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University of Dar es Salaam
University of Dar es Salaam is a public university in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, founded in 1970.
- Type
- Public university
- Location
- Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- Founded
- 1970
- Teaching language
- English
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The University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) is a public university in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. It began in 1961 as an affiliate college of the University of London, became part of the University of East Africa, and was established as a full university in 1970.
Its main Mlimani campus on Observation Hill hosts colleges and schools of engineering and technology, natural and applied sciences, information and communication technologies, agricultural sciences and fisheries technology, humanities, social sciences, business, law, education and economics, with the Institute of Marine Sciences in Zanzibar.
Teaching is in English. Admission for Tanzanian students follows the national university admission system.
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Courses at University of Dar es Salaam are taught in English.
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University of Dar es Salaam was founded in 1970.
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