Ardhi University (ARU) is a public university in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
It was established 28 March 2007, though it has been offering training
for more than 60 years in different status. It is situated on
Observation Hill close to University of Dar es Salaam,
in which it was a constituent college from 1996-2007, when it was known
as University College of Lands and Architectural Studies—UCLAS. Prior
being part of University of Dar es Salaam, Ardhi University was known as
Ardhi Institute with history extending to mid-1950s.
Today, academic activities at the university are generated in six
schools: of Architecture and Design; of Construction Economics and
Management; of Geospatial Sciences and Technology; of Real Estates
Studies; of Urban and Regional Planning; and of Environmental Sciences
and Technology. The number of academic staff with doctoral degrees has
increased from three in 1996 to 43 in 2008.
he university was established under University Act No 7 of 2005, and
came into being after the signing of Ardhi University Charter by the
President of United Republic of Tanzania, Jakaya Kikwete on 28 March 2007. The roots of Ardhi University can be traced back to pre-independence days when a Surveying Training School offering technician certificate courses in land surveying was established in Dar es Salaam.
In 1974, the name was changed to Ardhi Institute and its range of
courses expanded to include building design and building economics. In
the early 1980s, the public health engineering course (later renamed
‘environmental engineering’) was introduced. In 1996 the Ardhi Institute
became a constituent college of the University of Dar es Salaam, and
ten years later was granted autonomy as Ardhi University. During the
decade of association with the University of Dar es Salaam, the Ardhi
Institute grew dramatically: the number of academic programmes on offer
increased from six to 39, while the number of students grew from 400 to
1,400.
In 1979, the Centre for Housing Studies was established as joint
project between the governments of Tanzania and the Netherlands. The
centre has now grown into the Institute of Human Settlement Studies,
which is involved in the ‘regularisation of informal settlements’, with
which Dar es Salaam is plentifully endowed.
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