The Tanzania Commission for Universities (TCU) through its mandate as spelt out in section (12) (2) (a) (b) (c) of the Universities Act Cap 346 of the laws of Tanzania, read together with regulation 31 (2) (3) (4), coordinate the admission of student into Higher Learning Institutions (HLI) in Tanzania. Different from precious years, this 2018/2019 admission cycle, the Government directed TCU to take the coordination role of undergraduate degrees. Hence, the focus here is TCU to ensure quality of entry qualifications of the applicants who are admitted into HLIs in Tanzania. Following the government directive, this 2018/19 academic year Applicants will channel their applications directly to individual Institutions. Higher Learning Institutions (HLIs) will directly receive and process applications and admit students into their institutions. After selection HLIs will submit the selected applicants to TCU for approval.
In order to undertake the work efficiently, TCU has prepared a List of Undergraduate Degree Programmes Approved to Admit Students for
2018/2019 Academic Year as a tool to guide TCU, Higher Learning Institutions and the Applicants as well as to control quality of students
admitted into HLIs.
Download PDF File: FOR FORM SIX APPLICANTS
TCU : GUIDEBOOK FOR DIPLOMA/EQUIVALENT APPLICANTS