University of Dar es Salaam

De University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) (Swahili: Chuo Kikuu cha Dar es Salaam) be public varsity wey dey locate insyd Ubungo District, Dar es Salaam Region, Tanzania. Na dem establish am insyd 1961 as affiliate college of de University of London. De varsity cam turn affiliate of de University of East Africa (UEA) insyd 1963, shortly after Tanzania gain ein independence from de United Kingdom. Insyd 1970, UEA split go three independent varsities: Makerere University insyd Uganda, de University of Nairobi insyd Kenya, den de University of Dar es Salaam insyd Tanzania. Rankings Insyd 2012, de University Ranking by Academic Performance Center rank de University of Dar es Salaam as de 1,618th best university insyd de world (out of 2,000 universities dem rank). Insyd 2013, AcademyRank rank de university as de 9,965th best university worldwide (out of 9,803 universities dem rank) buh de best of de 16 dem rank insyd Tanzania, plus de Sokoine University of Agriculture wey dey second place. Insyd 2012, de Scimago Institutions Rankings place de university insyd 3,021st place worldwide (out of 3,290 institutions dem rank), 57th insyd Africa, den second insyd Tanzania behind de Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences. Dis ranking dey base for de total number of documents dem publish top insyd scholarly journals index insyd de Scopus database by Elsevier. Base solely for de university ein "excellence rate" top, na dem rank de university 16th out of 62 universities insyd Africa for 2011 insyd. Dis rate "dey indicate wich percentage of institution ein scientific output dem include into de set dem forme by de 10% of de most cited papers for dema respective scientific fields. Ebe measure of high quality output of research institutions". Insyd July 2012, Webometrics rank de university as de 1,977th best university worldwide base for ein web presence top (assessment of de scholarly contents, visibility, den impact of de university for de web top) buh de best insyd Tanzania, plus de Hubert Kairuki Memorial University dey far behind insyd second place. Campuses De university get five campuses insyd den around de city of Dar es Salaam wey dey operate academically thru ten faculties, sam of wich be exclusive to specific campuses. For example,de College of Engineering den Technology campus dey house de faculties of mechanical den chemical engineering, electrical den computer systems engineering, den civil engineering den de environment dem build. De faculty of humanities den social sciences be active insyd de Mkwawa University College of Education campus den sanso insyd de Dar es Salaam University College of Education. De university, as of 2015, start dey offer Doctor of Medicine program, wich na e no dey exist since ein medical college, de Muhimbili College of Health Sciences (MUCHS), cam turn full-fledged university insyd 2007. De newly college dem establish start as de University of Dar es Salaam School of Health Sciences (SOHS) for de Mlimani campus, then insyd 2017 e relocate to Mbeya region as Mbeya College of Health and Allied Sciences (MCHAS) within de grounds of Mbeya zonal referral hospital. De main campus, dem dey bell Mlimani (dey mean "for de hill top" insyd Swahili), dey locate 13 kilometres west of Dar es Salaam city centre wey be home to de basic faculties of education, arts den social science, den science. For addition, four specialist faculties – informatics den virtual education, law, commerce den management, den aquatic science den technology – dem establish der. De Institute of Journalism den Mass Communication dey provide de university plus ein fifth campus. De Nkrumah Hall, building for de Mlimani campus, dem feature am for de back of de Tanzanian 500 shilling bill top. Notable alumni Notable faculty Adelaida K. Semesi, Professor of Marine Science Giovanni Arrighi, lecturer for economics insyd from 1967 to 1969 Henry Bernstein, Emeritus Professor, SOAS Molly Mahood, professor of English from 1954 to 1963 Milton Santos, professor of geography from 1974 to 1976 Walter Rodney, Guyanese scholar den politician Yash Tandon, former head of de South Centre (previously, de South Commission) Gallery References External links Official website Campus Map