UDSM Important milestones

The University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) became a college under the University of London. The college started with a single faculty, The Faculty of Law.

By 1963, it became a constituent college of the University of East Africa.

The college was relocated from a single building at Lumumba Street, Dar es Salaam to Mwalimu Nyerere Mlimani Campus.

Faculty of Science was established.

Faculty of Medicine was established.

University of Dar es Salaam was established as a full-fledged University hence the University of East Africa was dissolved.

Faculty of Engineering was established.

Faculty of Commerce was established.

Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Medicine became Sokoine University of Agriculture.

By 1996, UDSM had grown into an all-round University, offering all the major traditional University disciplines, including Humanities, Social Sciences, Physical and Biological Sciences, Medicine, Agriculture, Commerce and Management, Engineering, Lands and Architectural Studies.

UDSM established two constituent colleges of education: Dar es Salaam University College of Education (DUCE) and Mkwawa University College of Education (MUCE).

Muhimbili University College of Health Sciences became Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS). University College of Lands and Architectural Studies became Ardhi University (ARU).

College of Agriculture and Food Technology (CoAF). School of Health Sciences at Mwalimu Nyerere Mlimani Campus was upgraded to University of Dar es Salaam Mbeya College of Health and Allied Sciences (UDSM-MCHAS).

The Mineral Resource Institute (MRI) of the Ministry of Minerals became officially integrated into UDSM. Establishment of University of Dar es Salaam School of Economics (UDSE), School of Mines and Geosciences (SoMG), School of Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Technology (SoAF).