DIRECTORATE OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES (DPGS)
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
The Directorate of Postgraduate studies (DPGS) came into being as a result of the split of the former Directorate of Postgraduate Studies, Research, Consultancy and Publications into two directorates of Postgraduate Studies (PGS) and Research, Consultancy and Publications (RCP).
The former Directorate of Postgraduate Studies Research, Consultancy and Publications was established in the academic year 2009/2010 with the first cohort of 24 LL.M students in the Faculty of Law. In the academic year 2010/2011 first intake of PhD in Law by Thesis students was registered alongside with MBA (Human Resource Management) and MBA (Finance and Accounting) students.
The Directorate continued to grow by way of programmes to the extent that in the academic year 2011/2012 Master of Education programme consisting of two streams of Planning and Administration and Curriculum and Instruction together with Master of Arts in Linguistics were launched. This was followed by the start of the Postgraduate diploma in Education in the academic year 2015/2016. These programmes have attracted a good number of applicants from the Iringa neighborhood and outside Iringa.
ON – GOING PROGRAMMES
PhD in Education by Thesis (3-5) years
Master of Finance and International Investment Management (24 months)
Master of Education (18 months)
Postgraduate Diploma in Education (12 months)
THE WAY FORWARD
University Education has by far expanded across the country. Tanzania as of today has about 116 higher learning institutions which include Universities, University Colleges and Institutes. These institutions are in dire need of qualified personnel in the areas of academics and administration. It is by the help of the designed programmes can the higher learning institutions solve the problem of shortage of the required personnel. Tanzania is a developing country faced with a host of problems that cut across virtually in all sectors like education, health, agriculture, trade and commerce and communication to mention but a few. The solution to these problems is mainly dependent on designing programmes by higher learning institutions which are geared towards generating prerequisite knowledge which will eventually be translated into tangible outcomes. RUCU has no other option but to pursue this noble course so that she is to nurture graduate students into programmes whose outputs are the expectations of Tanzanians in their drive to building a semi-industrialized economy.
One of the major projections of RUCU in designing the postgraduate programmes is to increase enrolment of graduate students so as to fill the existing gap of high level trained man power in Tanzania.
The core function of a university is its capacity and ability to do research and publish its findings. RUCU as a University has the responsibility of providing to students and stakeholders an environment that is convenient to learning and knowledge generation. This is very possible through the earmarked programmes.
