State University of Zanzibar SUZA Offered courses for 2023/2024
The State University of Zanzibar (SUZA) was established by Act No. 8 of 1999 of the Zanzibar House of Representatives which was then amended by Act No. 11 of 2009, and further re-amended by Act No. 7 of 2016.
The latter amendment has justified SUZA to merge with other Zanzibar higher learning institutions; these are the then Zanzibar Institute of Financial Administration (ZIFA), College of Health Sciences (CHS) and the Zanzibar Institute of Tourism Development (ZIToD).
Currently The State University of Zanzibar offers various undergraduate degree , diploma, and post graduate Programmes as listed below.
School of Business (SoB)
Programmes offered at School of Business
Undergraduate programmes.
- Bachelor degree in Financial Administration – Accounting.
- Bachelor degree in Banking and Finance
- Bachelor degree in Procurement and Supply Management.
- Bachelor degree in Information Technology with Accounting.
Diploma programmes
- Ordinary Diploma in Financial Administration – Accounting
- Ordinary Diploma in Information Technology with Accounting
- Ordinary Diploma in Procurement and Supply Management
- Diploma in Information Communication Technology (ICT) with Accounting
Certificate programmes
- Basic Certificate in Financial Administration
- Certificate in Information Communication Technology(ICT)with Accounting
Institute of Tourism
Academic Programmes:
Undergraduate programme
- Bachelor of Art in Tourism Management and Marketing
Diploma Programmes(2 years)
- Diploma in Hospitality & Tourism Management
- Diploma in Heritage Management and Tourism
Technician Certificate Programmes (2years)
- FTC Front Office Operations
- FTC in Housekeeping and laundry
- FTC in Food Preparation and Pastry
- FTC in Food and Beverage Sales and Services
Tour Guiding.
Basic Technician certificate (1 year)
- FTC Front Office Operations
- FTC in Housekeeping and laundry
- FTC in Food Preparation and Pastry
- FTC in Food and Beverage Sales and Services
- FTC in Tour guiding
Directorate of Graduate Studies, Research and Consultancy (DGSRC)
Programmes offered
- PhD. Kiswahili
- MSc. Chemistry
- MSc. Environmental Sciences
- M.A Kiswahili
- M.A Education in Teaching Kiswahili to speakers of other language
- M.A Education in Youth, Gender and Development
- MSc. Natural Resource Management and Climate change
- Envisaged Programmes
- M.A. Language in Education
- M.A. Arabic
- M.A. Economics
- M.A. Statistics
- M.A. Business
School Health & Medical Sciences
Programmes offered
Undergraduate programmes
- Doctor of Medicine
- Bachelor of Science in Environmental Health
Diploma programmes
- Diploma in Nursing and Midwifery
- Diploma in Medical Laboratory Sciences
- Diploma in Clinical Medicine
- Diploma in Clinical Dentistry
- Diploma in EnvironMental Health Sciences
- Diploma in Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Diploma in Physiotherapy
Future programmes:
- Bachelor of Sciences in Nursing and Midwifery
- Bachelor of Science in Medical Laboratory Sciences
Department of Social Sciences
Programmes offered:
- Bachelor of Arts in History and Archeology (BAHA)
- Bachelor of Arts in Geography and Environmental Studies (BAGES)
- Bachelor of Arts with Education (BA. Ed)
- Diploma in Social Work (DSW)
- Diploma in Arts with Education (DA. Ed)
Department Natural Science
Programmes offered:
- Master of Science in Environmental Studies (MScES)
- Master of Science in Climate Change and Natural Resources Management (MSc. CC & NRM)
- MSc. Chemistry
- Bachelor of Science with Education (B.Sc. Ed)
- Diploma in Science with Education
Department future programmes:
- PhD in Chemistry
- PhD in Environmental Sciences
Department of Computer Science & IT
Programmes offered:
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science (B.Sc. CS)
- Bachelor of Information Technology Application & Management (BITAM)
- Bachelor of Science and IT with Education – IT Major (BSc & IT ED
- Diploma in Computer Science
- Diploma in Information Technology
Department future programmes:
- BSc Communication Engineering
- BSc Multimedia and Animation
- BSc Informatics – GIS and remote sensing
- BSc Informatics – mobile and web technologies
- Msc in Computer Science
- Msc in Information Technology