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The Higher Education Students’ Loans Board (HESLB) is a body corporate established under Act No.9 of 2004 (as amended in 2007, 2014 and 2016) with the objective of assisting needy and eligible Tanzania students to access loans and grants for higher education.
The main mandates of HESLB include:
- To assist, on a loan basis, needy students who secure admission in accredited higher learning institutions, but who have no economic power to pay for the costs of their education
- To collect due loans from loan beneficiaries and use it as revolving fund to sustain operations of the Board
- To create synergies through establishing strategic partnerships in student financing ecosystem
HESLB is mandated to, among others, issue loans and or grants to needy and eligible students.
HESLB Priority Courses for Loan Allocation 2024/2025
Application window for Academic Year 2024/2025 will be open from June 1, 2024 through September 30, 2024
After establishing applicant’s neediness, and meeting requirements under sections above, the following programme clusters will be used to determine the loans to be issued in priority programmes subject to approved budget.
Programmes Clusters
All accredited degree programmes shall be categorized into three clusters reflecting national priorities as defined in the National Skills Development Strategy (NSDS).
The NSDS provide six thematic areas listed as high impact drivers towards attainment of the National economic growth
Cluster IÂ
Programmes under this cluster include: –
(i) Education in Science Subjects
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Biology
- Mathematics and
- ICT
(ii) Health Sciences
- Doctor of Medicine
- Dental Surgery
- Veterinary Medicine
- Pharmacy
- Nursing
- Midwifery
- Prosthetics and Orthotics
- Physiotherapy
- Biomedicine
- Biotechnology and Laboratory sciences
- Radiotherapy Technology
(iii) Engineering sciences
- Civil
- Mechanical
- Electrical
- Mining
- Mineral and Processing
- Textile
- Chemical and Processing
- Agriculture
- Food and Processing
- Automobile
- Industrial
- Maritime Transportation
- Marine Technology
- Electronics and Telecommunication
- Bio- Processing and Post-Harvest
- Water and Irrigation
- Aircraft Maintenance and
- Pilot Engineering
(iv) Petroleum
- Geology
- Petroleum Chemistry
- Oil and
- Gas
(v) ICT and Programming, Information Systems Management
(vi) Actuarial and Data sciences
(vii) Agriculture, Forestry, Animal Sciences and Production Management
(viii) Bachelor of Arts in Kiswahili
Cluster II
Programmes under this cluster include: –
(i) Basic Sciences
- Applied Zoology
- Botanical
- Chemistry
- Physics
- Biology
- Microbiology
- Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
- Fisheries and Aquaculture
- Aquatic Environmental Sciences and Conservation
- Geology
- Mathematics and Statistics
- Environmental Sciences
- Environmental Health
- Wildlife and Conservation
- Environmental
- Urban Development and
- Industrial Metrology
(ii) Lands and Valuation Sciences
- Architecture
- Landscape and Architecture
- Interior Design
- Building Survey
- Building Economics
- Urban and Regional Planning
- Land Management and Valuation, and
- Geospatial Technology
Cluster III
Programmes under this cluster include:
(i) Humanities, Business Management and Social Sciences
- Accountancy
- Marketing
- Finance
- Economics
- Statistics
- Environment
- Community Development
- Social Welfare
- Development studies
- Sociology
- Political Sciences
- Arts
- painting
- creative science
- Music
- Law and Legal Studies
- Languages (except Kiswahili)
- Literature
- Geography
- Psychology
- Anthropology
- Archaeology
- Media and Communications Studies
(ii) All other courses not listed in either of the clusters, will fall under Cluster III.
