Applications and Admission Procedure in TCU

• Applications are conducted online through the respective institution’s Online Admission Systems/Portals accessible on their websites.
• Applicants should ensure that they have adequate information for the programmes of their choice by considering available capacities, one’s passes, competitions, and career aspirations.
• Applicants should ensure that their names and index numbers used in the applications match with those used during their secondary schools or college examinations.
• Applicants should carefully read and understand the guidelines and admission requirements of programmes anticipated to apply for, provided in this Guidebook and on the websites of the individual institutions, and ensure that they are conversant with the application process;
• Applicants holding foreign qualifications must have their certificates validated and equated/recognized by the respective regulatory bodies before submitting them to respective institutions for applications.
• Applicants admitted in more than one institution shall be required to confirm their admissions to the most preferred programmes and institutions.
• Queries related to applications or admissions have to be lodged to the respective institutions that the applicant has applied for admission; and
• Applicants who do not have at least two principal level passes in their Advanced Certificate of Secondary Education Examination results with at least a total of 4.0 points are advised not to apply as they do not meet the minimum requirements for admission.

Applications and Admission Procedure in TCU

The following bodies are responsible for validation and equating the certificates;

• The National Examinations Council of Tanzania (NECTA) in respect of Certificates of Secondary Education Examinations, Advanced Certificate of Secondary Education Examination (ACSEE) and Teacher Education;
• The National Council for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (NACTVET) in respect of Diploma/ NTA level 6 qualifications and National Vocational Award Level 3 (NVA); and
• The Tanzania Commission for Universities (TCU) in respect of Diploma or Bachelor degree from a foreign university.

Admission Eligibility Requirements

Entry schemes and pathways into Bachelor’s degree programmes

Two major entry schemes to Bachelor’s degree programmes are recognized by the Commission:

(i). The direct entry qualifications, with the following pathways:

a) Holders of Form Six Qualifications; and
b) Holders of Foreign Secondary Education Certificates;

(ii).The equivalent entry qualifications, with the following pathways:

a)Holders of Ordinary Diploma or Equivalent Qualifications;
b)Holders of Foundation Certificate granted by the Open University of Tanzania; and
c)Holders of a Bachelor’s degree award.