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.