Courses Offered at DIT Dar es Salaam Institute of Technology
The Dar es Salaam Technical Institute was established aiming at providing vocational training in the country.
The Institute later expanded its scope to offer technical secondary school courses and training for Technical Assistants before it was upgraded in 1962 to become the Dar es Salaam Technical College (DTC), the first formal technical training institution in the country.
DTC was aimed to train technicians under the London City and Guilds Training Program.In order to enhance its contribution to the national capacity building in technical manpower, the College in 1964 introduced two-and-a-half-year Ordinary Technician Diploma (OTD).
Currently the institution has three (3) campuses which are; Main Campus in Dar es Salaam, Mwanza Campus in Mwanza Region and Myunga Campus in Songwe Region.
The institute offers over twenty nine (29) applied science, engineering and professional training programmes leading to the awards of Basic Technical Certificate,Ordinary Diploma,Bachelor of Engineering,Bachelor of Technology and Master Degree programme.
Vision
To become the leading technical education Institution in addressing societal needs.
Mission
To provide competence based technical education through training, research, innovation and development of appropriate technology.
Courses Offered at DIT Dar es Salaam Institute of Technology
A: DIT Ordinary Diploma Courses
1. Ordinary Diploma in Civil Engineering
2. Ordinary Diploma in Computer Engineering
3. Ordinary Diploma in Electrical Engineering
4. Ordinary Diploma Renewable Energy Technology
5. Ordinary diploma in Biomedical Equipment Engineering
6. Ordinary Diploma in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering
7. Ordinary Diploma in Mechanical Engineering
8. Ordinary Diploma in Science and Laboratory Technology
9. Ordinary Diploma in Mining Engineering
10. Ordinary Diploma in Information Technology
11. Ordinary Diploma Communication System Technology
12. Ordinary Diploma Multimedia and Film Technology
13. Ordinary Diploma in Food Science and Technology
14. Ordinary Diploma in Biotechnology
15. Ordinary Diploma in Leather Products Technologies
B: Undergraduate Degree Programmes Offered at DIT
1. Bachelor of Engineering (B. Eng) in Civil Engineering
2. Bachelor of Engineering (B. Eng) in Computer Engineering
3. Bachelor of Engineering (B. Eng) in Electrical Engineering
4. Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng) in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering
5. Bachelor of Engineering (B. Eng) in Mechanical Engineering
6. Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech) in Laboratory Sciences
7. Bachelor of Engineering in Oil and Gas Engineering
8. Bachelor of Engineering (B. Eng) in Mining Engineering
Postgraduate Courses Offered at DIT
1. Master of Engineering in Maintenance Management (18 months)
2. Master of Technology in Computing and Communications. (18 months)
3. Master of Engineering in Sustainable Energy Engineering
4. master’s in computational science and engineering (18 months)
