Celebrating Milestones

1970 - The Tanzania Union Mission of the Seventh-day Adventist Church found it necessary to establish a ministerial training institution for its workers. It was located at Ikizu, 65 kilometers southeast of Musoma town. In 1975, the Tanzania Union Mission combined the Adventist School of Health Evangelism (ASHE) at Heri Hospital in Kigoma and the Ministerial Course at Ikizu. This consolidated institution was then transferred to a new site at Usa River, 24 kilometers from Arusha town, and was named Arusha Adventist Seminary (AAS).

1978 - AAS was upgraded to a college status and named Tanzania Adventist Seminary and College (TASC). In 1992, the name was changed to Tanzania Adventist College (TAC) and the ministerial course was replaced by a two-year diploma program in Theology.

1996 - TAC was affiliated to Griggs University in USA. Under this affiliation, TAC offered a Bachelor of Art Degree in Theology and Religion.

1998 - The affiliation was shifted from Griggs University to the University of Eastern Africa, Baraton (UEAB) in Kenya. Under this affiliation, TAC was able to offer BA in Theology and Religion, BBA in Accounting and Management and Diploma Courses in Education and Business. Apart from the affiliation with UEAB, TAC was also a Teachers' College under the then Ministry of Education and Culture (MEC). Under the MEC Registration Number S. 401, it offered a Diploma in Education, Diploma in Secretarial Science, and Certificate in Secretarial Science.

2003 - TAC began the process of being a University. On September 2003, it was granted a Letter of Interim Authority (LIA) by the then Higher Education Accreditation Council (HEAC) of Tanzania, now called the Tanzania Commission for Universities (TCU). Under the LIA, TAC was authorized to carry the name the University of Arusha.

2004 - HEAC granted the University of Arusha (UoA) a certificate of Provisional Registration CPR. No. 016.

2006 - The University of Arusha became fully licensed and accredited by Tanzania Commission for Universities as a graduate university.

2008 - The UOA becomes the first private university in Tanzania to install and offer
a comprehensive on-line communication system for email, registration, results and finance.

2009 - The University of Arusha submitted the first four graduate programs to the
TCU for accreditation in education and business. In October of that year, all campus roads were renovated. His Excellency Prime Minister Mizengo Kayanza Peter Pinda honors the UOA with his presence as keynote speaker during the graduation. Full accreditation by the Tanzania Commission for Universities (TCU) and the Adventist Accreditation Agency (AAA) from the USA granted to UOA.

2010 - High-Tech Digital Library construction with 100 internet ports completed due to generous donors from Loma Linda, California, USA. Final approval granted from National Environment Management Council for UOA to begin construction of the Clean Low-Fluoride Drinking Water Project UOA's main campus and more than 20,000 community members in five neighborng villages. More than 600 students celebrated the successful completion of their studies at UOA during Graduation Weekend.