University of Dar es Salaam

University in Tanzania

6°46′50″S 39°12′12″E / 6.78056°S 39.20333°E / -6.78056; 39.20333CampusUrbanAffiliationsAAU, ACU, IAUWebsitewww.udsm.ac.tz

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.^[3] 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.^[4]

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).^[5]

In 2013, AcademyRank ranked the university as the 9,965th best university worldwide (out of 9,803 ranked universities) but the best of the 16 ranked in Tanzania, with the Sokoine University of Agriculture 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 Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences. This ranking is based on the total number of documents published in scholarly journals indexed in the Scopus database by Elsevier.^[6] 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".^[7]

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 Hubert Kairuki Memorial University far behind in second place.^[8]

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 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 Swahili), 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.^[9]

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
Deborah Fahy Bryceson, University of Edinburgh
John Garang, former Vice President of Sudan
Seif Sharif Hamad, Secretary General of the Civic United Front
Joseph Obgeb Jimmy, Namibian diplomat
Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank
Laurent-Désiré Kabila, former President of DRC
Zitto Kabwe, ACT Wazalendo leader
Eriya Kategaya, former First Deputy Prime Minister of Uganda
Jakaya Kikwete, former President of Tanzania
Tundu Lissu, Tanzanian politician and former president Tanzania Law Society
Edward Lowassa, former Prime Minister of Tanzania
John Magufuli, former President of Tanzania
Majaliwa Kassim Majaliwa, prime minister of Tanzania, November 2015 – present
Tolly Mbwette, Tanzanian Engineer, educationist and former Vice Chancellor of OUT
Patricia McFadden, Swazi author, and African radical feminist
Halima Mdee, Member of parliament for CHADEMA.
Zakia Meghji, former Minister of Finance Tanzania
Bernard Membe, Tanzanian Foreign Minister
Asha-Rose Migiro, former Deputy Secretary-General of the UN
Jokate Mwegelo, actress, District Commissioner of Kisarawe
Joyce Ndalichako Minister of Education, Vocational training and Technology, Former Executive Secretary of NECTA
Gertrude Mongella, former President of the Pan-African Parliament
Yoweri Museveni, President of Uganda
Willy Mutunga, Chief Justice of Kenya
Juma Ngasongwa, former Tanzanian Trade Minister
Mizengo Pinda, former Prime Minister of Tanzania
Catherine Ruge, Member of parliament for CHADEMA
Hulda Swai, Tanzanian researcher and professor in life sciences and bioengineering
Irene Tarimo, researcher, academician and lecturer at OUT
Joseph Warioba, former Vice President and Prime Minister of Tanzania
Penina Mlama, Tanzanian playwright and academic professor
John Mnyika, Tanzanian and former Member of Parliament
Kitila Mkumbo, Tanzanian academic professor and politician
Shukrani Manya, Tanzanian academic professor and former cabinet minister.
Flower Msuya, Tanzanian Phycologist and researcher
Teofilus Shaende, Air Vice Marshal Commander of Namibian Air Force

Notable faculty

See also: Category:Academic staff of the University of Dar es Salaam

Adelaida K. Semesi, Professor of Marine Science^[10]
Giovanni Arrighi, lecturer in economics from 1967 to 1969^[11]
Henry Bernstein, Emeritus Professor, SOAS
Molly Mahood, professor of English from 1954 to 1963^[12]
Milton Santos, professor of geography from 1974 to 1976
Walter Rodney, Guyanese scholar and politician
Yash Tandon, former head of the South Centre (previously, the South Commission)

Gallery

The interior of the Nkrumah Hall at the university of Dar es Salaam.
The Institute of Marine Sciences based in the island of Zanzibar.

References

^ "University of Dar es Salaam Chancellor, Hon, Dr. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete meet new members of the University Council". University of Dar Es Salaam. March 13, 2019. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
^ John Namkwahe (December 5, 2017). "UDSM gets new Vice Chancellor as Prof Mukandala retires". The Citizen. Retrieved December 8, 2017. President John Magufuli has appointed Prof William Anangisye into the position of Vice Chancellor for the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM).
^ "Register of Universities" (PDF). Tanzania Commission for Universities. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
^ "Welcome to the University of Dar es Salaam - Background". University of Dar es Salaam. Archived from the original on 21 September 2012.
^ "URAP - University Ranking by Academic Performance". urapcenter.org.
^ "SIR World Report 2012: World Ranking" (PDF). Scimago Institutions Rankings. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2013.
^ "SIR World Report 2011:: Africa Supplement" (PDF). Scimago Institutions Rankings. 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2013.
^ Tanzania, United Republic of, Ranking Web of Universities, Webometrics
^ "University of Dar es Salaam". sarua.org.
^ Oliveira, E. C.; Österlund, K.; Mtolera, M. S. P. (2003). Marine Plants of Tanzania. A field guide to the seaweeds and seagrasses of Tanzania. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC. pp. Dedication.
^ "Giovanni Arrighi". The Globalist. Retrieved 2023-04-12.
^ "Annual Report of the Delegacy".

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