Public universities

Reg. No.	Institution	Acronym	Founded	University status	Former name(s)	Region
001	University of Dar es Salaam	UDSM	1961	1970	University College, Dar es Salaam	Dar es Salaam
002	University of Dodoma	UDOM	2007	2007	Dodoma
003	The Open University of Tanzania	OUT	1992	1992	–	Dar es Salaam
004	Ardhi University	AU	1956	2007	Ardhi Institute and UCLAS	Dar es Salaam
010	State University of Zanzibar	SUZA	1999	1999	–	Zanzibar Urban
011	Mzumbe University	MU	1975	2001	Institute of Development Management	Morogoro
015	Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences	MUHAS	1963	2007	Dar es Salaam School of Medicine and MUCHS	Dar es Salaam
016	Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology	NM–AIST	2009	2010	–	Arusha
019	University of Dodoma	UDOM	2007	2007	–	Dodoma
025	Katavi University of Agriculture	KUA			–	Katavi
026	Mbeya University of Science and Technology	MUST	1986	2012/13	Mbeya Technical College and MIST	Mbeya
027	Moshi Co-operative University	MoCU	1963	2014	Moshi university college of cooperative and business studies(MUCCOBS)	Kilimanjaro

Private universities[edit]

Reg. No.	Institution	Acronym	Founded	Affiliation	Former name(s)	Region
005	Hubert Kairuki Memorial University	HKMU	1997	MMHEN	Mikocheni International University	Dar es Salaam
006	International Medical and Technological University	IMTU	1997	VEF	–	Dar es Salaam
007	Tumaini University Makumira	TUMA	1997	Lutheran	Lutheran Theological College Makumira	Arusha
008	St. Augustine University of Tanzania	SAUT	2002	Catholic	Nyegezi Social Training Institute	Mwanza
009	Zanzibar University	ZU	2002	Islamic	–	Zanzibar Urban
012	Mount Meru University	MMU	2005	Baptist	International Baptist Theological Seminary of Eastern Africa	Arusha
013	University of Arusha	UoA	2006	Seventh-day Adventist	Tanzania Adventist College	Arusha
014	Teofilo Kisanji University	TEKU	2007	Moravian	–	Mbeya
017	Muslim University of Morogoro	MUM	2004	Islamic	–	Morogoro
018	St. John's University of Tanzania	SJUT	2007	Anglican	–	Dodoma
020	University of Bagamoyo	UB	2010	TANLET and LHRC	–	Dar es Salaam
021	Eckernforde Tanga University	ETU	2010		–	Tanga
022	Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences	CUHAS	1994	Catholic	–	Mwanza
023	St. Joseph University In Tanzania	SJUIT	2011	Catholic	–	Dar es Salaam
024	United African University of Tanzania	UAUT	2012	Korea Church Mission	–	Dar es Salaam
027	Sebastian Kolowa Memorial University	SEKOMU	2012	Lutheran	Sebastian Kolowa University College	Tanga
028	Tanzania International University	TIU			–	Dar es Salaam
030	University of Iringa	UoI	1994	Lutheran	Tumaini University	Iringa