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.
