TCU: FOREIGN AWARDS ASSESSMENT SYSTEM
The principles and guidelines are intended to enable the Commission to verify the quality, level, validity, and relevance of all awards conferred by foreign institutions to holders for the purpose of establishing comparability to Tanzanian equivalences of the qualification it represents.
The Principles and Guidelines relate to the awards conferred by foreign institutions in the categories here below:
(a) Institutions outside Tanzania;
(b) Foreign institutions with campuses in Tanzania; or
(c) Foreign institutions with offshore campuses.
The principles and guidelines are intended to cover verification of awards and recognition of the corresponding qualifications obtained through various programme delivery arrangements as follows:
(a) Cross border education;
(b) Double/joint/multiple/parallel degrees;
(c) Open, distance and electronic learning (ODeL);
(d) Credit transfer arrangements;
(e) Recognition of prior learning (RPL); and
(f) Simultaneously obtained awards.
The principles and guidelines do not cover verification of awards and recognition of the corresponding qualifications conferred by:
(a) Vocational education and non-degree certification systems, such as proficiency, certificate or diploma awards offered either by universities or by non-university level bodies;
(b) Education and training institutions that are not officially recognized as providers of university education or as part of a national education system or accredited according to the relevant provisions of a particular country, including awards managed by professional bodies, such as Institutes of Bankers, Boards of
Accountants and Auditors, Institutes of Lawyers, Medical, Dental, Pharmacy, Engineers Registration, Architects and Quantity Surveyors’ Boards, Nursing Council, etc.; and
(c) Institutions offering short courses, in-service training, workshop/seminars and experiential learning.
Information to filing an application:
1. Read the online application »guidelines
2. Register an account
3. Log in with your username and password
4. Complete the application forms and upload the necessary attachments
5. Submit your application (checking and sending your data)
6. Make sure you've received an acknowledgment by email confirming your application
