Time and Major Developments at Sokoine University of Agriculture.

1965

  • The start of Morogoro Agricultural College.
  • Offering diploma training in the discipline of Agriculture.

1970

  • The College was transformed into a Faculty of Agriculture of the University of   Dar es Salaam (UDSM).
  • Started offering Bachelor of Science in Agriculture.

1974

  • The Division of Forestry was established.
  • The faculty was named “Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry” of the University of Dar es Salaam.

1976

  • The introduction of Bachelor of Veterinary Science.
  • The establishment of the Division of Veterinary Science,
  • The Faculty was re-named “Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Sciences” of the University of Dar es Salaam.

1984

  • The Faculty was transformed, through Parliamentary Act No. 6 of 1984, into a full-fledged University.
  • The university became known as the Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA)
  • It started with three faculties namely the Faculty of Agriculture, Faculty of Forestry and Faculty of Veterinary Medicine.

1986

  • The Directorate of Research and Postgraduate Studies (DRPGS) was established.

1988

  • Institute of Continuing Education (ICE) was established.
  • Development Studies Institute (DSI) was established.

1991

  • Sokoine National Agricultural Library (SNAL) was established.

1993

  • Computer Centre was established.

1999

  • Faculty of Science (FoS) was established,
  • SUA Centre for Sustainable Rural Development was established.

2000

  • Pest Management Centre (SPMC) was established.

2004

  • Moshi University College of Cooperatives and Business Studies (MUCOBS) was nurtured as a Constituent College of SUA .

2007

  • SUA was granted its Charter

2014

  • MUCOBS was elevated into a fully-fledged Moshi Cooperative University (MoCU).
  • The University embarked on a restructuring process of its organizational and management structures.

2015

  • The faculty of Agriculture was split to form the College of Agriculture and the School of Agricultural Economics and Business Studies.
  • Development Studies Institute (DSI), SUA Centre for Sustainable Rural Development and the Department of Social Sciences were merged to form the College of Social Sciences and Humanities (CSSH).
  • The Computer Centre was transformed into the Centre for Information and Communication Technology (CICT)
  • The Directorate of Undergraduate Studies was established
  • The Directorate of Development and Planning was established

2016

  • The faculty of Veterinary Medicine was transformed into the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.

2017

  • Faculty of Science was transformed into Solomon Mahlangu College of Sciences and Education.
  • The Directorate of Research and Postgraduate Studies (DRPGS) was transformed into the Directorate of Postgraduate Studies, Research, Technology Transfer and Consultancy.

2022

  • The Internationalization and Convocation Unit was established.