SAINT AUGUSTINE UNIVERSITY OF TANZANIA,THE MOST GROWING HIGHER LERANING INSTITUTION IN TANZANIA!!!!

IN SUMMARY I WANNA INFORM YOU ABOUT SAUT,LET US GO AS FOLLOWS;

 

St. Augustine University of Tanzania, established in 1998, is an independent higher learning institution governed by the Board of Trustees and the University Council under the Catholic Bishops of Tanzania (Tanzania Episcopal Conference). The University is accredited holding a certificate of Accreditation granted by the higher Education Accreditation Council of Tanzania (currently known as the Tanzania Commission for Universities) on 25^th September 2002 in accordance with the provisions of the Educational (Amendment) Act No. 10 of 1995

 

The University extends over 600 acres in the Nyegezi-Malimbe area 10km south of Mwanza City. It lies 4km off the main Mwanza- Shinyanga road on the shores of Lake Victoria. The University is a half-hour’s drive from Mwanza by car or by bus. As part of Tanzania’s central highlands (1140m above the sea level), the area to the south of Lake Victoria is noted for its moderate temperatures. Mwanza can be reached from other parts of Tanzania and East Africa by train, air, ferry and highway.

 

 BACKGROUND

ST.

Augustine University of Tanzania (SAUT) was established in 1998, is the successor of the Nyegezi Social Training Institute (NSTI) founded in1960 as the Nyegezi Social Training Centre by the Catholic White Fathers (Now called the Missionaries of Africa), Under the initiative of Bishop Joseph Blomjous of the Mwanza Diocese.
The early sixties were years characterized by the emergence of Independent African nations, including Tanzania, from colonial rule. As the winds of change swept across Africa South of the Saraha, the White Fathers recognized that skills in communication, community, development, accounting, management and administration had to be developed, in order to educate the personnel who would take positions of leadership in the countries of East and Central Africa that were gaining their independence.
The founder of the Nyegezi Social Training Institute (NSTI) envisioned a training that would not only impart academic and professional skills but also inculcate values of civic and social learning.
The Nyegezi Social Training Institute was established with a view to training indigenous manpower, regardless of race or creed, in general management as well as in professional skills such as journalism, accountancy, material management, and Health Administration.
When Bishop Joseph Blomjous retired in 1964, he handed over the institute to his successor, Bishop Renatus Butibubage, who in 1975 entrusted it to the Tanzania Episcopal Conference (TEC). The Tanzania Episcopal Conference guided and managed the Nyegezi Social Training Institute in achieving its aim of manpower training. More than 2400men and women graduated from the institute for service in the countries of East and Central Africa until the 1998.
Since 1992 there was a move within the Tanzanian government to liberalize the provision of social service. The changes in government policy coincided with a desire among church leaders to establish a catholic university in Tanzania. Relying on the Catholic Church’s long tradition in higher education, the Bishops of Tanzania decided in 1996 that the time was ripe to extend the church’s services to university education.
The Nyegezi Social Training Institute in Mwanza was the nucleus of the new Catholic University, “St. Augustine University of Tanzania” (SAUT).
The Tanzania Episcopal Conference founded SAUT to embrace the ideals of the Gospel message as it comes to the world through the World of God and through Catholic Tradition and the teaching Church. In matter of faith and morals, the University acknowledges the authority of Canon Law and the Apostolic Constitution “Ex-Corde Ecclesiae” for Catholic Universities. At the same time, St. Augustine University of Tanzania, having been established in accordance with the laws of the country, operates under the direction of the Tanzania Commission of Universities (TCU) in accordance with the provisions of the Universities Act No.7 of 2005.
The University attracts students from Tanzania and elsewhere, particularly the countries of East and Central Africa: Kenya, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Burundi, Malawi, and Zambia.
  

FACULTIES

a. Business Administration

b. Social Sciences

c. Law

d. Education &

e. Engineering

CONSTITUENT COLLEGES

i. Mwenge university College of Education

 

 

ii. Jordan University College

 

iii. Mtwara University College of Education

 

 

iv. University College of Law and Technological Sciences (RUCO)

 

 

 

 

 

 

v. Archbishop Mihayo University College of Tabora (AMUCTA)

 

 

vi. St.Frances University College of Health and Allied Sciences (SFUCHAS)

SERVICES BY SAUT

Radio SAUT FM

TV Production

Resting House

Human Rights Centre

Training

Health Services

Catering

American Corner

Religious Services

Hope these information has helped you to know more about SAUT, you can choose to associate with them anyhow you wish and on their behalf I WOULD WISH TO SAY, UNAKARIBISHWA SANA KUJENGA "JIJI LA MUNGU"!!

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT; www.saut.ac.tz

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By King Chavala-MC