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Top non-profit Universities in Tanzania

What are the top non-profit Universities in Tanzania? uniRank answers this question by publishing a complete list of non-profit Tanzanian higher education institutions ranked by the 2026 uniRank University Ranking and meeting uniRank :

  • Official Recognition: institutions must be officialy chartered, licensed or accredited by the appropriate higher education-related organization in Tanzania.
  • Degree Authority: they must be authorised to grant bachelor's degrees of at least three years' duration and/or postgraduate master's or doctoral degrees.
  • Delivery Mode: they must deliver courses predominantly in a traditional, face-to-face, non-distance education format.

The uniRank University Ranking aims to provide a non-academic league table of the top non-profit Tanzanian Universities based on valid and unbiased web metrics provided by independent web intelligence sources rather than data submitted by the Universities themselves, which might not be independently audited.

Top non-profit Universities in Tanzania


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List of Tanzanian non-profit universities by university country ranking position
# University Town/City
1 University of Dar es Salaam Dar es Salaam
2 Sokoine University of Agriculture Morogoro
3 The State University of Zanzibar Zanzibar City
4 The University of Dodoma Dodoma
5 Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences Dar es salaam
6 Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology Arusha
7 Ardhi University Dar es Salaam
8 St. Augustine University of Tanzania Mwanza
9 Tumaini University Makumira Arusha
10 Mzumbe University Morogoro
11 Kairuki University Dar es Salaam
12 Moshi Co-operative University Moshi
13 Mbeya University of Science and Technology Mbeya
14 Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences Mwanza
15 St John's University of Tanzania Dodoma
16 St. Joseph University in Tanzania Mbezi
17 University of Iringa Iringa
18 Zanzibar University Zanzibar City
19 The University of Arusha Arusha
20 Ruaha Catholic University Iringa
22 Mwenge Catholic University Moshi
23 Abdulrahman Al-Sumait University Zanzibar City
24 United African University of Tanzania Dar es Salaam
25 Muslim University of Morogoro Morogoro
26 Mwalimu Julius K. Nyerere University of Agriculture and Technology Butiama
27 Teofilo Kisanji University Mbeya
Un Eckernforde Tanga University Tanga
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There are 28 officially chartered, licensed or accredited Tanzanian higher-education institutions that meet uniRank's selection criteria.

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