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
2003/04
2004/05
2005/06
2006/07
2007/2008
Main Campus
2410
4450
3962
4078
3700
DUCE
533
1480
1354
MUCE
1153
721
TOTAL
2410
4450
4495
6711
5775
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)
| 2003/04 | 2004/05 |
2005/06 | 2006/07 |
2007/08 |
||||||
| Main | 861 | 1549 |
1723 | 2727 |
1446 | 2516 |
1565 |
2513 |
1318 |
2382 |
| DUCE | 245 | 284 |
622 | 858 | 511 | 843 | ||||
| MUCE | 398 | 755 | 194 | 527 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 681 | 1549 | 1723 | 2727 | 1691 | 2800 | 2585 | 4126 | 2023 | 3757 |
| %F | 35.7 | 38.7 | 37.7 | 38.5 | 35.0 | |||||
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
Main Campus
125
133
133
136
138
MUCHS
26
35
37
55
N/A
UCLAS
8
8
19
N/A
DUCE
4
6
6
MUCE
6
6
TOTAL
159
176
193
242
150
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
|
Campus |
Nationality |
Gender |
2003/04 |
2004/05 |
2005/06 |
2006/07 |
2007/08 |
|
Main Campus |
TZ |
F |
3168 |
3990 |
4380 |
4348 |
4064 |
|
M |
6797 |
7282 |
7451 |
6992 |
6914 |
||
|
Subtotal |
9965 |
11272 |
11831 |
11340 |
10978 |
||
|
NON TZ |
F |
34 |
40 |
47 |
107 |
466 |
|
|
M |
32 |
31 |
69 |
65 |
655 |
||
|
Subtotal |
66 |
71 |
116 |
172 |
1121 |
||
|
MUCHS |
TZ |
F |
517 |
625 |
616 |
529 |
N/A |
|
M |
987 |
1191 |
1322 |
1233 |
N/A |
||
|
Subtotal |
1504 |
1816 |
1938 |
1762 |
N/A |
||
|
NON TZ |
F |
8 |
18 |
0 |
5 |
N/A |
|
|
M |
16 |
16 |
0 |
12 |
N/A |
||
|
Subtotal |
24 |
34 |
0 |
17 |
N/A |
||
|
UCLAS |
TZ |
F |
124 |
162 |
167 |
203 |
N/A |
|
M |
789 |
870 |
920 |
1041 |
N/A |
||
|
Subtotal |
913 |
1032 |
1087 |
1244 |
N/A |
||
|
NON TZ |
F |
5 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
N/A |
|
|
M |
15 |
27 |
19 |
16 |
N/A |
||
|
Subtotal |
20 |
29 |
20 |
17 |
N/A |
||
|
DUCE |
TZ |
F |
|
|
248 |
886 |
1378 |
|
M |
|
|
284 |
1216 |
1985 |
||
|
Subtotal |
0 |
0 |
532 |
2102 |
3363 |
||
|
NON TZ |
F |
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
M |
|
|
|
|
0 |
||
|
Subtotal |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
|
MUCE |
TZ |
F |
|
|
|
297 |
491 |
|
M |
|
|
|
618 |
1145 |
||
|
Subtotal |
0 |
0 |
0 |
915 |
1636 |
||
|
NON TZ |
F |
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
M |
|
|
|
|
0 |
||
|
Subtotal |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
|
Total |
TZ |
F |
3809 |
4777 |
5411 |
6263 |
5933 |
|
M |
8573 |
9343 |
9977 |
11100 |
10044 |
||
|
Subtotal |
12,382 |
14,120 |
15,388 |
17,363 |
15977 |
||
|
NON TZ |
F |
47 |
60 |
48 |
113 |
466 |
|
|
M |
63 |
74 |
88 |
93 |
655 |
||
|
Subtotal |
110 |
134 |
136 |
206 |
1121 |
||
|
Grand total |
|
|
12,492 |
14,254 |
15,524 |
17,569 |
17098 |
|
%F |
|
|
31% |
34% |
35% |
36% |
37% |
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
|
Colleges |
Nationality |
Gender |
2003/04 |
2004/05 |
2005/06 |
2006/07 |
2007/08 |
|
Main Campus |
TZ |
F |
240 |
465 |
652 |
770 |
710 |
|
M |
615 |
1162 |
1857 |
2085 |
1833 |
||
|
Subtotal |
855 |
1627 |
2509 |
2855 |
2543 |
||
|
NON TZ |
F |
21 |
39 |
31 |
10 |
2 |
|
|
M |
28 |
67 |
36 |
25 |
7 |
||
|
Subtotal |
49 |
106 |
67 |
35 |
9 |
||
|
MUCHS |
TZ |
F |
37 |
37 |
50 |
58 |
N/A |
|
M |
21 |
30 |
86 |
68 |
N/A |
||
|
Subtotal |
58 |
67 |
136 |
126 |
N/A |
||
|
NON TZ |
F |
49 |
62 |
1 |
1 |
N/A |
|
|
M |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
N/A |
||
|
Subtotal |
49 |
62 |
2 |
2 |
N/A |
||
|
UCLAS |
TZ |
F |
7 |
10 |
19 |
18 |
N/A |
|
M |
33 |
39 |
58 |
66 |
N/A |
||
|
Subtotal |
40 |
49 |
77 |
84 |
N/A |
||
|
NON TZ |
F |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
N/A |
|
|
M |
0 |
0 |
6 |
21 |
N/A |
||
|
Subtotal |
0 |
0 |
6 |
23 |
N/A |
||
|
TOTAL |
TZ |
F |
284 |
512 |
721 |
846 |
710 |
|
M |
669 |
1231 |
2001 |
2219 |
1833 |
||
|
Subtotal |
953 |
1743 |
2722 |
3065 |
2543 |
||
|
NON TZ |
F |
70 |
101 |
32 |
13 |
2 |
|
|
M |
28 |
67 |
43 |
47 |
7 |
||
|
Subtotal |
98 |
168 |
75 |
60 |
9 |
||
|
GRAND TOTAL |
|
1051 |
1911 |
2797 |
3125 |
2552 |
|
|
%WOMEN |
|
34% |
32% |
27% |
27% |
28% |
|
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.
|
UDSM |
|
2003/04 |
2004/05 |
2005/06 |
2006/07 |
2007/08 |
|
Main Campus |
UG |
9,321 |
11,343 |
11,947 |
11,512 |
12,099 |
|
PG |
897 |
1,718 |
2,576 |
2,890 |
2,552 |
|
|
UG+PG |
10,218 |
13,061 |
14,523 |
14,402 |
14,651 |
|
|
Academic Staff |
575 |
575 |
670 |
771 |
825 |
|
|
Student-staff ratio |
18 |
23 |
22 |
19 |
18 |
|
|
MUCHS |
UG |
1,496 |
1,718 |
1,867 |
1,779 |
N/A |
|
PG |
68 |
98 |
137 |
128 |
N/A |
|
|
UG+PG |
1,564 |
1,816 |
2,004 |
1,907 |
N/A |
|
|
Academic Staff |
205 |
183 |
252 |
259 |
N/A |
|
|
Student-staff ratio |
8 |
10 |
8 |
7 |
N/A |
|
|
UCLAS |
UG/Dip |
933 |
1074 |
1107 |
1261 |
N/A |
|
PG |
41 |
58 |
79 |
108 |
N/A |
|
|
UG+PG |
974 |
1132 |
1186 |
1369 |
N/A |
|
|
Academic Staff |
79 |
79 |
110 |
110 |
N/A |
|
|
Student-staff ratio |
12 |
14 |
11 |
12 |
N/A |
|
|
DUCE |
UG |
|
|
527 |
2102 |
3,363 |
|
PG |
|
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
UG+PG |
|
|
527 |
2102 |
3,363 |
|
|
Academic Staff |
|
|
30 |
107 |
135 |
|
|
Student-staff ratio |
|
|
18 |
20 |
25 |
|
|
MUCE |
UG |
|
|
|
915 |
1,636 |
|
PG |
|
|
|
0 |
0 |
|
|
UG+PG |
|
|
|
915 |
1,636 |
|
|
Academic Staff |
|
|
|
60 |
85 |
|
|
Student-staff ratio |
|
|
|
15 |
19 |
|
|
TOTAL |
UG |
11,750 |
14,135 |
15,448 |
17,569 |
17,098 |
|
PG |
1,006 |
1,874 |
2,792 |
3,126 |
2,552 |
|
|
UG+PG |
12,756 |
16,009 |
18,240 |
20,695 |
19,650 |
|
|
Academic Staff |
859 |
837 |
1,062 |
1,307 |
1,045 |
|
|
OVERALL |
Student-staff ratio |
15 |
19 |
17 |
16 |
19 |
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
Campus/College
2003/04
2004/05
2005/06
2006/07
2007/08
Main Campus
284
240
199
273
256
MUCHS
38
75
65
44
N/A
UCLAS
38
53
54
83
N/A
DUCE
4
0
0
MUCE
2
2
TOTAL
360
368
322
402
258
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
Main Campus
MUCHS
UCLAS
DUCE
MUCE
Total
2003/04
1,288,989,683
8,056,481,194
N/A
N/A
9,506,470,807
2004/05
1,129,123,806
7,594,647,612
N/A
N/A
8,814,348,486
2005/06
1,768,147,187
5,099,679,901
0
0
6,867,827,088
2006/07
2,246,415,345
10,825,802,374
154,497,300
0
24,500,000
13,251,215,091
2007/08
3,835,257,512
N/A
N/A
0
44,500,000
3,879,757,512
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
| Campus/ College | 2003/04 | 2004/05 | 2005/06 | 2006/07 | 2007/08 |
| Main Campus | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| MUCHS | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | N/A |
| UCLAS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
| DUCE | 0 | 0 | |||
| MUCE | 0 | ||||
| Total | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
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
Campus/College
2003/04
2004/05
2005/06
2006/07
2007/08
Main Campus
23
23
23
22
18
MUCHS
1
2
2
3
N/A
UCLAS
0
0
0
0
N/A
DUCE
0
0
0
0
0
MUCE
0
0
Total
24
25
25
25
18
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
Campus/College
2003/04
2004/05
2005/06
2006/07
2007/08
Main Campus
241
229
244
279
273
MUCHS
84
119
94
12
0
UCLAS
36
44
0
0
0
DUCE
0
0
0
MUCE
1
6
Total
361
392
338
292
279
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
Campus/College
2003/04
2004/05
2005/06
2006/07
2007/08
Main Campus
119
101
147
157
165
MUCHS
2
1
9
3
N/A
UCLAS
11
13
0
0
N/A
DUCE
0
0
0
MUCE
0
2
Total
132
115
156
159
167
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
Campus/College
2003/04
2004/05
2005/06
2006/07
2007/08
Main Campus
123
102
88
55
110
MUCHS
1
2
2
11
0
UCLAS
0
0
0
0
0
DUCE
0
0
9
MUCE
3
3
Total
124
104
100
69
122
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
Campus/College
2003/04
2004/05
2005/06
2006/07
2007/08
Main Campus
12
19
17
19
28
MUCHS
3
5
2
3
N/A
UCLAS
6
0
0
0
N/A
DUCE
0
0
0
MUCE
0
0
Total
21
24
19
22
28
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
Campus/College
2003/04
2004/05
2005/06
2006/07
2007/08
Main Campus
635,688
682,767
695,253
695,253
695,253
MUCHS
102,000
127,000
153,000
102,960
N/A
UCLAS
0
44,364
9,576
0
N/A
DUCE
0
0
30,100
MUCE
3,495
19,516
Total
737,688
854,131
854,090
801,708
744,869
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
Campus/College
2003/04
2004/05
2005/06
2006/07
2007/08
Main Campus
MUCHS
UCLAS
DUCE
MUCE
Total
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
Campus/College
2003/04
2004/05
2005/06
2006/07
2007/08
Main Campus
1:1
1:1
1:1
1:1
1:1
UCLAS
2:8
2:8
2:9
N/A
DUCE
1:1
1:5
1:2
MUCE
1:1
1:1
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
Campus/College
2003/04
2004/05
2005/06
2006/07
2007/08
Main Campus
128
175
228
454
494
MUCHS
27
38
55
156
N/A
UCLAS
35
35
35
127
N/A
DUCE
MUCE
Total
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
Table 19: The overall number of UDSM staff members
Year
Academic staff
Administrative Staff
Technical Staff
Grand Total
M
F
TT
M
F
TT
M
F
TT
M
F
TT
2003/04
783
120
903
460
358
818
328
167
495
1571
806
2377
2004/05
793
123
916
460
358
818
330
170
500
1583
811
2394
2005/06
828
201
1029
697
403
1100
363
95
458
1888
699
2587
2006/07
1058
282
1340
583
527
1110
406
156
562
2047
965
3012
2007/08
898
229
1127
542
481
1023
331
112
443
1771
822
2593