Arusha Technical College

Arusha Technical College

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The College is located at the Central Business District of the Arusha City which is the Northern Tanzania’s centre of agriculture, commerce, trade and tourism.

Arusha Technical College is a center of excellence that provides a national and international high-level human resource through exemplary competence based Technical Education and training in Tanzania. The institution which has become the Arusha Technical College (ATC), was established in 1978 jointly by the Governments of the United Republic of Tanzania and Germany, under the name of the Technical College Arusha (TCA). Arusha City is also the Head Quarter of the East Africa Community and is the central point in Africa between Cape Town and Cairo. It is surrounded by famous mountains such as Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Meru. In addition, it is the door to the world’s great wildlife refuges including Ngorongoro Crater, Serengeti and Tarangire. All these make the location of the College an ideal place for education, training and applied research. The College is accredited by the National Council for Technical Education (NACTE) to run and grant awards to successful candidates in technician and Engineering programmes. Awards offered are Ordinary Diploma namely the National Technical Level (NTA) 4 – 6 and the prospective Bachelor of Engineering namely the National Technical Level (NTA) 7 - 8.
1. Ordinary Diploma Programmes

(a) Ordinary Diploma in Automotive Engineering
(b) Ordinary Diploma in Civil Engineering
(c) Ordinary Diploma in Electrical Engineering
(d) Ordinary Diploma in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering
(e) Ordinary Diploma in Laboratory Sciences and Technology
(f) Ordinary Diploma in Mechanical Engineering
(g) Ordinary Diploma in Transportation Engineering
(h) Ordinary Diploma in Information Technology
(i) Ordinary Diploma in Computer Science
(j) Ordinary Diploma in Electrical and Biomedical Engineering

2. Bachelor Degree
(a) Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng) in Civil and Irrigation Engineering
Vision and Mission of the College
ATC has vision and mission statements derived from the Technical Education and Training Policy (1996), which in turn evolved from the National Vision 2025. Tanzania Vision 2025 targets at high quality livelihood for all Tanzanians by increasing training capacity and improving the quality of technical education and training. This is a response to the high demand for qualified technical personnel. The statements identify the broad-based technical educational purposes of the college as “evolving high level human resource”. The statements read as follows. Vision Statement
The vision of ATC is to become a centre of excellence that provides a national and international high-level human resource through exemplary competence based Technical Education and Training
Mission Statement
The mission of ATC is to provide high quality career-focused, skills-based Technical Education and Training to enhance the role of the individuals as productive and responsible members of the society. Philosophy and Core Values of the College
Philosophy
The education philosophy of ATC is to meet the intellectual, physical, psychological and social needs of students. The educational experience gained prepares them for serving our Nation for sustainable development. Core Values
ATC core values are: Provision of competence based education and training, service to community, integrity, diversity, equal opportunities, accountability and honesty, freedom and responsibility, mutual respect and unity of purpose, excellence in performance. College Staff Member
At present the college has 62 teaching members of staff (Lecturers/Tutors/Instructors) and 36 supporting staff. Lecturers/Tutors/Instructors have different level of education ranging from Certificate to Ph.D. It is anticipated that by 2012 the college will have 139 academic staff all meeting NACTE standards. The increase is due to increased enrollment of students to the proposed new program and others.

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Safari ya Utumishi ya Bi. Aziza Abbas Lyimo 18/08/2026

𝘓𝘦𝘰, 𝘊𝘩𝘶𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝑎 𝘜𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘪 𝘈𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘩𝑎 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝑎𝘮𝘴𝘩𝘶𝘬𝘶𝘳𝘶 𝘯𝑎 𝘬𝘶𝘮𝘶𝑎𝘨𝑎 𝘬𝑤𝑎 𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘮𝑎 𝘉𝘪. 𝘈𝘻𝘪𝘻𝑎 𝘈𝘣𝘣𝑎𝘴 𝘓𝘺𝘪𝘮𝘰, 𝑎𝘮𝘣𝑎𝘺𝘦 𝑎𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘵𝑎𝑎𝘧𝘶 𝘳𝑎𝘴𝘮𝘪 𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘪 𝑤𝑎 𝘶𝘮𝘮𝑎 𝘣𝑎𝑎𝘥𝑎 𝘺𝑎 𝘬𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘬𝘪𝑎 𝘛𝑎𝘪𝘧𝑎 𝘬𝑤𝑎 𝘻𝑎𝘪𝘥𝘪 𝘺𝑎 𝘮𝘪𝑎𝘬𝑎 30 𝘬𝑎𝘵𝘪𝘬𝑎 𝘧𝑎𝘯𝘪 𝘺𝑎 𝘔𝑎𝘯𝘶𝘯𝘶𝘻𝘪.

𝘒𝑎𝘵𝘪𝘬𝑎 𝘬𝘪𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝑎 𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘪 𝑤𝑎𝘬𝘦, 𝘉𝘪. 𝘈𝘻𝘪𝘻𝑎 𝑎𝘮𝘦𝘬𝘶𝑤𝑎 𝘮𝘵𝑎𝑎𝘭𝑎𝘮𝘶 𝘮𝑤𝘦𝘯𝘺𝘦 𝘬𝘶𝘫𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘮𝑎, 𝘶𝑎𝘥𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘶, 𝘶𝑤𝑎𝘫𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘬𝑎𝘫𝘪 𝘯𝑎 𝑤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘪 𝘬𝑎𝘵𝘪𝘬𝑎 𝘬𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘬𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘻𝑎 𝘮𝑎𝘫𝘶𝘬𝘶𝘮𝘶 𝘺𝑎𝘬𝘦.

𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘬𝘶𝑤𝑎 𝘴𝘦𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘶 𝘮𝘶𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘶 𝘺𝑎 𝘬𝘶𝘩𝑎𝘬𝘪𝘬𝘪𝘴𝘩𝑎 𝘴𝘩𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘶𝘭𝘪 𝘻𝑎 𝘮𝑎𝘯𝘶𝘯𝘶𝘻𝘪 𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘰𝘯𝘪 𝘻𝘪𝘯𝑎𝘧𝑎𝘯𝘺𝘪𝘬𝑎 𝘬𝑤𝑎 𝘬𝘶𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨𝑎𝘵𝘪𝑎 𝘵𝑎𝘳𝑎𝘵𝘪𝘣𝘶, 𝘬𝑎𝘯𝘶𝘯𝘪 𝘯𝑎 𝘮𝑎𝘴𝘭𝑎𝘩𝘪 𝘺𝑎 𝘵𝑎𝑎𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘪.𝘡𝑎𝘪𝘥𝘪 𝘺𝑎 𝘬𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘬𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘻𝑎 𝘮𝑎𝘫𝘶𝘬𝘶𝘮𝘶 𝘺𝑎𝘬𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘵𝑎𝑎𝘭𝘶𝘮𝑎, 𝑎𝘮𝘦𝘫𝘦𝘯𝘨𝑎 𝘮𝑎𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘪𝑎𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝑎𝘻𝘶𝘳𝘪 𝘯𝑎 𝑤𝑎𝘧𝑎𝘯𝘺𝑎𝘬𝑎𝘻𝘪 𝑤𝘦𝘯𝘻𝑎𝘬𝘦 𝘯𝑎 𝑎𝘮𝘦𝘬𝘶𝑤𝑎 𝘤𝘩𝑎𝘤𝘩𝘶 𝘺𝑎 𝘶𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘬𝘪𝑎𝘯𝘰 𝘯𝑎 𝘬𝘶𝘫𝘦𝘯𝘨𝑎 𝘮𝑎𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘳𝑎 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝑎 𝘺𝑎 𝘬𝑎𝘻𝘪.

𝘛𝘶𝘯𝑎𝘮𝘴𝘩𝘶𝘬𝘶𝘳𝘶 𝘬𝑤𝑎 𝘥𝘩𝑎𝘵𝘪 𝘬𝑤𝑎 𝘮𝘪𝑎𝘬𝑎 𝘻𝑎𝘪𝘥𝘪 𝘺𝑎 30 𝘺𝑎 𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘪, 𝘬𝘶𝘫𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘦𝑎 𝘯𝑎 𝘮𝘤𝘩𝑎𝘯𝘨𝘰 𝑤𝑎𝘬𝘦 𝘬𝑤𝑎 𝘊𝘩𝘶𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝑎 𝘜𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘪 𝘈𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘩𝑎 𝘯𝑎 𝘛𝑎𝘪𝘧𝑎 𝘬𝑤𝑎 𝘶𝘫𝘶𝘮𝘭𝑎. 𝘛𝘶𝘯𝑎𝘮𝘵𝑎𝘬𝘪𝑎 𝘉𝘪. 𝘈𝘻𝘪𝘻𝑎 𝘈𝘣𝘣𝑎𝘴 𝑎𝘧𝘺𝑎 𝘯𝘫𝘦𝘮𝑎, 𝘧𝘶𝘳𝑎𝘩𝑎 𝘯𝑎 𝘮𝑎𝘪𝘴𝘩𝑎 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝑎 𝘬𝑎𝘵𝘪𝘬𝑎 𝘩𝑎𝘵𝘶𝑎 𝘩𝘪𝘪 𝘮𝘱𝘺𝑎 𝘺𝑎 𝘮𝑎𝘪𝘴𝘩𝑎 𝘺𝑎𝘬𝘦.

𝘏𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝑎 𝘬𝑤𝑎 𝘬𝘶𝘴𝘵𝑎𝑎𝘧𝘶, 𝘉𝘪. 𝘈𝘻𝘪𝘻𝑎 𝘈𝘣𝘣𝑎𝘴 𝘓𝘺𝘪𝘮𝘰. 𝘜𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘬𝘪𝑎 𝘬𝑤𝑎 𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘮𝑎, 𝘶𝘮𝘦𝑎𝘤𝘩𝑎 𝑎𝘭𝑎𝘮𝑎 𝘯𝑎 𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪 𝑤𝑎 𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘪 𝘶𝘯𝑎𝘰𝘴𝘵𝑎𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘪 𝘬𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘻𝘪𝑤𝑎.

Safari ya Utumishi ya Bi. Aziza Abbas Lyimo 𝘓𝘦𝘰, 𝘊𝘩𝘶𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝑎 𝘜𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘪 𝘈𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘩𝑎 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝑎𝘮𝘴𝘩𝘶𝘬𝘶𝘳𝘶 𝘯𝑎 𝘬𝘶𝘮𝘶𝑎𝘨𝑎 𝘬𝑤𝑎 𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘮𝑎 𝘉𝘪....

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𝗞𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗮 𝗞𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗶 𝗬𝗮𝗽𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘇𝗮 𝗠𝗮𝗳𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗸𝗶𝗼 𝘆𝗮 𝗠𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶 𝘄𝗮 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗸𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗸𝗮 𝗖𝗵𝘂𝗼 𝗰𝗵𝗮 𝗨𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶 𝗔𝗿𝘂𝘀𝗵𝗮

Balozi wa Jamhuri ya Korea Kusini nchini Tanzania, Mheshimiwa Eunju Ahn, amepongeza mafanikio yaliyopatikana katika utekelezaji wa Mradi wa Innovative Energy Education Program (IEEP) unaotekelezwa katika Chuo cha Ufundi Arusha (ATC), akieleza kuwa programu hiyo imekuwa chachu ya kuimarisha ubora wa elimu ya uhandisi na kuwaandaa vijana kwa mahitaji ya soko la ajira.

Akizungumza wakati wa ziara yake katika Chuo cha Ufundi Arusha, Balozi Ahn alisema lengo la ziara hiyo lilikuwa kujionea maendeleo ya mradi huo na kutathmini namna unavyowanufaisha wanafunzi kupitia mafunzo yanayochanganya nadharia na vitendo.

"Nilitaka kuona k**a programu hii inawasaidia wanafunzi kupata ujuzi unaohitajika katika ajira na maendeleo ya viwanda. Nimefurahishwa kuona matokeo mazuri na maendeleo yaliyopatikana," alisema Balozi Ahn.

Alieleza kuwa mradi huo unaendana na mwelekeo wa maendeleo ya Tanzania kwa kuwa unazalisha wahitimu wenye umahiri katika teknolojia za kisasa, hususan katika sekta za nishati, mekatroniki na uzalishaji viwandani, ambazo ni muhimu katika kukuza uchumi wa viwanda na kuongeza ushindani wa taifa.

Balozi Ahn alibainisha kuwa Korea Kusini itaendelea kushirikiana na Tanzania katika kuendeleza elimu ya juu kupitia programu mbalimbali za kubadilishana wanafunzi na wahadhiri pamoja na utoaji wa ufadhili wa masomo kwa Watanzania wenye sifa.

"Ubalozi wa Korea utaendelea kufungua fursa za masomo na ushirikiano wa kitaaluma ili vijana wengi zaidi wa Tanzania waweze kunufaika na elimu na teknolojia ya kisasa," alisema.

Kwa upande wake, Mkuu wa Chuo cha Ufundi Arusha, Profesa Musa Chacha, alisema ziara hiyo imeonyesha uimara wa ushirikiano kati ya Tanzania na Korea Kusini katika kuendeleza elimu ya ufundi na teknolojia.

Alisema kupitia mradi huo, Chuo cha Ufundi Arusha kimeimarisha uwezo wake wa kufundisha teknolojia za kisasa, kuboresha maabara na vifaa vya kujifunzia, pamoja na kuwawezesha wahadhiri na wanafunzi kushiriki katika programu za kubadilishana uzoefu na taasisi za elimu za Korea Kusini.

"Ushirikiano huu unaendelea kuongeza ubora wa elimu ya uhandisi nchini na kuchangia utekelezaji wa Dira ya Taifa ya Maendeleo ya 2050 kwa kuandaa wataalamu wenye ujuzi unaohitajika katika uchumi wa kisasa," alisema Prof. Chacha.

Mradi wa Innovative Energy Education Program (IEEP) ulianzishwa mwaka 2020 kupitia ushirikiano kati ya Chuo cha Ufundi Arusha, Chuo kikuu cha Hanyang University (Hanyang University), Chuo Kikuu cha Seoul National University (Seoul National University), pamoja na taasisi nyingine za Korea Kusini, kwa lengo la kuimarisha elimu ya uhandisi na teknolojia nchini Tanzania. Mradi huo umeanzisha programu ya shahada ya Uhandisi wa Umeme na mitambo inayojiendesha ( Mechatronics and Materials Engineering), umeboresha uwezo wa kufundisha na kujifunzia, umeimarisha ushirikiano kati ya vyuo vikuu na sekta ya viwanda, na unajumuisha programu za kubadilishana wahadhiri na wanafunzi pamoja na mafunzo ya vitendo katika teknolojia za nishati jadidifu na mekatroniki. Mradi unatarajiwa kukamilika mwezi Machi 2027 baada ya miaka saba ya utekelezaji.

Kupitia ushirikiano huo, Chuo cha Ufundi Arusha kinaendelea kujijengea nafasi k**a moja ya taasisi zinazoongoza nchini katika kuzalisha wahandisi na wataalamu wenye ujuzi unaokidhi mahitaji ya mapinduzi ya nne ya viwanda na maendeleo endelevu ya Tanzania.

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