist *

Bernard Membe Bernard Kamilius Membe (born 9 November 1953) is a Tanzanian politician. He served as a Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tanzania from 2007 to 2015.He also served as a Member of Parliament for Mtama constituency from 2000 to 2015. Early life and edu ...

, Tanzanian Foreign Minister * Asha-Rose Migiro, former Deputy Secretary-General of the UN *

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Minister of Education, Vocational training and Technology, Former Executive Secretary of NECTA *

Gertrude Mongella Gertrude Ibengwe Mongella ( Makanza; born 13 September 1945) is a Tanzanian politician who is the first president of the Pan-African Parliament. Early life and work Mongella was born in 1945 on Ukerewe Island. In 1970, President Mongella gr ...

, former President of the

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, President of

* Willy Mutunga,

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, former Prime Minister of Tanzania *

Irene Tarimo Irene Aurelia Tarimo (born 1 October 1964) is a Tanzanian environmental scientist and educator. She currently serves as Head of Department of environmental studies at the Open University of Tanzania (OUT), where she is also a lecturer and a re ...

, researcher, academician and lecturer at

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* Juma Ngasongwa, former Tanzanian Trade Minister * Halima Mdee,

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for CHADEMA. * Joseph Warioba, former Vice President and Prime Minister of

* Zitto Kabwe,

ACT Wazalendo The Alliance for Change and Transparency (), sometimes known as the ACT–Wazalendo, is the third-largest political party in Tanzania. It received its permanent registration in May 2014. Background The party was founded in 2014. The party field ...

leader *

Jokate Mwegelo Jokate Mwegelo is a Tanzanian politician and Secretary General of the Chama cha Mapinduzi’s Youth Wing (UVCCM).Before being appointed, she was an entrepreneur and a media personality. In July 2018, the President of the United Republic of Tan ...

, actress, District Commissioner of Kisarawe *

Seif Sharif Hamad Seif Sharif Hamad (22 October 1943 – 17 February 2021) was a Tanzanian politician who served as the First Vice President of Zanzibar and as Party Chairman of ACT Wazalendo. He was the secretary-general of the opposition Civic United Front (CU ...

, Secretary General of the Civic United Front * Tundu Lissu, Tanzanian politician and former president Tanzania Law Society *

Tolly Mbwette Tolly Salvatory Augustine Mbwette (8 June 1956 – 2 July 2020) was a Tanzanian academic, engineer and educator. He held various positions in national and international institutions of higher learning over his lifetime, including that of vice ch ...

, Tanzanian Engineer, educationist and former Vice Chancellor of

Catherine Ruge Catherine Ruge (born June 25, 1982) is a Tanzanian politician who served as the Chadema (Special Seats) MP for Serengeti, between 2017 and 2020. Early years and education Ruge graduated high school in Dodoma in 2003. She attended the Univers ...

for CHADEMA.

Notable faculty

* Giovanni Arrighi, Lecturer in Economics from 1967 to 1969 * Molly Mahood, Professor of English from 1954 to 1963 * Milton Santos, Professor of Geography from 1974 to 1976 *

Walter Rodney Walter Anthony Rodney (23 March 1942 – 13 June 1980) was a Guyanese historian, political activist and academic. His notable works include '' How Europe Underdeveloped Africa'', first published in 1972. Rodney was assassinated in Georgeto ...

, Guyanese scholar and politician, and author of the classic book ''How Europe Underdeveloped Africa''. The late Rodney held a PhD in African History in 1966 at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the age of 24. *

Yash Tandon Yashpal Tandon (born 21 June 1939) is a Ugandan policymaker, political activist, professor, author and public intellectual. He has lectured extensively in the areas of International Relations and Political economy. He was deeply involved in the s ...

, former head of the South Centre (previously, the South Commission).

Gallery

File:Nkrumah Hall, University of Dar es Salaam.jpg, The interior of the Nkrumah Hall at the university of Dar es Salaam. File:Zanzibar 2012 06 06 4220 (7592226526).jpg, The Institute of Marine Sciences based in the island of

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References

External links

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