13 Best universities for Liberal Arts & Social Sciences in Tanzania

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Below is a list of best universities in Tanzania ranked based on their research performance in Liberal Arts & Social Sciences. A graph of 232K citations received by 18.6K academic papers made by 13 universities in Tanzania was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. University of Dar es Salaam

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#29 in Africa
#1433 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
24,000
Founded
1970

2. Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#54 in Africa
#2030 in the World
Acceptance Rate
25%
Founded
2007

3. Sokoine University of Agriculture

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#77 in Africa
#2430 in the World
Acceptance Rate
44%
Founded
1984

4. University of Dodoma

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#169 in Africa
#3954 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
28,949
Founded
2007

5. Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#187 in Africa
#4310 in the World
Enrollment
117
Founded
2009

7. Ardhi University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#229 in Africa
#5008 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
4,521
Male:Female
60:40
Founded
2007

8. Mzumbe University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#234 in Africa
#5048 in the World
Founded
2003

9. Tumaini University Makumira

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#238 in Africa
#5118 in the World
Founded
1997

10. St. Augustine University of Tanzania

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#274 in Africa
#5659 in the World
Acceptance Rate
81%
Founded
1998

11. St John's University of Tanzania

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#327 in Africa
#6486 in the World
Acceptance Rate
71%
Founded
2007

12. State University of Zanzibar

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#343 in Africa
#6651 in the World
Acceptance Rate
81%
Founded
2002

13. Hubert Kairuki Memorial University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#351 in Africa
#6751 in the World
Acceptance Rate
81%
Founded
1997

The best cities to study Liberal Arts & Social Sciences in Tanzania based on the number of universities and their ranks are Dar es Salaam, Morogoro, Dodoma, and Arusha.