TCU: CREDIT TRANSFERS GUIDELINES FOR UNDERGRADUATES STUDENTS 2017/18

The Universities Act Cap.346 Section 5(1) (f) grants the Tanzania Commission for Universities (TCU) the mandate to establish transfer procedures for students wishing to transfer from one university to another and from one programme to another. TCU in 2012, prepared the Quality Assurance General Guidelines and Minimum Standards for Provision of University Education in Tanzania whereby the therefore, Guidelines for students’ credit transfer were clearly articulated

(See Revised Version – TCU, 2014, pp.93-135).

These guidelines apply to both undergraduate and postgraduate students who intend to transfer their credits into any approved programme in our local university institutions. The guidelines describe how the credits and or marks obtained by the students from local or foreign university institution can be used by local university institution to assess student’s academic progress acceptability.