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ABOUT MUHAS Muhimbili University of Health & Allied Sciences (MUHAS) is the premier Institution of Health and Allied Sciences in Tanzania. The University enjoys the reputation of being the oldest and largest public University training health professionals in the country. Founded in 1963 as the Dar es Salaam School of Medicine, the School evolved to the Muhimbili University College of Health Sciences (MUCHS) in 1991 and then grew into a fully accredited University in 2007. MUHAS has two campuses; Muhimbili Campus and Mloganzila Campus. Muhimbili Campus is situated in Ilala Municipality, in Upanga along United Nations Road. Mloganzila Campus is still new and in the process of development. It occupies 3,800 acres and is located 3 km off Dar es Salaam-Mbeya highway, 25 km from Dar es Salaam. VISION A university excelling in quality training of health professionals, research and public service with a conducive learning and working environment MISSION To provide quality training, research and services in health and related fields for attainment of equitable socio-economic development of the Tanzanian community and beyond. ACADEMIC PROGRAMMES MUHAS has a wide range of academic programmes coupled with the best academic staff profiles in the field of Health and Allied Sciences in Tanzania. The University gives high priority to quality course development, delivery and successful outcomes for graduates. Currently MUHAS has 101 programmes in basic, clinical and allied health sciences. Out of these programmes 3 are diploma courses, 1 advanced diploma, 13 undergraduate Degree, 82 Postgraduate Degrees and PhD programmes offered in all five schools and one Institute. RESEARCH AND CONSULTANCY MUHAS plays a big role in the creation and generation of knowledge through carrying out health research in the country. The University is equipped with modern research facilities including research laboratories equipment, access to information communication technology and library service

The Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (NM-AIST) in Arusha is one in a network of Pan-African Institutions of Science and Technology located across Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). These institutions, which are the proud brainchild of the late Nelson Mandela, envision training and developing the next generation of African scientists and engineers with a view to impacting profoundly on the continent's development through the application of Science, Engineering and Technology and Innovation (SETI). The NM-AIST, which is accredited by the Tanzania Commission for Universities (TCU) is being developed into a world class research intensive institution for postgraduate and post-docs studies and research in SETI. The training in SETI, however, incorporates appreciable doses of relevant business studies and humanities ingredients. Thus the training curricular also incorporate strong innovation and entrepreneurship features, and hence strong academia-industry relations are part of the NM-AIST's development agenda. NM-AIST's curricular also seek to accommodate, enable, stimulate and catalyze the innovation and entrepreneurship qualities inherent in the Y-generation for the benefit of SSA's sustainable development.

Higher Learning Institute offering Certificate, Ordinary Diploma, Bachelor’s Degree, Postgraduate Diploma and Masters Degree in the areas of Logistics and Transport Management, Maritime Transport and Petroleum Technology, Aviation, Road and Railway Transport and Allied Management Sciences.