Branch campus ordered to cease postgraduate courses

By Fortune Sylivester. The Tanzania Commission for Universities, or TCU, has finally acted against a branch campus of Uganda’s Kampala International University, ordering the Dar es Salaam-based institution to stop offering masters and doctoral courses. This came after a lengthy outcry against the institution, which had been accused of mediocre administration and academic quality but had enjoyed operational tranquillity rarely experienced by its main campus in Uganda or branch campus in Kenya. The commission said that the decision had been taken because Kampala International University, or KIU, did not meet the requirements for offering courses at postgraduate level, but it could continue providing recognised undergraduate degree, diploma and other courses. Read more...