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University of Dar es Salaam plans March 2027 intake at Lindi campus
The University of Dar es Salaam plans to take 360 students at its Lindi campus in March 2027, with first-phase construction 98% complete.
Sunday 15th November 2026
By inAfrika Newsroom
Tanzania’s Higher Education Students’ Loans Board has allocated loans and grants worth TZS148.03 billion to 46,435 students for the 2026/27 academic year. The list includes 1,807 first-year students awarded loans after successful appeals.
The board published the allocation notice on 14 November. Executive Director Bill Kiwia said first-year students accounted for 15,374 loan recipients and TZS48.24 billion. The figure includes those who successfully appealed.
The board allocated TZS80.64 billion in loans to 25,371 continuing students. It separately listed another 5,422 continuing students receiving loans for the first time, with allocations of TZS17.67 billion.
The total also includes awards under the Samia Scholarship. The board listed 37 new scholarship recipients allocated TZS188.12 million and 231 continuing recipients allocated TZS1.29 billion.
The figures record awards for the academic year. The notice did not give a date for disbursement. The board said applicants who did not receive loans could apply when the window opens for the 2027/28 academic year.
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