Acronym TCU Email es@tcu.go.tz Country Tanzania Website TCU website Address Magogoni, Dar es Salaam The Tanzania Commission for Universities (TCU) is a Government Regulatory Agency established on 1st July 2005 under Section 4(1) of the Universities Act, Cap. 346 of the Laws of Tanzania. TCU succeeded the Higher Education Accreditation Council (HEAC) that was established in 1995 under the Education Act, Cap. 523. It is a body corporate mandated to recognise, approve, register and accredit Universities operating in Tanzania, and local or foreign University level programmes being offered by registered Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). TCU also coordinates the proper functioning of all university institutions in Tanzania so as to foster a harmonised higher education system in the country. In order to ensure that such a harmonious higher education system does not compromise institutional peculiarities and autonomy, each University has the legal right to operate under its own Charter.