Education in Tanzania

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St. Augustine University of Tanzania (SAUT) is a secular non-profit, private institution of higher learning founded by the Catholic Bishops of Tanzania in 1998, accredited in 2002. SAUT is committed to being a center of excellence through education, research and community service and currently has 2,649 students with an anticipated 3,500 students for the 2007/08 academic year. The University attracts students from Tanzania and elsewhere; particularly the countries of East and Central Africa: Kenya, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia, Burundi, Malawi and Zambia. SAUT admits students of all nationalities and religious affiliations.

Located in East Africa, SAUT extends over 600 acres in the Nyegezi-Malimbe area, 10km south of Mwanza city on the shores of Lake Victoria. The University is divided into two campuses. The main campus houses the administration buildings and the Faculty of Business Administration. The Malimbe campus, located one km away is home to the Faculty of Humanities and Mass Communication. SAUT is the only Catholic, private university in Tanzania.

Mission To be a centre of excellence providing a high quality of holistic education, undertaking research and providing service to the public.

St. Augustine University of Tanzania strives at being a center of excellence by: -Providing a high quality of education, research and public service; -Imparting not only academic knowledge and professional skills but also promoting life-long study habits and striving to instill values of integrity, self-respect and respect for others; -Promoting the pursuit and defense of truth with transparency and honesty, and service with competence and dedication, -Developing a sense of caring for personal and community property; -Embodying a holistic development of the person by providing sound knowledge, higher analytical ability and commitment to generous service to humankind.

Fostering an ethical and service-oriented approach in its academic and professional training, St. Augustine University of Tanzania fulfills its goals by preparing persons well equipped to contribute to the ideals of social, economic and political development.

Vision When the Catholic Bishops of Tanzania decided to extend the Church’s services to the provision of higher education, they envisioned a training that would not only impart academic and professional skills but also that would inculcate values of civic and social learning and ethics such as acquisition of national identity, cultural norms, political growth and responsible citizenship. Thus the Church’s vision is to develop a whole person.

Academic Programs St. Augustine University of Tanzania retained the Advanced Diploma and Certificate Programs previously offered by its predecessor, the Nyegezi Social Training Institute, and in addition offers bachelor and a masters program within its two faculties.

The Faculty of Humanities and Mass Communications offers a Masters of Arts in Mass Communication, a Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication, a Bachelor of Arts in Education, a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, an Advanced Diploma in Journalism, a Postgraduate Diploma in Mass Communication, and a Certificate Course in Journalism and Media Studies.

The Faculty of Business Administration offers a Bachelor of Business Administration and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics. Apart from the degree programs, an Advanced Diploma in Accountancy, an Advanced Diploma in Procurement and Logistics Management, a Certificate Course in Accountancy, a Certificate course in Health Administration, a Certificate Course in Food Security and Grain Management, a Certificate in Logistics Management and a Postgraduate Diploma in Accounting and Finance are offered.

The University incorporates the following constituent colleges: -The Bugando University College of Health Sciences (BUCHS) established in 2003 at the Bugando Medical Centre in Mwanza City, -The Mwenge College of Education (MWUCE) established in 2005 (Moshi), and -The Ruaha constituent college of Law and Technological Sciences (RUCO) established in 2005 (Iringa).

Future programs of St. Augustine University of Tanzania include Agricultural Science (in Mwanza), an Institute for Rural Development (Mwanza), Masters of Business Administration (Mwanza) and a Constituent College of Law and Applied Sciences and Technology (Songea).

SAUT is a member of the Association of Catholic Universities and Higher Institutes of Africa and Madagascar (ACHUIAM), the Inter-University Council of East Africa, the Tanzania Association of Private Universities, the Commonwealth Association of Universities of Africa, and the Council for Higher Education, and the Association of Member Episcopal Conference of Eastern Africa (AMECEA).

For more information, visit: http://www.saut.ac.tz/