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Universities in Tanzania

Tanzania has 36 universities on the map. The oldest dates to 1970. Most were founded in the modern era. Below: how they spread across the centuries, and the country’s oldest institutions. From Wikidata, snapshot 2026-06-22.

UNIVERSITIES36

OLDEST1970

FOUNDED 1900+34

By founding era

Before 12000 · 0%

1200–15990 · 0%

1600–18990 · 0%

1900 or later34 · 94%

Date unknown2 · 6%

Oldest universities in Tanzania

The country’s earliest institutions — the deepest roots of higher education here.

1970University of Dar es Salaam

1976Tanzania Military Academy

1979Eastern and Southern African Management Institute

1979Institute of Rural Development Planning - Dodoma

1984Sokoine University of Agriculture

1992The Open University of Tanzania

1994Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences

1997Tumaini University Makumira

1997Hubert Kairuki Memorial University

1997International Medical and Technological University

1998St. Augustine University of Tanzania

1998Abdulrahman Al-Sumait University

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