ABSTRACT
The University of Dar es Salaam has a brief past and faces the future with limited precedents. It is the future which holds the promise of the fulfilment of aims and purposes put forward by the Chancellor, Julius K. Nyerere, at formal inaugural ceremonies on the 29th of August, 1970. He said:
This is the background to Tanzania's decision to establish its own University. Our nation has decided to divert development resources from other potential uses because we expect to benefit by doing so. We believe that through having our own higher educational institution in this country, we shall obtain the kind of high—level manpower we need to build a socialist society, and we shall get the emphasis we need on investigating the particular problems which face us. In other words, we expect that our University will be of such a nature that all who pass through it will be prepared both in knowledge and in attitude for giving maximum service to the community.
In its teaching objectives and in its research for new knowledge — the aim of the University of Dar es Salaam must be service to the needs of a developing socialist Tanzania. This purpose must determine the subjects taught, the conduct of courses, the methods of teaching and the manner in which the University is organized, as well as its relations with the community at large. 1
