St. Augustine University of Tanzania

Welcome.
St. Augustine University of Tanzania, established in 1998, is an independent higher learning institution governed by the Board of Trustees and the University Council under the Catholic Bishops of Tanzania (Tanzania Episcopal Conference). The University is accredited holding a certificate of Accreditation granted by the higher Education Accreditation Council of Tanzania (currently known as the Tanzania Commission for Universities) on 25th September 2002 in accordance with the provisions of the Educational (Amendment) Act No. 10 of 1995

The University extends over 600 acres in the Nyegezi-Malimbe area 10km south of Mwanza City. It lies 4km off the main Mwanza- Shinyanga road on the shores of Lake Victoria. The University is a half-hour’s drive from Mwanza by car or by bus. As part of Tanzania’s central highlands (1140m above the sea level), the area to the south of Lake Victoria is noted for its moderate temperatures. Mwanza can be reached from other parts of Tanzania and East Africa by train, air, ferry and highway.

Background
Augustine University of Tanzania (SAUT) was established in 1998, is the successor of the Nyegezi Social Training Institute (NSTI) founded in1960 as the Nyegezi Social Training Centre by the Catholic White Fathers (Now called the Missionaries of Africa), Under the initiative of Bishop Joseph Blomjous of the Mwanza Diocese.
The early sixties were years characterized by the emergence of Independent African nations, including Tanzania, from colonial rule. As the winds of change swept across Africa South of the Saraha, the White Fathers recognized that skills in communication, community, development, accounting, management and administration had to be developed, in order to educate the personnel who would take positions of leadership in the countries of East and Central Africa that were gaining their independence.
The founder of the Nyegezi Social Training Institute (NSTI) envisioned a training that would not only impart academic and professional skills but also inculcate values of civic and social learning.
The Nyegezi Social Training Institute was established with a view to training indigenous manpower, regardless of race or creed, in general management as well as in professional skills such as journalism, accountancy, material management, and Health Administration.
When Bishop Joseph Blomjous retired in 1964, he handed over the institute to his successor, Bishop Renatus Butibubage, who in 1975 entrusted it to the Tanzania Episcopal Conference (TEC). The Tanzania Episcopal Conference guided and managed the Nyegezi Social Training Institute in achieving its aim of manpower training. More than 2400men and women graduated from the institute for service in the countries of East and Central Africa until the 1998.
Since 1992 there was a move within the Tanzanian government to liberalize the provision of social service. The changes in government policy coincided with a desire among church leaders to establish a catholic university in Tanzania. Relying on the Catholic Church’s long tradition in higher education, the Bishops of Tanzania decided in 1996 that the time was ripe to extend the church’s services to university education.
Vision & Mission
St. Augustine University of Tanzania, a secular and private institution of Higher learning owned and managed by the Catholic Church, is dedicated to St. Augustine of Hippo (345-430 A.D) with the Motto “Building the City of God”
Vision
When the Catholic Bishops of Tanzania decided to extend the Church’s service to the provision of Higher Education they envisioned a training that would impart academic and professional skills, as well as inculcate values of civic and social learning, such as acquisition of national identity, cultural norms, political growth and responsible citizenship. Thus, the church’s vision is holistic development of a person and respect for Human Dignity.
Mission
St. Augustine University of Tanzania strives at:
• Being a centre of excellence by providing a high quality of Education, research, and public service.
• Promoting the pursuit and defense of truth with transparency and honesty, and service with competence and dedication.
• Developing a sense of caring for personal and community property.
• A holistic development of the person by providing sound knowledge, higher analytical ability and commitment to generous service and respect to humankind.
Conscious of man’s orientation towards God, neighbors and fostering an ethical and services-oriented approach in its academic and professional training, St. Augustine University of Tanzania fulfills its goal by preparing persons well equipped to contribute to the ideals of social, economic and political development.