Facts & Figures

1     TEACHING AND LEARNING ISSUES

1.1  ADMISSION PROFILES AT COLLEGES/CAMPUSES

Generally, the number of students admitted to UDSM (excluding MUCHS and UCLAS) has maintained a growing trend over the past five years (Table 1). Between 2003/04 and 2006/07 the number of students registered increased by 178%. During 2007/08 the number of students registered fell slightly to 5775.

Table 1: Undergraduate students admitted to UDSM

The proportion of female students admitted varied from 35.7% to 38.5% over the last five years (Table 2).

Table 2: Admissions at UDSM by gender (excluding the former MUCHS and UCLAS)

1.2  ACADEMIC PROGRAMMES

The number of academic programmes offered at UDSM is shown in Table 3. There has been an increase in the number of programmes from 159 in 2003/04 to 242 in 2006/07. With the departure of MUCHS and UCLAS the number of programmes has remained at 150.

Table 3: UDSM number of academic programmes

1.3   STUDENT ENROLMENT PROFILES

Undergraduate

The undergraduate student enrolment at UDSM has constantly been increasing during the past five years as shown in Table 4. The departure of MUCHS and UCLAS has had an insignificant effect on overall undergraduate enrolment. The increase ranged from 12,492 in 2003/04 to 17,098 in 2007/08. During the same timeframe the proportion of female students increased from 31% to 37%.

Table 4: Undergraduate student enrolment at UDSM

Postgraduate

Table 5 shows that there were 2552 postgraduate students registered at the University in 2007/08. The proportion of female students has remained relatively stable for past three years at 27%-28%. Admission of postgraduate students is a continuous process and therefore their actual numbers vary all the time.

Table 5: Postgraduate student enrolment at UDSM

1.4  STUDENT-STAFF RATIOS

The student-staff ratio is a reasonable indicator of the workload of the academic staff. Table 6 gives the summary of the ratio at the University. It fluctuated between 15 in 2003/04 and 19 in 2007/08.The current year has excluded MUCHS and UCLAS.

Table 6: The trend of student-staff ratio.

2    RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION ISSUES

2.1 RESEARCH PROJECTS

The number of research projects at the University increased from 360 in 2003/04 to 402 in 2006/07 (Table 7). In 2007/08 the number dropped to 258, partly due to the departure of MUCHS and UCLAS.

Table 7: Number of research projects completed and in progress at UDSM

2.2       RESEARCH FUNDING

Table 8 shows the level of funding for research at UDSM from 2003/04 to 2007/08. In 2007/08 the level of research funding for Main Campus and MUCE alone was above TZS 3.8 billion. The funding comes from various sources, including the Government and donor agencies.

Table 8: Research funding level at the UDSM

2.3 PROFESSORIAL CHAIRS

4 professorial chairs were reported at the Main Campus in 2007/08. DUCE and MUCE have not reported any research chairs.

Table 9: Number of Professorial Chairs

2.4       PUBLICATIONS

Active Institutional Journals

Table 10 shows the number of journals available to staff members at the University for publication of their research findings. The number of active institutional journals in 2007/08 was 18, all of which were found at the Main Campus.

Table 10: Number of active institutional journals

Journal Papers

Published papers are a good indicator of the level of serious research work at any institution. Available records show that the number of published papers in 2007/08 were 279 (Table 11). This number is only indicative as some units failed to provide the data on time.

Table 11: Number of journal papers published by staff at UDSM

Conference Papers

Like journal papers, conference papers are also indicative of the research activities at the University. Table 12 provides the number of conference papers presented at various conferences around the world by the academic staff members of the UDSM. The number of conference papers published in 2007/08 was 167.

Table 12: Number of conference papers published by staff

Research Reports

Quality research is finally documented as reports that can be used for future reference. Table 13 shows the number of reports produced at different campuses of the University and the total number for the whole institution.  The number of research reports produced declined from 124 in 2003/04 to 69 in 2006/07. On the other hand, in 2007/08, the number of research projects recorded is 122. All these numbers are indicative as mentioned before.

Table 13: Number of research reports published by staff

Books 

Books represent a higher order of publication in an academic institution. The number of books published at the University increased from 22 in 2006/07 to 28 in 2007/08, as can be seen in Table 14, despite the exclusion of MUCHS and UCLAS.

Table 14: Number of books published at the University

2.5       LIBRARY SERVICES

Visits to the library are a good indicator of the use of library services (Table 15). The visits dropped slightly to 744,869 in 2007/08 compared with 801,708 in 2006/07 primarily due to the exclusion of MUCHS and UCLAS from the current consideration.

Table 15: Visits to the Library

2.6       ICT SERVICES FOR UDSM

Availability of Personal Computers (PCs)

A total of 609 PCs (Table 16) were recorded for the academic staff at UDSM in 2007/08. This number is surely on the lower side since practically every academic staff member is in possession of a computer. The number will be updated in due course.

Table 16: Number of PCs available for academic staff

PC to Academic Staff Ratio

The number of PCs alone does not reflect access to PCs by academic staff. The PC to academic staff ratio gives an indication of how easy it is for academic staff to access a computer. Table 17 gives the ratio for the colleges and Main Campus.

Table 17: The ratio of PCs to academic staff

Internet Connectivity

In the current global situation access to information via the internet is vital. Table 18 gives the number of computers connected to the internet. Out of the 609 PCs reported above, 575 were connected to the internet in 2007/08 as shown below. The data here needs updating as more computers are available online.

Table 18: Number of academic staff with PCs connected to internet

3          HUMAN RESOURCES

The number of staff members presented under this section included those of MUCHS and UCLAS (which are now Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences - MUHAS and Ardhi University - ARU, respectively) for the first four years.  However, the number of staff members for the academic year 2007/08 is only for the Main Campus, MUCE and DUCE.  Therefore, any implications derived from such numbers should take these changes into account.

3.1       OVERALL UDSM STAFF

The UDSM staff categories include academic staff, administrative staff and technical staff (Table 19). In the academic year 2007/08, the University of Dar es Salaam as a whole had 1127 academic staff, 1023 administrative staff and 443 technical staff and hence a total of 2593 staff members.  Of these 822 are female staff members accounting for 31.7% of the total workforce. 

Table 19: The overall number of UDSM staff members