The University of Dodoma (UDOM) is a university under construction in the city of Dodoma, Tanzania's new capital in the centre of the country. Building is taking place on a 6,000 hectare site in the Chimwaga area about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) east of downtown Dodoma.
The university opened in 2007 with about a 1,000 students enrolled in the colleges of Humanities and Social Sciences, Education, and Informatics and Virtual Education. In 2008 two more colleges were opened: Life Sciences, and Health and Allied Sciences.
In line with Tanzania’s Development Vision 2025, the University of Dodoma, when fully operational, will be able to enroll 50,000 students. This is more than double the size of the University of Dar es Salaam when UDOM opened.
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