DarTU

SCHOOL OF BUSINESS STUDIES (SoBS)

The School of Business Studies (SoBS) was established in 2020 out of the Faculty of Business and Management of the then DarTU established in 2003 and transformed into the present Dar es Salaam Tumaini University (DarTU) in January 2024. The school boasts of the vast experience and its large number of alumni in and outside Tanzania.

Academic Units in the School

The SoBS has three departments. They are:

  1. Department of Accounting and Finance;
  2. Department of Human Resource Management; and
  3. Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship.

The Academic Programmes of the School

The SoBs currently offers several academic programmes, including:

a)      Degree Programmes

·         Bachelors of Business Administration (Accounting)

·         Bachelors of Business Administration (Marketing)

·         Bachelors of Accounting with Computing

·         Bachelors of Human Resource Management

·         Masters in Business Administration (in Banking and Finance, Human Resource Management, Marketing and Entrepreneurship).

b)      Non-Degree Programmes

·         Certificate in Accounting & Business Administration.

·         Diploma in Business Management & Administration.

c)      Short Courses

The SoBS offers tailor-made courses. Some of the courses are designed and offered at the university, while others are developed upon request and taught in-house as demanded by the clients. The school has experienced and seasoned trainers in various fields, among others, entrepreneurship, balance scorecard training, career counseling, and communication and public speaking skills. 

 

In general, in order, to ensure that students enrolled in the school are creative, innovative, and entrepreneurial, the programmes offered include two interuniversity courses purposely designed to inculcate in students some skills critical to our country, viz, a) Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Enterprise Development; and, b) Harnessing of Entrepreneurship and Innovators Mindset. The two courses are hands-on, and purposely aimed at building the skills and competencies of students to face the industrial world.

 

Consultancies and Industrial Linkage

 

Delivery of public service
through consultancy and establishment of links with both public and private
sector organizations is one of the important pillars of DarTU.

a)      Consultancies

To date, the SoBS has offered consultancy services to
the following firms and institutions:

  • Tanzania Revenue Authority
  • Tanzania Immigration Department
  • Tanzania Communication Regulatory Authority (TCRA)
  • Youth Challenge International (YCI) and Canada World Youth (CWY)
  • ICE Education Academy (UK)
  • Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanzania
  • United Evangelical Mission (UEM)
  • Barclays Bank
  • National Bank of Commerce (NBC)
  • National Council for Technical Education (NACTE).

b)      Industrial Linkage

The need on the part of the SoBS to link the teaching curricula with the public and private sector has been instrumental to the establishment of relationships with several organizations.

This has been in two areas: one is in the development of teaching curricula and the second is seeking practical training opportunities for students in diverse organizations and firms in the private and public sectors. Many of the SoBS students have benefitted from the latter avenue of practical training.