Tanzania: the country ... travels

Field sites: Northern Tanzania

In the city: Dar es Salaam ... the University

Living arrangements

Links ... maps ... photo album

Program timeline and course listing

Courses: Kiswahili ... Human Evolution ... Ecology of the Maasai Ecosystem ... Methods course and Field project

Academic info: eligibility ... credit and grades ... faculty ... costs ... how to apply

Contacts: campus program advisors... ACM office

Above: View of the University of Dar es Salaam. (Photo courtesy of Katie Gruner)

The University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM), Tanzania's premier university and the host institution of the ACM Tanzania Program, was established in 1970 when the University of East Africa was split into three independent universities for Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.

Located on "The Hill" on the west side of Dar es Salaam, the University is about eight miles from the city center and occupies 1,625 acres.

Above: A sculpture in from of the University library. (Photo courtesy of Lindsey Roland)

Left: On campus. (Photo courtesy of Leslie Besant)

The University's professors have been educated around the world, and its admission standards are very selective. In general, undergraduate students at UDSM are in their early 20's, somewhat older than most American undergraduates.

Right: Students eating chapati and chai on the USDM campus. (Photo courtesy of Genevieve Werner)