UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMMES
S/N |
Programme |
Programme Duration (Yrs) |
1 |
Bachelor of Arts with Education |
3-8 |
2 |
Bachelor of Arts Journalism |
3-8 |
3 |
Bachelor of Arts Mass Communication |
3-8 |
4 |
Bachelor of Arts Sociology |
3-8 |
5 |
Bachelor of Arts Social Work |
3-8 |
6 |
Bachelor of Arts Tourism |
3-8 |
7 |
Bachelor of Arts Economics |
3-8 |
8 |
Bachelor of Arts in English Language & Linguistics |
3-8 |
9 |
Bachelor of Arts in Kiswahili & Creative Studies |
3-8 |
10 |
Bachelor of Arts in History |
3-8 |
11 |
Bachelor of Arts in Natural Resources Management |
3-8 |
12 |
Bachelor of Arts in Population and Development |
3-8 |
13 |
Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and religious Studies |
3-8 |
14 |
Bachelor of Arts in Public Administration |
3-8 |
15 |
Bachelor of Arts in International Relations |
3-8 |
16 |
Bachelor of Library & Information Management |
3-8 |
17 |
Bachelor of Community Economic Development |
3-8 |
18 |
Bachelor of Arts in Literature (BA LIT) |
3-8 |
19 |
Bachelor of Business Administration with Education |
3-8 |
20 |
Bachelor of Business Administration (Accounting) |
3-8 |
21 |
Bachelor of Business Administration (Finance) |
3-8 |
22 |
Bachelor of Business Administration (Marketing) |
3-8 |
23 |
Bachelor of Business Administration (Human Resource Management) |
3-8 |
24 |
Bachelor of Business Administration (International Business) |
3-8 |
25 |
Bachelor of Human Resource Management |
3-8 |
26 |
Bachelor of Education in Special Education |
3-8 |
27 |
Bachelor of Education Teacher Educator (BED TE) |
3-8 |
28 |
Bachelor of Education in Adult and Distance Learning (BED ADL) |
3-8 |
29 |
Bachelor of Education in Educational Policy and Management (BED EPM) |
3-8 |
30 |
Bachelor of Laws |
3-8 |
31 |
Bachelor of Science General (BSc Gen) |
3-8 |
32 |
Bachelor of Science Environmental studies(ES) |
3-8 |
33 |
Bachelor of Science with Education (BSc Ed) |
3-8 |
34 |
Bachelor of Science (ICT) |
3-8 |
35 |
Bachelor of Science in Energy Resources (BSc ER) |
3-8 |
36 |
Bachelor of Science in Food, Nutrition and Dietetics (BSc FND) |
3-8 |
POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Postgraduate Diploma in Policy Studies (PGDPS)
Master of Arts in Literature (MA Lit) Thesis
Master of Arts in Linguistics (M.A. (Ling))
Master of Arts in Economics by Research/Thesis (M.A. (Econ))
Master of Science in Economics (MSc. Economics)
Masters in Community Economic Development (MCED)-Executive
Master of Arts in History (M.A. (History))
Master of Arts in Kiswahili (M.A. (Kiswahili))
Master of Arts in Geography (M.A. (Geography))
Master of Arts in Tourism Studies (M.A. (Tour. Stud.)
Master of Arts in Social work (MA SW)
Master in International Cooperation and Development (MICD)
Master in Humanitarian Action, Cooperation and Development (MHACD)
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Faculty of Business Management
Postgraduate Diploma in Business Studies (PGDBS
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Master of Human Resource Management (MHRM)
Master of Project Management (MPM)
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D)
Faculty of Education
Post Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE)
Master of Education (M.Ed)
Master of Education in Administration, Planning and Policy Studies (M.Ed.APPS)
Master of Distance Education (M.Dist. Ed.)
Master of Education in Language Teaching (M. Ed. in LT)
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Faculty of Science, Technology and Environmental Studies
Master of Science in Biology (M.Sc. Bio)
Master of Science in Mathematics (M.Sc. MAT)
Master of Science in Chemistry (M.Sc. Chem)
Master of Science in Physics (M.Sc. Phy)
Master of Science in Home Economics (M.Sc. HE)
Master of Science in Environmental Science (M.Sc. ES)
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Faculty of Law
Postgraduate Diploma in Law (PGDL)
Master of Laws (LL.M) by Coursework
Masters of Law (LLM) by Thesis
Master of Law – IT and Telecommunications (LLM IT&T)
Master of Law in International Criminal Justice (LLM ICJ)
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
The Open University of Tanzania Fees Structure 2022/23
The Open University of Tanzania’s (OUT) fee schedule includes information on tuition, course materials, residential and lodging costs, textbook costs, account numbers, quotations, fee summaries, fee statements, examination costs, and other fees charged in 2022–2023.
For all students who formally enrol for courses at the Open University of Tanzania, the ensuing policies and procedures apply. The Institute retains the right to adjust fees at any time and without warning. However, fee adjustments are contingent to Governing Council approval, and we’ll update it as soon as possible.
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The History and Background Of The University
The Open University of Tanzania (OUT) is a fully fledged, autonomous and accredited public University, established by an Act of Parliament Number 17 of 1992. The Act became operational on 1st March 1993 by the publication of Government Notice No. 55 in the Official Gazette. The first Chancellor was officially installed in a full ceremony on 19th January 1994 and the first batch of students was admitted in January 1994. In January 2007, following enactment of the Universities Act No. 7 of 2005, OUT started using the OUT Charter and Rules (2007) for its operations.
The Open University of Tanzania offers its certificate, diploma, degree and postgraduate courses through the open and distance learning system which includes various means of communication such as face-to-face, broadcasting, telecasting, correspondence, seminars, e-learning as well as a blended mode which is a combination of two or more means of communication. The OUT’s academic programmes are quality-assured and centrally regulated by the Tanzania Commission for Universities (TCU).
OUT Headquarters are temporarily located off-Kawawa Road in Kinondoni Municipality, Dar es Salaam. The permanent headquarters are under constructions at Bungo in Kibaha District, off-Soga Road, about 4.0 Km from the main Morogoro highway in Coast Region.
OUT operates through a network of about 30 Regional Centres; 10 Coordinating Centres, of which one is in Zanzibar and one in Pemba; two are in Kenya (Egerton and Njoro), one is in Rwanda (Kibungo), one in Namibia and one in Uganda. Other OUT Internal Coordination Centres are the African Council for Distance Education – Technical Collaboration Committee (ACDE TCC), the Centre for Economics and Community Economic Development (CECED) and the SADC Centre of Specialization in Teacher Education (SADC ODL CoS TE). OUT has also 69 Study Centres spread throughout the United Republic of Tanzania.
The Open University of Tanzania offers its certificates, ordinary diplomas, degrees, postgraduate diplomas and PhDs through its five Faculties and two Institutes.
- Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
- Faculty of Business Management
- Faculty of Education
- Faculty of Law
- Faculty of Science, Technology and Environmental Studies
- Institute of Educational and Management Technologies
- Institute of Continuing Education