TCU Undergraduate Admission Guidebook

TCU Undergraduate Admission Guidebook 2025/2026 

To facilitate the admission process, Tanzania Commission for Universities (TCU) has prepared the Undergraduate Admission Guidebook as a tool to guide TCU, Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and the Applicants on admission procedures as well as to ensure the quality of students admitted into HEIs.

The Guidebook entails information on undergraduate programmes approved to admit students in each admission cycle for HEI, minimum entry requirements, institutional admission capacities and duration of each programme. Each applicant is strongly advised to carefully read and understand the procedure and programme admission requirements before lodging his/her application to the respective institutions.

The book is further intended to guide and inform prospective students, parents, HEIs and various stakeholders about institutions which offer undergraduate programmes, recognised undergraduate programmes in the respective admission cycle, minimum entry requirements, institutional admission capacities and duration of each programme.

Download the current TCU Undergraduate Admission Guidebook 2025/2026

• Bachelor's Degree Admission Guidebook for Form Six Applicants 2025/2026

• Bachelor's Degree Admission Guidebook for Ordinary Diploma/Equivalent Applicants 2025/2026

Entry Schemes into Degree Programmes

There are four schemes approved by the Tanzania Commission for Universities (TCU) for entry into undergraduate degree programmes. These are as follows:
(i) The direct qualifications for holders of Form Six Qualifications;
(ii) The equivalent qualifications for holders of Ordinary Diploma or Equivalent Qualifications;
(iii) Foundation Programme of the Open University of Tanzania; and
(iv) The equivalent qualifications for holders of a bachelor degree award. 

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