SOMO LA LEO: IJUE HISTORIA FUPI YA CHUO KIKUU CHA DAR ES SALAAM (UDSM)

The university of Dar es salaam(UDSM) is the oldest and biggest public university
in Tanzania. It is situated on the western side of the city of Dar es salaam,
occupying 1,625 acres on the observation hill, 13 kilometers from the city centre.

UDSM was established on 1st July 1970, through parliament act no. 12 of 1970

and all the enabling legal instruments of the constituent colleges. Prior to

1970, the university college, Dar es Salaam had started on 1st July 1961 as

an affiliate college of the University of London. It had only one faculty- the

faculty of Law, with 14 students. In 1963 it became a constituent college of

the university of East Africa together with Makerere University College in Uganda

and Nairobi University College in Kenya. Since 1961, the University of Dar es

Salaam has grown in terms of student intake, academic units and academic programmes.