UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM

The University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM), being the oldest higher learning institution in
Tanzania, was established in 1961 with the aim of, among others, improving people’s living
standards by stimulating growth and increased productivity in critical productive sectors of
the economy through research and supply of qualified human workforce. The Government
and other support institutions, including development partners, have, over the years, invested
at the University precisely in the desire to enable it not only to create and propagate the highest
possible levels of knowledge but also to inculcate the knowledge and skills so created into the
learners under their charge. The use of knowledge and skills created industrialisation agenda
by the University could dramatically contribute to the current national industrialization
agenda, which is aimed at creating new economic activities such as increasing farm
productivity, identifying new markets for farm products, creating new enterprises based on
traditional craft industries and diversification of rural economies.
The University of Dar es Salaam has also aligned its strategic objectives with the National
Five Year Development Plan (FYDP)-III for 2021/22-2025/26, which aims at transforming
the economy with the view to continue to build a Competitive and Industrial Economy for
Human Development to achieve the objectives of the Vision 2025 with the following qualities:
improving the living conditions of Tanzanians; the existence of peace, security and unity;
good governance and the rule of law; the existence of an educated and learning society; and
building a strong and competitive economy.