ABOUT US


Background Information
The Institute had its beginning in early 1958 when it started as a Survey Training Centre for the purpose of training land surveying technicians’ course for six months only, it was established at Mgulani in Dar es Salaam city and now the Institute is located in Morogoro municipality along the old Dar-ES- Salaam road.

In 1966, the course was restructured to one year theory and one year field practical training. The change of duration necessitated the change of location from Mgulani to Observation Hill at Makongo where the Ardhi University (ARU) is currently located.

In October 1972, the former Survey Training Centre was renamed Ardhi Institute. ‘Ardhi’ being a Swahili word for ‘Land’. The change of the name was meant to underline the change of status of the institution by raising the training from technician level into sub-professional diploma levels in land management and valuation, land surveying and urban and rural planning. This led to the end of training certificate course in land surveying at Ardhi Institute Dar -ES- Salaam.

Following a discussion between the Ardhi Institute and Ministry of Lands in 1976, it was agreed that there was a need to re-establish again the land surveying certificate course that had been conducted by the defunct Survey Training Centre. Establishment of Ardhi Institute Morogoro was in July 1978 after the transfer of upgrading courses from Morogoro to Tabora under the academic umbrella of Ardhi Institute Tabora. This shift marked the birth of Ardhi Institute Morogoro with certificate course of six months followed by one year course in 1979.

In 1980 a one year course of land surveying was modified to two years i.e. one for theoretical training and another for field practical training. The idea of diploma course in Land Surveying was introduced in June 2000 to meet the technological changes in surveying and mapping industries. The reasons for introducing the diploma course were:
                     (i.)         To improve performance of the graduates in Geomatics industry
                    (ii.)         To open up opportunities for the graduates to higher education, notably for Bachelor degrees.
The diploma course in Land Surveying was established in 2001 with a duration of two years under term system. Following the change of curriculum from term system to semester system in May 2009, the Institute was fully accredited by NACTE, and begun to conduct Geomatics courses in October 2010. The ARIMO accreditation by NACTE enabled Ardhi Institute to adopt semester system and start to train three courses in Geomatics. These are Basic Certificate for one year, Certificate for one year, and Diploma for one year for those who have completed certificate course.

Graduates of Ardhi Institute Morogoro are competitive and competent in spatial data management. Most of them find employment with central Government, Parastatal organizations, training Institutions and researchers, private companies and local Government.

Vision

To be a centre of excellence in providing technical and professional training, research and consultancy services in Geomatics and Land Management.

Mission
To provide flexible and sustainable high standard and quality training, research, consultancy in Geomatics and Land Management technology to meet the needs of clients.