11 - DEC - 2023 - UDSM - Almanac 2023-2024

UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM
ALMANAC
2023/2024
UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM
ALMANAC
2023/2024
Published by
Dar es Salaam University Press
Office of Deputy Vice Chancellor - Research
Directorate of Research and Publication
University of Dar es Salaam
P. O. Box 35182
Dar es Salaam - Tanzania
© University of Dar es Salaam, 2023

ABBREVIATIONS/ACRONYMS
AC = Audit Committee
AGM = Annual General Meeting
APC = Appointments Committee
CCCS = Centre for Climate Change Studies
CI-UDSM = Confucius Institute at the University of Dar es Salaam
CoAF = College of Agricultural Sciences and Food Technology
CoD = Committee of Deans
CoET = College of Engineering and Technology
CoHU = College of Humanities
CoICT = College of Information and Communication Technologies
CoNAS = College of Natural and Applied Sciences
CoSS = College of Social Sciences
CVCPT = Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals in Tanzania
DARUSO = Dar es Salaam University Students Organization
DHRMA = Directorate of Human Resource and Administration
DIEN = Directorate of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
DoS = Dean of Students
DSCC = Dean of Students Coordination Committee
DUCE = Dar es Salaam University College of Education
DUP = Dar es Salaam University Press
EC = Estates Committee
FPC = Funding Promotion Committee
HSK = Chinese Proficiency Test
HSKK = Chinese Proficiency Oral Test
IDS = Institute of Development Studies
IKS = Institute of Kiswahili Studies
IMS = Institute of Marine Sciences
IRA = Institute of Resource Assessment
IRMC = Investment and Resource Mobilization Committee
MCHAS = Mbeya College of Health and Allied Sciences
MJKNMC = Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere Mlimani Campus
MJKNC-Dev = Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere Chair in Development
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MJKNC-ECC = Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere Chair on
Environment and Climate Change
MJKNC-PAS = Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere Chair in Pan-African
Studies
MRI = Mineral Resources Institute
MUCE = Mkwawa University College of Education
OMC = OPRAS Monitoring Committee
OPRAS = Open Performance Review and Appraisal System
PFIC = Planning, Finance and Investment Committee
PG = Postgraduate
RAAWU = Researchers, Academicians and Allied Workers Union
SAC = Student Affairs Committee
SJMC = School of Journalism and Mass Communication
SoAF = School of Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Technology
SoED = School of Education
SoMG = School of Mines and Geosciences
SPSC = Senate Postgraduate Studies Committee
SRKEC = Senate Research and Knowledge Exchange Committee
SUPP = Supplementary
SUSC = Senate Undergraduate Studies Committee
TASC = Technical AIDS Sub-Committee
THTU = Tanzania Higher Learning Institutions Trade Union
TUSA = Tanzania Universities Sports Association
UDASA = University of Dar es Salaam Academic Staff Assembly
UDBS = University of Dar es Salaam Business School
UDSE = University of Dar es Salaam School of Economics
UDSoL = University of Dar es Salaam School of Law
UDSM = University of Dar es Salaam
UFPC = University Funding Promotion Committee
UG = Undergraduate
USAB = University Students Accommodation Bureau
USRC = University Students Representative Council
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A. ORIENTATION/REGISTRATION FOR ACADEMIC YEAR 2023/2024
FRESH ENTRANTS REPORT – Saturday 28 October 2023
FRESH ENTRANTS ORIENTATION WEEK

Begins: – Saturday 28 October 2023
Ends: – Saturday 04 November 2023

REGISTRATION OF NEW UNDERGRADUATE AND POSTGRADUATE
STUDENTS
Begins: – Monday 30 October 2023
Ends: – Friday 10 November 2023
Postgraduate Students Orientation – Friday 10 November 2023
Day
Continuing Students Report – Saturday 04 November 2023
REGISTRATION OF CONTINUING STUDENTS FOR THE FIRST

SEMESTER
Begins: – Monday 06 November 2023
B. TEACHING AND EXAMINATION
1ST SEMESTER-EXCEPT FOR MCHAS

Lecture Sessions End: – Thursday 15 February 2024

Ends: – Friday 01 March 2024
MID-SEMESTER BREATHER
Begins: – Saturday 23 December 2023
Ends: – Friday 29 December 2023

1ST SEMESTER UNIVERSITY COURSEWORK ASSESSMENT WEEK
Begins: – Tuesday 19 December 2023
Ends: – Thursday 21 December 2023
1ST SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS - EXCEPT FOR MCHAS

Begins: – Friday 16 February 2024
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INTER-SEMESTER BREAK - EXCEPT FOR MCHAS
Begins: – Saturday 02 March 2024
Ends: – Saturday 23 March 2024
MARKING - EXCEPT FOR MCHAS

Begins: – Monday 04 March 2024
COMPILATION - EXCEPT FOR MCHAS

RELEASE OF PROVISIONAL RESULTS FOR SEMESTER 1

EXAMINATIONS - EXCEPT FOR MCHAS
Results Release: – Friday 29 March 2024
2ND SEMESTER - EXCEPT FOR MCHAS

Lecture Sessions End: – Thursday 04 July 2024
Ends: – Friday 19 July 2024
REGISTRATION FOR THE SECOND SEMESTER

Ends: – Friday 05 April 2024
2ND SEMESTER UNIVERSITY COURSEWORK ASSESSMENT WEEK

Begins: – Tuesday 14 May 2024
Ends: – Thursday 16 May 2024
2ND SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS – EXCEPT FOR MCHAS

Begins: – Friday 05 July 2024
END OF 2023/2024 ACADEMIC YEAR: 18 JULY 2024 - EXCEPT FOR

MCHAS
MARKING - EXCEPT FOR MCHAS
Begins: – Monday 22 July 2024
Ends: – Friday 02 August 2024
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COMPILATION - EXCEPT FOR MCHAS
Begins: – Monday 05 August 2024
Ends: – Friday 09 August 2024
RELEASE OF PROVISIONAL RESULTS FOR SEMESTER 2

EXAMINATIONS - EXCEPT FOR MCHAS
Results Release: – Monday 02 September 2024
LONG VACATION - EXCEPT FOR MCHAS

Begins: – Saturday 20 July 2024
MBEYA COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES (MCHAS)
1ST SEMESTER– MCHAS

Lecture Sessions End: – Friday 22 March 2024
1ST SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS – MCHAS

INTER-SEMESTER BREAK – MCHAS

Begins: – Saturday 06 April 2024
Ends: – Sunday 14 April 2024
MARKING – MCHAS
Begins: – Monday 08 April 2024
COMPILATION – MCHAS
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RELEASE OF PROVISIONAL RESULTS FOR SEMESTER I
EXAMINATIONS – MCHAS
Results Release: – Wednesday 01 May 2024
2ND SEMESTER – MCHAS

Lecture Sessions End: – Friday 30 August 2024
Ends: – Friday 13 September 2024
2ND SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS – MCHAS

Begins: – Monday 02 September 2024
END OF 2023/24 ACADEMIC YEAR - MCHAS: 13 SEPTEMBER 2024

MARKING – MCHAS
Begins: – Friday 13 September 2024
COMPILATION – MCHAS
RELEASE OF PROVISIONAL RESULTS - SEMESTER 2 EXAMINATIONS -

MCHAS
Release Date: – Monday 30 September 2024
LONG VACATION – MCHAS

Begins: – Saturday 14 September 2024
PRACTICAL TRAINING/FIELD WORK – MCHAS

Nutritional Field Project (NFP) – EF 200
Communicable Disease Control (CDC) – MD 300

Begins: – Monday 06 May 2024
Ends: – Friday 17 May 2024
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Community Medicine – MC 400
Begins: – Monday 03 June 2024
C: PRACTICAL TRAINING/FIELD WORK (MJKNMC)

D: TEACHING PRACTICE

E: FIRST SITTING EXAMINATIONS PROCESSING (2023/2024)
i. Independent Internal Examiners – except for MCHAS
Start Working: – Monday 12 August 2024

Complete Working: – Friday 16 August 2024
ii. External Examiners - except for MCHAS
Start Working: – Monday 19 August 2024
Complete Working: – Friday 23 August 2024
iii. Independent Internal Examiners (IIEs) – MCHAS (Basic Sciences)
Start Working: – Thursday 26 September 2024
Complete Working: – Monday 30 September 2024
iv. External Examiners (IEEs) – MCHAS
Start Working: – Monday 30 September 2024
Complete Working: – Wednesday 02 October 2024
v. Examiners’ Boards – Wednesday 28 August 2024
Except for MCHAS
vi. Examiners’ Boards – – Tuesday 03 September 2024
MCHAS
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vii. Special Academic – Friday 30 August 2024
Committee (Exams) -
MUCE
viii. Special Academic – Friday 30 August 2024

Committee (Exams)
DUCE
ix. Special – Friday 30 August 2024
College/School/Institute
Boards for Exams – except
for MCHAS
x. Special College Board for – Monday 30 September 2024
MCHAS
xi. Senate Undergraduate – Thursday 05
Studies Committee
(SUSC) Exams - except for and September 2024
MCHAS – Friday 06
xii. Senate Postgraduate – Wednesday 11 September 2024
Studies Committee (SPSC)
– Exams
xiii. SENATE (Exams) – Thursday 19 September 2024

- Except for MCHAS
xiv. Senate Undergraduate – Thursday 03 October 2024
Studies Committee
(Exams) – MCHAS
xv. SENATE (Exams) – – Friday 04 October 2024
MCHAS
F: APPEALS AND IRREGULARITIES PROCESSING (2023/2024)
Applications - except for MCHAS

Begins: – Friday 20 September 2024
Ends: – Monday 23 September 2024
Application for MCHAS
Ends: – Friday 04 October 2024
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Processing for Approval - except for MCHAS
Begins: – Tuesday 24 September 2024
Ends: – Thursday 26 September 2024
Processing for Approval – MCHAS
Ends: – Wednesday 09 October 2024
i. Department Boards – Tuesday 24 September 2024

(Appeals) - except for
MCHAS
ii. Department Boards – Thursday 10 October 2024
(Appeals) - MCHAS
iii. Special College/School/ – Thursday 26 September 2024
Institute Boards
(Appeals/Irregularities) –
except for MCHAS
iv. Special College Board – Friday 11 October 2024
(Appeals) – MCHAS
v. Senate Postgraduate Studies – Wednesday 02 October 2024
Committee (Appeals) -
except for MCHAS
vi. Senate Undergraduate – Thursday 03 October 2024
Studies Committee
(Appeals) - except for
MCHAS
vii. Senate Undergraduate – Monday 14 October 2024
Studies Committee (SUSC) –
MCHAS
viii. SENATE (Appeals and – Tuesday 08 October 2024

Examinations Irregularities)
– except for MCHAS
ix. SENATE (Appeals and – Wednesday 16 October 2024
Examinations Irregularities)
– MCHAS
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G: SUPPLEMENTARY/SPECIAL EXAMINATIONS (2023/2024)
Sitting - except for MCHAS

Sitting – MCHAS
Begins: – Thursday 17 October 2024
Marking - except for MCHAS
Marking – MCHAS
Begins: – Thursday 24 October 2024
Compilation – except for MCHAS
Begins: – Tuesday 15 October 2024
Compilation – MCHAS
Begins: – Wednesday 30 October 2024
Ends: – Thursday 31 October 2024
Processing for Approval of Supplementary/Special Examinations

i. Examiners’ Board – Monday 21 October 2024
(Supp/Special Exams) –except
for MCHAS
ii. (Supp/Special Exams) – Monday 04 November 2024
– MCHAS
iii. Special College/School/ – Thursday 24 October 2024
Institute Boards (Supp/Special
Exams)
iv. Release of Supp/Special – Thursday 24 October 2024
Exams Results - except for
MCHAS
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v. Special College Boards (Supp – Tuesday 05 November 2024
Special Exams) – MCHAS
vi. Senate Undergraduate Studies – Tuesday 22 October 2024
Committee (Supp Special
Exams) and Appeals - except
for MCHAS
vii. Senate Postgraduate Studies – Tuesday 22 October 2024
Committee (Supp/Special
Exams)
viii. SENATE (Supp/Special – Tuesday 29 October 2024
Exams) and Appeals - except
for MCHAS
ix. Senate Undergraduate Studies – Friday 15 November 2024
Committee (Supp/Special
Exams) – MCHAS
x. SENATE (Supp/Special – Monday 18 November 2024
Exams) - MCHAS
H: GRADUATION CEREMONIES (2022/2023)
53rd UDSM Graduation Ceremonies (MJKNMC)

i. Cluster 1 – Friday 19 May 2023
ii. Cluster II – Tuesday 17 October 2023
iii. Cluster III – Thursday 19 October 2023
v. Cluster IV – Thursday 30 November 2023
16th DUCE GRADUATION – Tuesday 28 November 2023
CEREMONY
15th MUCE GRADUATION – Thursday 23 November 2023
CEREMONY
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I: ACADEMIC YEAR (2024/2025)
ORIENTATION/REGISTRATION
i. Fresh Entrants Report – Saturday 26 October 2024
ii. Fresh Entrants Orientation Week of New UG and PG Students
Begins: – Saturday 26 October 2024
iii. Freshers Registration
iv. Continuing Students Report – Saturday 02 November 2024
v. Semester I (2024/2025) Lecture Sessions
vi. Registration of Continuing Students for Semester I
J: 54TH GRADUATION CEREMONIES (2023/2024)
54th UDSM Graduation Ceremonies (MJKNMC)

i. Cluster I – Friday 24 May 2024
ii. Cluster II – Thursday 10 October 2024
iii. Cluster III – Saturday 12 October 2024
v. Cluster IV – Saturday 30 November 2024
17th DUCE GRADUATION – Thursday 28 November 2024

CEREMONY
16th MUCE GRADUATION – Monday 25 November 2024
CEREMONY
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K: MEETINGS
1. VICE CHANCELLOR’S NEW YEAR ADDRESS – WEDNESDAY 03

JANUARY 2024
2. COUNCIL AND ITS COMMITTEES
a) Bureau of the Council

1st Regular Meeting – Monday 04 December 2023
2nd Regular Meeting – Tuesday 05 March 2024
rd
3 Regular Meeting – Tuesday 04 June 2024
4th Regular Meeting – Wednesday 04 September 2024
th
5 Regular Meeting – Wednesday 04 December 2024
b) Council
1st Regular Meeting – Friday 15 December 2023
2nd Regular Meeting – Tuesday 19 March 2024
3rd Regular Meeting – Wednesday 19 June 2024
4th Regular Meeting – Thursday 19 September 2024
5th Regular Meeting – Monday 16 December 2024
c) PFIC
1st Regular Meeting – Tuesday 07 November 2023
nd
2 Regular Meeting – Thursday 08 February 2024
3rd Regular Meeting – Tuesday 07 May 2024
th
4 Regular Meeting – Wednesday 07 August 2024
5th Regular Meeting – Wednesday 06 November 2024
d) UFPC
1st Regular Meeting – Monday 20 November 2023
nd
2 Regular Meeting – Tuesday 20 February 2024
rd
3 Regular Meeting – Monday 20 May 2024
th
4 Regular Meeting – Tuesday 20 August 2024
th
5 Regular Meeting – Wednesday 20 November 2024
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e) Audit Committee
1st Regular Meeting – Thursday 16 November 2023
nd
2 Regular Meeting – Monday 19 February 2024
rd
3 Regular Meeting – Thursday 16 May 2024
th
4 Regular Meeting – Monday 19 August 2024
th
5 Regular Meeting – Tuesday 19 November 2024
f) Appointments Committee
nd
2 Regular Meeting – Friday 16 February 2024
rd
3 Regular Meeting – Friday 17 May 2024
th
4 Regular Meeting – Friday 16 August 2024
5th Regular Meeting – Monday 18 November 2024
g) SENATE
1st Regular Meeting – Friday 03 November 2023
nd
rd
th
4 Regular Meeting – Wednesday 14 August 2024
th
5 Regular Meeting – Thursday 14 November 2024
h) Estates Committee
1st Regular Meeting – Wednesday 08 November 2023
nd
2 Regular Meeting – Thursday 15 February 2024
rd
th
4 Regular Meeting – Thursday 15 August 2024
th
5 Regular Meeting – Monday 11 November 2024
i) Student Affairs Committee (SAC)

2nd Regular Meeting – Wednesday 07 February 2024
rd
3 Regular Meeting – Wednesday 08 May 2024
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4th Regular Meeting – Tuesday 06 August 2024
th
5 Regular Meeting – Tuesday 12 November 2024
j) Committee of Deans (CoD) DUS/DHRMA

nd
rd
th
5th Regular Meeting – Friday 01 November 2024
k) DUCE FPC
1st Regular Meeting – Wednesday 01 November 2023
nd
2 Regular Meeting – Wednesday 31 January 2024
rd
th
4 Regular Meeting – Wednesday 31 July 2024
th
5 Regular Meeting – Thursday 31 October 2024
l) DUCE Governing Board

nd
3rd Regular Meeting – Wednesday 15 May 2024
4th Regular Meeting – Tuesday 13 August 2024
5th Regular Meeting – Wednesday November 2024
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m) MUCE FPC
1st Regular Meeting – Monday 30 October 2023
nd
2 Regular Meeting – Monday 29 January 2024
rd
3 Regular Meeting – Monday 29 April 2024
th
4 Regular Meeting – Monday 29 July 2024
th
5 Regular Meeting – Friday 25 October 2024
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n) MUCE Governing Board
1st Regular Meeting – Monday 13 November 2023
nd
rd
3 Regular Meeting – Monday 13 May 2024
th
4 Regular Meeting – Monday 12 August 2024
5th Regular Meeting – Friday 08 November 2024
o) UDSM Tender Board

Regular Meeting – Friday 22 December 2023
Regular Meeting – Wednesday 13 March 2024
Regular Meeting – Wednesday 12 June 2024
p) MUCE COD
1st Regular Meeting – Tuesday 10 October 2023
nd
rd
3 Regular Meeting – Tuesday 09 April 2024
th
4 Regular Meeting – Tuesday 09 July 2024
5th Regular Meeting – Tuesday 08 October 2024
q) MUCE Student Affairs Committee

1st Regular Meeting – Wednesday 18 October 2023
nd
3rd Regular Meeting – Wednesday 17 April 2024
th
th
5 Regular Meeting – Wednesday 23 October 2024
r) MUCE ESTATE COMMITTEE

1st Regular Meeting – Friday 20 October 2023
2nd Regular Meeting – Friday 19 January 2024
3rd Regular Meeting – Friday 12 April 2024
th
4 Regular Meeting – Friday 19 July 2024
th
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s) MUCE - CAC
1st Regular Meeting – Wednesday 18 October 2023
nd
2 Regular Meeting – Tuesday 16 January 2024
rd
3 Regular Meeting – Thursday 18 April 2024
th
4 Regular Meeting – Thursday 18 July 2024
th
5 Regular Meeting – Wednesday 16 October 2024
t) MUCE - AUDIT COMMITTEE

nd
2 Regular Meeting – Friday 19 January 2024
rd
3 Regular Meeting – Friday 12 April 2024
th
th
u) MUCE - APPOINTMENT COMMITTEE

nd
rd
3 Regular Meeting – Monday 15 April 2024
th
th
5 Regular Meeting – Tuesday 15 October 2024
3. SENATE AND ITS COMMITTEES
a) SENATE
Special Meeting (2022/2023) – Tuesday 21 November 2023
Supp/Special Exams, Appeals
and Examinations
Irregularities – Except for
MCHAS
Special Meeting (2022/2023) – Monday 20 November 2023

Supp/Special Examinations –
MCHAS
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2nd Regular Meeting – Tuesday 06 February 2024
3rd Regular Meeting – Thursday 09 May 2024
4th Regular Meeting – Wednesday 14 August 2024
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5 Regular Meeting – Thursday 14 November 2024
Special Meeting (Admission) – Thursday 15 August 2024
Special Meeting (Examinations- – Thursday 19 September 2024
First Sitting) – except for MCHAS
Special Meeting (Appeals and – Tuesday 08 October 2024

Examinations Regularities for the
First Sitting) - except for MCHAS
Special Meeting (Examinations) – – Friday 04 October 2024
MCHAS
Special Meeting (Appeals and – Wednesday 16 October 2024
Examinations Regularities for the
First Sitting) – MCHAS
Special Meeting (Supp/Special – Tuesday 19 November 2024
Examinations, Appeals and
Examinations Irregularities) except
for MCHAS
Special Meeting (2023/ 2024) – Monday 18 November 2024
Supp/Special Examinations,
Appeals and Examinations
Irregularities – MCHAS
b) Senate Undergraduate Studies Committee (SUSC)

Special Meeting (Supp/Special – Wednesday 15 November 2023
Examinations 2022/2023) –
except for MCHAS
Regular Meeting – Tuesday 23 January 2024
Regular Meeting – Friday 19 April 2024
Regular Meeting Friday 19 July 2024
Special Meeting (Admission) – Thursday 15 August 2024
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Special Meeting (Examinations– Thursday 05
- First Sitting) except for and September 2024
MCHAS Friday 06
Special Meeting (Appeals and – Thursday 03 October 2024
Examinations Irregularities -
First Sitting) - except for
MCHAS
Special Meeting (Examinations– Thursday 03 October 2024
- First Sitting) - MCHAS
Special Meeting (Appeals and – Monday 14 October 2024
Examination Irregularities) –
MCHAS
Regular Meeting – Thursday 24 October 2024
Special Meeting (Supp/Special – Friday 15 November 2024
Examinations 2023/ 2024) -
except for MCHAS -
MORNING
Special Meeting (2023/2024) – Friday 15 November 2024
Supp/Special Examinations) –
MCHAS – MORNING
c) Senate Postgraduate Studies Committee (SPSC)
Regular Meeting – Tuesday 30 January 2024
Regular Meeting – Thursday 25 April 2024
Senate Postgraduate Studies – Wednesday 11 September 2024

Committee (SPSC) – Exams
Senate Postgraduate Studies – Wednesday 02 October 2024
Committee (Appeals) - except
for MCHAS
Special Meeting (Supp/Special – Friday 15 November 2024

Examinations 2023/2024) -
except for MCHAS -
AFTERNOON
d) Senate Research and Knowledge Exchange Committee (SRKEC)
2nd Regular Meeting – Monday 15 January 2024
rd
3 Regular Meeting – Friday 12 April 2024
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4th Regular Meeting – Wednesday 10 July 2024
5th Regular Meeting – Monday 07 October 2024
e) UDSM Publication Committee
1st Regular Meeting – Monday 09 October 2023
nd
2 Regular Meeting – Thursday 04 January 2024
rd
3 Regular Meeting – Wednesday 03 April 2024
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4 Regular Meeting – Friday 28 June 2024
5th Regular Meeting – Friday 27 September 2024
f) UDSM Research Ethics Committee
nd
2 Regular Meeting – Tuesday 02 January 2024
rd
th
th
5 Regular Meeting – Thursday 26 September 2024
4. MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES
a) Committee of Deans (CoD)

nd
rd
th
th
5 Regular Meeting – Friday 01 November 2024
b) OPRAS Monitoring Committee (OMC)
2nd Regular Meeting – Wednesday 24 January 2024
rd
th
th
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c) Consultancy, Outreach and Public Service Advisory (COPSA) Board
2nd Regular Meeting – Monday 08 January 2024
3rd Regular Meeting – Monday 08 April 2024
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4 Regular Meeting – Tuesday 09 July 2024
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5 Regular Meeting – Monday 07 October 2024
d) University Marketing Committee
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1 Regular Meeting – Thursday 05 October 2023
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rd
3 Regular Meeting – Thursday 28 March 2024
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th
5 Regular Meeting – Thursday 26 September 2024
5. COLLEGE BOARDS
a) College of Agricultural Sciences and Food Technology (CoAF)

Regular Meeting – Wednesday 28 February 2024
Regular Meeting – Monday 27 May 2024
Special Meeting (Examination)– Friday 30 August 2024
Special Meeting (Admission) – Tuesday 13 August 2024
Special College/School/ – Thursday 24 October 2024
Exams)
Regular Meeting – Monday 02 December 2024
b) College of Humanities (CoHU)

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Exams)
c) College of Social Sciences (CoSS)

Regular Meeting – Wednesday 29 May 2024
Exams)
d) College of Engineering and Technology (CoET)
Regular Meeting – Wednesday 06 December 2023
Regular Meeting – Monday 03 June 2024
Exams)
e) College of Natural and Applied Sciences (CoNAS)
Exams)
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f) College of Information and Communication Technologies (CoICT)

Exams)
g) Mbeya College of Health and Allied Sciences (MCHAS)

Regular Meeting – Friday 01 March 2024
Regular Meeting – Friday 31 May 2024
Exams)
6. SCHOOL BOARDS
a) University of Dar es Salaam Business School (UDBS)

Regular Meeting – Thursday 07 March 2024
Special Meeting (Examination) – Friday 30 August 2024
Exams)
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b) School of Aquatic Sciences and Food Technology (SoAF)
Exams)
c) School of Education (SoED)
Exams)
d) School of Mines and Geosciences (SoMG)

Exams)
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e) University of Dar es Salaam School of Economics (UDSE)
Special Meeting (Examination) – Friday 30 August, 2024
Exams)
f) University of Dar es Salaam School of Law (UDSoL)
Exams)
Special Meeting – Thursday 26 September 2024
(Appeals)
Regular Meeting – Thursday 05 December 2024
g) School of Journalism and Mass Communication (SJMC)

Exams)
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7. INSTITUTE AND CENTRE BOARDS
a) Institute of Development Studies (IDS)

Special Meeting – Friday 30 August 2024
(Examination)
Special Meeting – Tuesday 13 August 2024
(Admission)
Exams)
b) Institute of Kiswahili Studies (IKS)

Exams)
c) Institute of Marine Sciences (IMS)

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Exams)
d) Institute of Resource Assessment (IRA)
Exams)
e) Mineral Resource Institute (MRI)
Regular Meeting – Wednesday 06 December 2023
Regular Meeting – Monday 03 June 2024
Exams)
f) Confucius Institute (CI)

Registration of HSK and – Friday 26 January 2024
HSKK Exams
HSK and HSKK Exams – Wednesday 27 March 2024
Registration of HSK and – Wednesday 10 April 2024
HSKK
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HSK and HSKK Exams – Wednesday 08 May 2024
Registration of HSK – Thursday 16 May 2024
HSK Exams – Wednesday 12 June 2024
Job Fair for Graduates – Tuesday 18 June 2024
g) Centre for Climate Change Studies (CCCS)

Regular Meeting – Friday 19 January 2024
Regular Meeting – Friday 02 August 2024
h) University Health Centre Governing Committee

Regular Meeting – Friday 20 October 2023
Regular Meeting – Friday 19 January 2024
Regular Meeting – Thursday 25 July 2024
i) Technical AIDS Committee (TAC)
Regular Meeting – Friday 13 October 2023
Regular Meeting – Thursday 11 January 2024
Regular Meeting – Friday 19 July 2024
8. MWALIMU NYERERE PROFESSORIAL CHAIR FESTIVALS
a) Mwalimu J. K. Nyerere Chair in Pan-African Studies (MJKNC-PAS)

Begins: – Wednesday 03 April 2024
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9. UDSM RESEARCH WEEK EVENTS
a) The 9th UDSM Research Week at Unit Level – MJKNMC and DUCE

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b) The 9 UDSM Research Week at Unit Level – MUCE, MCHAS and IMS
c) The 9th UDSM Research Week at University Level
Begins: – Wednesday 22 May 2024
Ends: – Friday 24 May 2024
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10. PUBLIC HOLIDAYS
Maulid Day – Thursday 28 September 2023
Nyerere Day – Saturday 14 October 2023
Independence Day – Saturday 09 December 2023
Christmas – Monday 25 December 2023
Boxing Day – Tuesday 26 December 2023
New Year – Monday 01 January 2024
Zanzibar Revolution – Friday 12 January 2024
Good Friday – Friday 29 March 2024
Easter Monday – Monday 01 April 2024
Karume Day – Sunday 07 April 2024
⃰ Eid el Fitr - Day One – Wednesday 10 April 2024
*Eid el Fitr - Day Two – Thursday 11 April 2024
Union Day – Friday 26 April 2024
Workers Day – Wednesday 01 May 2024
*Eid el Hajj – Monday 17 June 2024
Saba Saba Day – Sunday 07 July 2024
Nane Nane Day – Thursday 08 August 2024
Maulid Day – Monday 16 September 2024
Nyerere Day – Monday 14 October 2024
Independence Day – Monday 09 December 2024
Christmas – Wednesday 25 December 2024
Boxing Day – Thursday 26 December 2024
NB: This mark* indicates the holidays are subject to Moon Sighting
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2023/2024 ACADEMIC YEAR
OCTOBER 2023
Sunday 01
Monday 02
Tuesday 03 UDSM Research Ethics Committee
Wednesday 04
Thursday 05 University Marketing Committee

Friday 06
Saturday 07
Sunday 08
Monday 09 UDSM Publication Committee
Tuesday 10 Consultancy, Outreach and Public Service Advisory
(COPSA) Board
MUCE COD
Wednesday 11
Thursday 12
Friday 13 Senate Research and Knowledge-Exchange

Committee (SRKEC)
Technical Aids Committee (TAC)
Saturday 14 NYERERE DAY (Public Holiday)
Sunday 15
Monday 16
Tuesday 17 53RD GRADUATION CEREMONY (Cluster II)
Wednesday 18 NTA Level 4 (2023/2024) Orientation and
Registration Week Begins – MRI
Thursday 19 53RD GRADUATION CEREMONY (Cluster III)
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MAULID DAY (Public Holiday)
Friday 20 Supplementary/Special Examinations (2022/2023)
Begin - MRI
NTA Level 4 (2023/2024) Orientation and
Registration Week Ends - MRI
Estate Committee-MUCE
Centre Board (University Health Centre)
Saturday 21
Sunday 22
Monday 23 Semester I Begin – MRI
Tuesday 24 MCHAS Special College/School/ Institute Boards
Wednesday 25 Supplementary/Special Examinations (2022/2023)
End - MRI
Celebrating 62 Years of the University of Dar es
Salaam
Thursday 26 Senate Undergraduate Studies Committee (SUSC)
(Appeals) - MCHAS
Institute Examination Board (IEB) Meeting (MRI)
Friday 27 OPRAS Monitoring Committee (OMC)
Saturday 28 Fresh Entrants Report and Orientation Week for UG
and PG Students Begins (JMKNMC, DUCE,
MUCE, MCHAS and IMS)
Sunday 29
Monday 30 Registration of New UG and PG Students Begins

(MJKNMC, DUCE, MUCE, IMS and MCHAS)
MUCE FPC
Tuesday 31
32
NOVEMBER 2023
Wednesday 01 DUCE FPC

Thursday 02 Committee of Deans (CoD)
Friday 03 SENATE (Regular)
Saturday 04 Continuing Students Report
Sunday 05
Monday 06 Semester I: Week 1 (2023/2024)
Registration for Continuing Students for First
Semester Begins
Semester I Begins (2023/2024)
Semester I Lecture Sessions Begin
Student Affairs Committee (SAC)
Confucius Institute Day
Tuesday 07 Planning Finance and Investment Committee
(PFIC)
Wednesday 08 DARUSO Cup Begins – MRI
Estate Committee
Thursday 09 APPOINTMENT COMMITTEE
Friday 10 Registration of New UG and PG Students Ends
(MJKNMC, DUCE, MUCE, IMS and MCHAS)
Postgraduate Students Orientation Day
DUCE Governing Board
Saturday 11
Sunday 12
MUCE Governing Board
Tuesday 14
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Wednesday 15 SHIMWITA Games Begin
Thursday 16 Audit Committee
Friday 17 Registration for Continuing Students for First
Semester Ends
Dar es Salaam University Entrepreneurship Forum
Meeting (DUEF)
Saturday 18 DARUSO - UDSM-Budget
Sunday 19
University Funding Promotion Committee (UFPC)
Tuesday 21
Wednesday 22
Thursday 23
Friday 24
Saturday 25 15TH MUCE GRADUATION CEREMONY
DARUSO - UDSM-Constitution Review
Sunday 26
Tuesday 28 16TH DUCE GRADUATION CEREMONY
Wednesday 29
Thursday 30 53RD GRADUATION CEREMONY - (Cluster
IV)
DECEMBER 2023
Friday 01 College / School / Institute Board (CoSS,

CoNAS, CoICT, UDSoEC, UDSoL, IDS and
IKS)
College /School/Institute Board (CoAF, CoHU,
IRA, SJMC and IMS)
Centre Board (CCCS)
Saturday 02
34
Sunday 03
BUREAU OF COUNCIL
Tuesday 05
Wednesday 06 College/School/Institute Board (MRI, CoET)
Thursday 07
Friday 08 College/School/Institute Board (UDBS, SoMG,
SoAF, SoED and Confucius Institute)
Saturday 09 INDEPENDENCE DAY (Public Holiday)
Sunday 10 DARUSO - UDSM-Presentation of Ministries on
the allocation of funds to USRC
Tuesday 12 First Presentation for Final Year Projects Begins -
MRI
Wednesday 13 TUSA Games Begin
Thursday 14
Friday 15 MCHAS College Board
COUNCIL
Saturday 16
Sunday 17
Tuesday 19 Semester I University Coursework Assessment
Begins
Wednesday 20
Thursday 21 TUSA Games End
Semester I University Coursework Assessment
Ends
Friday 22 UDSM Tender Board
Saturday 23 Mid-Semester Breather Begins
Sunday 24
Monday 25 Semester 1: Week 8 (2023/2024)
35
CHRISTMAS DAY (Public Holiday)
Tuesday 26 BOXING DAY (Public Holiday)
Wednesday 27
Thursday 28
Friday 29 Mid-Semester Breather Ends
End of Evening Chinese Short Courses
Saturday 30
Sunday 31
JANUARY 2024
Monday 01 NEW YEAR (Public Holiday)

Tuesday 02 Semester I: Week 9 (2023/2024)
UDSM Research Ethics Committee
Wednesday 03 VICE CHANCELLOR’S NEW YEAR
ADDRESS
University Marketing Committee
Thursday 04 UDSM Publication Committee
Friday 05
Saturday 06
Sunday 07
Monday 08 Consultancy, Outreach and Public Service
Advisory (COPSA) Board
MUCE COD
Wednesday 10 Outreach programs to increase and strengthen
Mwalimu J.K Nyerere Chair Ideals Clubs
Thursday 11 Call for UDSM Annual Innovation and
Entrepreneurship Challenge (UD-AIEC 2023)
Committee (UDSM-TAC)
Committee of Deans, Directors and Heads of
Departments-MUCE
36
Friday 12 ZANZIBAR REVOLUTION DAY (Public
Holiday)
Saturday 13
Sunday 14
Monday 15 Empowerment Seminar
Senate Research and Knowledge-Exchange
Committee (SRKEC)
Wednesday 17
Thursday 18
Friday 19 Centre Board (CCCS and University Health
Centre)
Semester 1 (2023/2024) Lecture Sessions End-
MRI
Saturday 20
Sunday 21
Monday 22
Semester 1 Examinations Begins - MRI
Senate Undergraduate Studies Committee (SUSC)
Regular
Wednesday 24 OPRAS Monitoring Committee (OMC)
Thursday 25
Friday 26 Beginning of Evening Chinese Short Courses
Registration of HSK and HSKK Exams
Saturday 27
Sunday 28
Monday 29 MUCE FPC

Senate Postgraduate Studies Committee (SPSC)
37
FEBRUARY 2024
Thursday 01
Friday 02 Committee of Deans (CoD)
Semester 1 Examinations Ends - MRI
Saturday 03 Inter-Semester Break Begins - MRI

Sunday 04
Monday 05
SENATE (Regular)
Marking and Compilation of Semester I
(2023/2024)Examinations Begin - MRI
Wednesday 07 Student Affairs Committee (SAC)
Thursday 08 Planning Finance and Investment Committee

(PFIC)
Friday 09 DUCE Governing Board
Saturday 10 DARUSO - UDSM-Proposed Agenda
Sunday 11 Chinese New Year’s Eve
Monday 12
Wednesday 14
Thursday 15 Semester I Lecture Sessions End except for
MCHAS
Dean of Student’s Coordination Committee

Estate Committee
38
Friday 16 Semester I Examinations Begin - except for
MCHAS
APPOINTMENT COMMITTEE
Saturday 17
Sunday 18
Monday 19 Marking and Compilation of Semester I
(2023/2024)Examinations End – MRI
Audit Committee
Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Day
(SIED2023)
University Funding Promotion Committee
(UFPC)
Wednesday 21
Thursday 22
Friday 23 Release of Provision Results for Semester I
Examinations Results - MRI
Saturday 24
Sunday 25
Monday 26
Wednesday 28 College /School/Institute Board (CoSS, CoNAS,

CoICT, UDSoEC, UDSoL, IDS and IKS
Thursday 29
MARCH 2024
Friday 01 Semester I Examinations End - except for MCHAS

1st Semester Ends - except for MCHAS
College /School/Institute Board (CoAF, CoHU,
SJMC, IRA and IMS)
39
MCHAS College Board
Semester 1 (2023/2024) Ends - MRI
Saturday 02 Inter-Semester Break Begins - except for MCHAS
Sunday 03
Monday 04 Marking of Semester 1 Examinations Results Begin

- except for MCHAS
BUREAU OF COUNCIL
Wednesday 06 College/School/Institute Boards (MRI, CoET)
Thursday 07
College/School/Institute Board, (UDBS, SoED,
SoMG and SoAF)
Friday 08 Examination Marking Begins (Semester I) for
MCHAS Compilation of Semester I Examinations
Results Begins - MCHAS
Saturday 09
Sunday 10
Monday 11
Inter-Semester Break Ends - MRI
Wednesday 13 Semester II Begins (2023/2024) – MRI
UDSM Tender Board
Thursday 14
Friday 15 Examination Marking Ends (Semester I) - except
for MCHAS
Saturday 16
Sunday 17
Compilation of Semester I Examinations
Results Begins - except for MCHAS
40
Tuesday 19 COUNCIL
Wednesday 20 Innovation Week (National Event – MAKISATU)
Begins
Thursday 21
Friday 22 Compilation of Semester 1 Examinations Results
Ends- except for MCHAS
Semester I Lecture Sessions End – MCHAS
Saturday 23 Inter-Semester Break Ends - except for MCHAS
Sunday 24
Monday 25 Semester II: Week 1 (2023/2024)
Registration of Continuing UG and PG Students for
Semester II Begins - except for MCHAS
Semester II Lecture Sessions Begin - except for
MCHAS
Semester I Examinations Begin – MCHAS
DARUSO - UDSM-Proposed Agenda
Tuesday 26 Innovation Week (National Event – MAKISATU)
Ends
Wednesday 27 Chinese Proficiency Test (HSK & HSKK)
Thursday 28 University Marketing Committee
Friday 29 Release of Provisional Results for Semester I
Examinations - except for MCHAS
GOOD FRIDAY (Public Holiday)
Saturday 30
Sunday 31 EASTER SUNDAY
APRIL 2024
Monday 01 Semester II: week 2 (2023/2024)

EASTER MONDAY (Public Holiday)
Tuesday 02
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Wednesday 03 UDSM Publication Committee
Thursday 04 Mwalimu J.K Nyerere Chair in Pan-Africa Studies
(MJKNC-PAS Begins)
Friday 05 Registration for Semester II Ends - except for
MCHAS
Centre Board (CCCS)
Semester I Examination Ends - MCHAS
Semester I Ends – MCHAS
Saturday 06 Inter-Semester Break Begins – MCHAS
Mwalimu J.K Nyerere Chair in Pan-Africa Studies
(MJKNC-PAS Ends)
Sunday 07 KARUME DAY (Public holiday)
Monday 08 Semester II: week 3 (2023/2024)
Marking and Compilation of Semester I
Examination Results Begins – MCHAS
Consultancy, Outreach and Public Service

Tuesday 09 Semi-finals and Finals of the University of
Dar es Salaam Innovation and
Entrepreneurship Challenge (UD-AIEC)
Begin
MUCE COD
Wednesday 10 Deadline for registration for HSK & HSKK to be
held in May
The 9th UDSM Research Week Begins at Unit
Level – MJKNC and DUCE
EID EL FITR DAY 1 (Public holiday)
Thursday 11 EID EL FITR DAY 2 (Public holiday)
Friday 12 Senate Research and Knowledge-Exchange
Committee (SRKEC)
The 9th UDSM Research Week Ends at Unit Level
– MJKNC and DUCE
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Centre Board (University Health Centre)
Saturday 13 DARUSO Cabinet - UDSM-MRI
Sunday 14 Inter-Semester Break Ends – MCHAS

Semester II Begins – MCHAS
Nutrition Field Project-EF 200 Begins
DARUSO - UDSM-Proposed Agenda
Tuesday 16 Semi-finals and Finals of the University of Dar es
Salaam Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Challenge (UD-AIEC) Ends
Wednesday Semester II Lecture Sessions Begin - MCHAS
17 The 9th UDSM Research Week Begins at Unit
Level – MUCE, MCHAS and IMS
Thursday 18 DARUSO Election Preparations Begin
Friday 19 Marking and Compilation of Semester I
(2023/2024) Examinations End - MCHAS
Technical Aids Committee (UDSM-TAC)
(Regular)
The 9th UDSM Research Week Ends at Unit Level
– MUCE, MCHAS and IMS
Saturday 20
Sunday 21
Monday 22 DARUSO - UDSM-Presentation of Ministries
Report to USRC
Tuesday 23
Wednesday 24 Semester II: Week 5 (2023/2024)
OPRAS Monitoring Committee (OMC)
Thursday 25 Senate Postgraduate Studies Committee (SPSC)
43
(Regular)
Friday 26 UNION DAY (Public Holiday)
Nutrition Field Project-EF 200 Ends
Saturday 27
Sunday 28
Monday 29 DARUSO – UDSM Dissolving Parliament
MUCE FPC
Tuesday 30
MAY 2024

WORKERS’ DAY (Public Holiday)
Release of Semester I (2023/2024) Provisional
Results – MCHAS
Thursday 02 Madini Challenges Competitions Begin

DUCE FPC
Friday 03 Committee of Deans (CoD)
Saturday 04 Madini Challenges Competitions End
Sunday 05
Monday 06 Communicable Disease Control-MD 300 Begins
Tuesday 07 Planning Finance and Investment Committee
(PFIC)
Students Inter College Sport and Games Ends
Chinese Proficiency Test (HKS & HSKK)
Student Affairs Committee (SAC)
Thursday 09 RCSC Meeting - UDSM-MRI
SENATE (Regular)
Friday 10 Estate Committee
44
DARUSO Election Preparations End
Saturday 11
Sunday 12

DARUSO Election Campaigns Begin
Tuesday 14 Semester II University Coursework Assessment
Begins - except for MCHAS
Wednesday 15 DUCE Governing Board
DARUSO Election Campaigns End
Chinese Bridge - Chinese Proficiency Competition
for University Students (Tanzania)
Thursday 16 Semester II University Coursework Assessment
Ends - except for MCHAS
Audit Committee
DARUSO Election
Deadline for Registration for HSK to be held in
June
Staff Inter College Sport and Games Begin
Friday 17 APPOINTMENT COMMITTEE
Dean of Students Coordination Committee
Communicable Disease Control-MD 300 Ends
Saturday 18
Sunday 19
Monday 20 DARUSO Cabinet – MRI

Tuesday 21 Semester II: Week 9 (2023/2024)
Wednesday 22 The 9th UDSM Research Week at University Level
Begins
45
Thursday 23 Second Presentation for Final Year Projects Begin -
MRI
Friday 24 54TH GRADUATION CEREMONY (Cluster I)
The 9th UDSM Research Week at University Level
Ends
DARUSO Cabinet - MRI
Saturday 25
Sunday 26
Monday 27
Wednesday 29 College/School/Institute Board (CoAF, CoHU,
SJMC, IRA and IMS)
College /School/Institute Board (CoSS, CoNAS,
CoICT, UDSoEC, UDSoL, IDS and IKS)
Thursday 30
Friday 31 MCHAS College Board
JUNE 2024
Saturday 01
Sunday 02
Monday 03 Community Medicine - MC400 Begins
College/School/Institute Boards (MRI, CoET)
Staff Inter College Sports and Games End
BUREAU OF COUNCIL
Wednesday 05 College/School/Institute Board (UDBS, SoED,
SoMG and SoAF)
Thursday 06
Friday 07
Saturday 08
46
Sunday 09 Semester II Lecture Sessions End – MRI
Monday 10
Wednesday 12 Chinese Proficiency Test (HKS)
Semester II Examinations Begins – MRI
UDSM Tender Board
Thursday 13
Friday 14
Saturday 15
Sunday 16
Monday 17 DARUSO Election Campaigns End - MRI
EID EL HAJJ (Public Holiday)
(CI) Job Fair for Graduates
Wednesday 19 COUNCIL
Thursday 20
Semester II Examinations Begin - MRI
Friday 21 Semester II Examinations End - MRI
Semester II Ends – MRI
Saturday 22
Sunday 23
Monday 24
Tuesday 25
Marking of Semester II Examinations Results
Begin - MRI
Industrial Practical Training (IPT) Begins - MRI
Thursday 27
Friday 28 Fair (DITF)
UDSM Publication Committee
47
29
Sunday 30
JULY 2024

Tuesday 02
Wednesday 03
Thursday 04 Semester II Lecture Sessions End - except for
MCHAS
Friday 05 Semester II Examination Begins - except for
MCHAS
Saturday 06
Sunday 07 SABA SABA DAY (Public Holiday)
Monday 08 Marking of Semester II Examinations Results Ends
- for MRI
Tuesday 09 Consultancy, Outreach and Public Service
MUCE COD
Committee (SRKEC)
Thursday 11
Friday 12 Community Medicine - MC400 Ends
Saturday 13
Sunday 14
2023/2024 Academic Year Ends - except for
MCHAS
Tuesday 16 Madini Day
48
Wednesday 17 Industrial Practical Training (IPT) Begins -
MRI
Thursday 18
Friday 19 Semester II Examinations End - except for
MCHAS
Technical Aids Committee (UDSM-TAC)
Semester II Ends (2023/2024)
Saturday 20 Long Vacation Begins - except for MCHAS
Sunday 21
Examination Marking Begins (Semester II) -
except for MCHAS
Practical Training for the 2023/2024 Academic
Year Begins - except for MCHAS
Estate Committee -MUCE
MUCE Estate Committee
Tuesday 23
Wednesday 24
Thursday 25 Centre Board (University Health Centre)
Friday 26
Saturday 27
Sunday 28
Teaching Practice Begins (MJKNMC, DUCE
and MUCE)
Marking and Compilation of Semester II
(2023/2024) Examinations End - MRI
MUCE FPC
Tuesday 30
49
AUGUST 2024
Thursday 01
Friday 02 Examinations Marking Ends (Semester II) - except
for MCHAS
Committee of Deans (CoD)
Centre Board (CCCS)
Institute Examination Board (IEB) Meeting - MRI
Saturday 03
Sunday 04
Compilation of Semester II Examination Results
Begins - except for MCHAS
Tuesday 06 Student Affairs Committee (SAC)
Wednesday 07
Thursday 08 NANE NANE DAY (Public
Holiday)
Friday 09 Compilation of Semester II Examination Results
Ends - except for MCHAS
Saturday 10
Sunday 11
Independent Internal Examiners (IIEs) Start
Working - except for MCHAS
Tuesday 13 MCHAS Special Meeting (Admission)
DUCE Governing Board
Wednesday 14 College/School and Institute Boards – Admissions
SENATE (Regular)
Thursday 15 Estate Committee
Senate Undergraduate Studies Committee (SUSC) -
Admission
50
Friday 16 APPOINTMENT COMMITTEE
Independent Internal Examiners (IIEs) Complete
Working - except for MCHAS
Saturday 17
Sunday 18
External Examiners Start Working - except for
MCHAS
Audit Committee
Tuesday 20 Industrial Practical Training (IPT) Ends -MRI
Wednesday 21
Thursday 22
Friday 23 External Examiners Complete Working - except for
MCHAS
Saturday 24
Sunday 25
Monday 26
Tuesday 27
Wednesday 28 Examiners’ Board - except for MCHAS
Thursday 29
Friday 30 Special College/School/Institute Board - except for
MCHAS
MCHAS Special Meeting (Examination)
College/School/Institute Boards – Examination
Special Academic Committee – Examination
(DUCE and MUCE)
Semester II Lecture Sessions End- MCHAS
Saturday 31
51
SEPTEMBER 2024
Sunday 01
Monday 02 Release of Provisional Results for Semester II
Examinations except - for MCHAS
Semester II Examinations Begin – MCHAS
Preparation and Conducting Graduate Training on
Entrepreneurship (GEP) Launching
Tuesday 03 Examiners’ Board – MCHAS
Wednesday 04 BUREAU OF COUNCIL
Thursday 05 Senate Undergraduate Studies Committee I -
Exams except for MCHAS
Friday 06 Senate Undergraduate Studies Committee I- Exams
except for MCHAS
Saturday 07
Sunday 08
Monday 09 Industrial Practical Training (IPT) Ends - MRI
2023/2024Academic Year Ends - MCHAS

Tuesday 10
Wednesday 11 Senate Postgraduate Studies Committee - Exams
except for MCHAS
Thursday 12 Evening Chinese Short Courses End
Friday 13 Practical Training for the 2023/2024 Academic
Year Ends - except for MCHAS
Semester II Examinations End – MCHAS
Marking of Semester II (2023/2024)
Examinations Begins - MCHAS
Saturday 14 Long Vacation Begins – MCHAS
Sunday 15
Monday 16 Compilation Examinations Begins (Semester II) -
MCHAS
MAULID DAY (Public Holiday)
52
Tuesday 17
Wednesday 18
Thursday 19 SENATE (Exams) - except for MCHAS
COUNCIL
NTA Level 4 (2024/2025) Orientation and
Registration Week Begins – MRI
Friday 20 Teaching Practice Ends (MJKNMC, DUCE and
MUCE)
Appeals Application Begins (2023/2024
Examination) - except for MCHAS
Marking of Semester II (2023/2024) Examinations
Ends – MCHAS
Compilation of Semester II Examination Results
Ends – MCHAS
Saturday 21
Sunday 22
Monday 23 Appeals Application Ends (2023/2024
Tuesday 24 Processing for Approval Appeal Begins
Except - for MCHAS
Department Boards (Appeals) – except
for MCHAS
Wednesday 25 Compilation of Semester II Examination Results
Begins – MCHAS
Supplementary/Special Examinations (2023/2024)
Begin - except for MCHAS
Thursday 26 Processing for Approval Appeal Ends – except for
MCHAS
Special College/School/Institute Boards (Appeals/
Irregularities) - except for MCHAS
Independent Internal Examiners (IIEs) Start
Working - MCHAS
53
Friday 27 Appeals Application Ends (2023/2024
UDSM Publication Committee
Saturday 28
Sunday 29
Monday 30 Supplementary/Special Examinations (2023/2024)
Begin - except for MCHAS
Independent Internal Examiners (IIEs) Complete
Working - for MCHAS
External Examiners Start Working – MCHAS
Appeals Application Begins (2023/2024
Examination) – MCHAS
Release of Provisional Results for Semester II
Examinations – MCHAS
Special College Board (MCHAS)
OCTOBER 2024
Tuesday 01
Wednesday 02 Senate Postgraduate Studies Committee (Appeals)
– except for MCHAS
Special College Board for MCHAS Processing for
Approval (Appeals/Irregularities) Begins -
MCHAS
Release of Provisional Results for Semester II
Examinations for MCHAS
External Examiners Complete Working – MCHAS
Supplementary/Special Examinations Marking
(2023/2024) Begins - except for MCHAS
Thursday 03 Senate Undergraduate Studies Committee (Appeals
& Examination Irregularities) - except for MCHAS
Exams – MCHAS
Friday 04 Supplementary/Special Examinations (2023/2024)
54
Ends Except for MCHAS
Appeals Application Ends (2023/2024
Examination) – MCHAS
SENATE (Exams) – MCHAS
Saturday 05
Sunday 06 Supplementary/Special Examinations Marking
(2023/2024) End - except for MCHAS
Senate -Examinations for MCHAS
Monday 07 Supplementary/Special Examinations Marking
(2023/2024)Begins except – for MCHAS
Consultancy, Outreach and Public Service
Committee (SRKEC)
Processing for Approval Appeal Begins - for
MCHAS
Tuesday 08 SENATE (Appeals and Examinations Irregularities)
- except for MCHAS
MUCE COD
Wednesday 09 Compilation of Supplementary/Special Exams
Begin – except for MCHAS
Processing for Approval Appeal Ends - for
MCHAS
Thursday 10 54TH GRADUATION CEREMONY (Cluster II)
Department Boards (Appeals) – MCHAS
Friday 11 Supplementary/Special Examinations Marking
(2023/2024)Ends – MCHAS
Special College Board (Appeals/Irregularities) –
MCHAS
Saturday 12 54TH GRADUATION CEREMONY (Cluster
III)
Sunday 13
Monday 14 NYERERE DAY (Public Holiday)
55
Tuesday 15 Compilation of Supplementary/Special
Examinations (2023/2024) Begins except for
MCHAS
Wednesday 16 Processing for Approval Ends – MCHAS
SENATE (Appeals and Examination irregularities)
– MCHAS
Thursday 17 Supplementary/Special Examinations (2023/2024)
Begin for MCHAS
Exams 2023/2024) – except for MCHAS-
AFTERNOON
Friday 18 Compilation of Supplementary/Special
Examinations Ends (2023/2024) – except for
MCHAS
Saturday 19
Sunday 20
Monday 21 Special College/School/ Institute Boards
(Supp/Special Exams)
Examiners’ Board (Supp/Special Exams) – except
for MCHAS
Tuesday 22 MORNING Senate Undergraduate Studies
Committee (Supp/SpecialExams 2023/2024)
including MCHAS-
AFTERNOON Senate Postgraduate Studies
Committee (Supp/Special)
Wednesday 23 Supplementary/Special Examinations (2023/2024)
end for MCHAS
Fresh Entrant’s Orientation Week for UG and PG
Students
Begins (JMKNMC, DUCE, MUCE, MCHAS and
IMS)
Thursday 24 Release of Supp/Special examination Results -
except for MCHAS
Supplementary/Special Examinations Marking
(2023/2024) Begins – MCHAS, DUCE, FPC
56
Friday 25 MUCE FPC
Saturday 26 Fresh Entrants Orientation Week for UG and PG
Students Begins (JMKNMC, DUCE, MUCE,
MCHAS and IMS)
Sunday 27
Monday 28 Registration of New UG and PG Students Begins
(MJKNMC, DUCE, MUCE, MCHAS and IMS
Tuesday 29 SENATE (Supp/Special Examination and Appeals)
- except for MCHAS
Wednesday 30 Supplementary/Special Examinations Marking
(2023/2024) Ends – MCHAS, DUCE, FPC
Thursday 31 Preparation and Conducting Graduate
Training on Entrepreneurship (GEP) End
Supplementary/Special Examinations
Compilation Ends (2023/2024) Ends –
MCHAS
DUCE FPC
NOVEMBER 2024

(MJKNMC, DUCE, MUCE, MCHAS and IMS)
Compilation of Supplementary/Special Examinations
(2023/2024) Begins – MCHAS
Committee of Deans (CoD)
Long Vacation Ends - MCHAS
Saturday 02 Fresh Entrants’ Orientation Week for UG and PG
Students Ends (JMKNMC, DUCE, MUCE and IMS)
Continuing Students Report
Sunday 03
Monday 04 Semester I Begins (2024/2025)
Semester I Lecture Sessions Begin
Registration of Continuing Students for Semester I
Begins
57
Tuesday 05 Special College Board (Supp/Special Exams) -
MCHAS
Wednesday 06 Supp/Special Exams) – MCHAS
Planning Finance and Investment Committee (PFIC)
Thursday 07
(MJKNMC, DUCE, MUCE, MCHAS and IMS)
Saturday 09
Sunday 10
Monday 11 Estate Committee
Tuesday 12 Student Affairs Committee (SAC)
Wednesday 13 DUCE Governing Board
Thursday 14 SENATE (Regular)
Friday 15 Senate Undergraduate Studies Committee
(Supp/Special Exams) – MCHAS
Saturday 16
Sunday 17
Monday 18 APPOINTMENT COMMITTEE
SENATE (Supp/Special Exams) – MCHAS
SPECIAL SENATE (2023/2024) Supp/Special
/Appeals and Examinations Irregularities - MCHAS
Tuesday 19 Audit Committee
Wednesday 20 University Funding Promotion Committee (UFPC)

Thursday 21
Friday 22
Saturday 23
Sunday 24
Monday 25 16TH MUCE GRADUATION CEREMONY
58
Tuesday
26
Wednesday 27
Thursday 28 17TH DUCE GRADUATION CEREMONY
Friday College/School/Institute Boards (CoAF, SoMG, CoSS,
29
CoHU, IDS, CoNAS, CoICT, SJMC and SoED,)
Saturday 30 54TH GRADUATION CEREMONY (Cluster IV)
DECEMBER 2024
Sunday 01
Monday 02
Tuesday 03
Wednesday 04 BUREAU OF COUNCIL
Thursday 05 School Board – UDSoL
Friday 06 College/School/Institute Boards (CoET, SoAF, UDBS,
UDSoEC, IMS and MRI)
MCHAS College Board
Institute Board (IKS and IRA)
Saturday 07
Sunday 08
Monday 09 INDEPENDENCE DAY (Public Holiday)
Tuesday 10
Wednesday 11
Thursday 12
Friday 13
Saturday 14
Sunday 15
Monday 16 COUNCIL
Tuesday 17
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Wednesday 18
Thursday 19
Friday 20
Saturday 21 Mid-Semester Breather Begins
Sunday 22
Monday 23
Tuesday 24
Wednesday 25 CHRISTMAS (Public Holiday)
Thursday 26 BOXING DAY (Public Holiday)
Friday 27
Saturday 28 Mid-Semester Breather Ends
Sunday 29
Monday 30
Tuesday 31
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UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM

© University of Dar es Salaam, 2023

FRESH ENTRANTS REPORT – Saturday 28 October 2023

FRESH ENTRANTS ORIENTATION WEEK

Ends: – Saturday 04 November 2023

REGISTRATION OF CONTINUING STUDENTS FOR THE FIRST

Ends: – Friday 17 November 2023

B. TEACHING AND EXAMINATION

1ST SEMESTER-EXCEPT FOR MCHAS

Lecture Sessions End: – Thursday 15 February 2024

Ends: – Friday 29 December 2023

1ST SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS - EXCEPT FOR MCHAS

MARKING - EXCEPT FOR MCHAS

COMPILATION - EXCEPT FOR MCHAS

RELEASE OF PROVISIONAL RESULTS FOR SEMESTER 1

2ND SEMESTER - EXCEPT FOR MCHAS

REGISTRATION FOR THE SECOND SEMESTER

2ND SEMESTER UNIVERSITY COURSEWORK ASSESSMENT WEEK

2ND SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS – EXCEPT FOR MCHAS

END OF 2023/2024 ACADEMIC YEAR: 18 JULY 2024 - EXCEPT FOR

RELEASE OF PROVISIONAL RESULTS FOR SEMESTER 2

LONG VACATION - EXCEPT FOR MCHAS

MBEYA COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES (MCHAS)

1ST SEMESTER– MCHAS

1ST SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS – MCHAS

INTER-SEMESTER BREAK – MCHAS

2ND SEMESTER – MCHAS

2ND SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS – MCHAS

END OF 2023/24 ACADEMIC YEAR - MCHAS: 13 SEPTEMBER 2024

RELEASE OF PROVISIONAL RESULTS - SEMESTER 2 EXAMINATIONS -

LONG VACATION – MCHAS

PRACTICAL TRAINING/FIELD WORK – MCHAS

Communicable Disease Control (CDC) – MD 300

C: PRACTICAL TRAINING/FIELD WORK (MJKNMC)

Begins: – Monday 22 July 2024

Begins: – Monday 29 July 2024

E: FIRST SITTING EXAMINATIONS PROCESSING (2023/2024)

i. Independent Internal Examiners – except for MCHAS

Start Working: – Monday 12 August 2024

viii. Special Academic – Friday 30 August 2024

xiii. SENATE (Exams) – Thursday 19 September 2024

F: APPEALS AND IRREGULARITIES PROCESSING (2023/2024)

Applications - except for MCHAS

Ends: – Friday 04 October 2024

i. Department Boards – Tuesday 24 September 2024

viii. SENATE (Appeals and – Tuesday 08 October 2024

Sitting - except for MCHAS

Processing for Approval of Supplementary/Special Examinations

H: GRADUATION CEREMONIES (2022/2023)

53rd UDSM Graduation Ceremonies (MJKNMC)

J: 54TH GRADUATION CEREMONIES (2023/2024)

54th UDSM Graduation Ceremonies (MJKNMC)

17th DUCE GRADUATION – Thursday 28 November 2024

1. VICE CHANCELLOR’S NEW YEAR ADDRESS – WEDNESDAY 03

2. COUNCIL AND ITS COMMITTEES

a) Bureau of the Council

i) Student Affairs Committee (SAC)

j) Committee of Deans (CoD) DUS/DHRMA

l) DUCE Governing Board

o) UDSM Tender Board

q) MUCE Student Affairs Committee

r) MUCE ESTATE COMMITTEE

t) MUCE - AUDIT COMMITTEE