Moshi Co-operative University (MoCU)

Sokoine Road
P.O. Box 474
Moshi
Tanzania

The Moshi Co-operative University (MoCU) is among the oldest co-operative training institution in Africa, where it was first established as the Co-operative College Moshi in 1963 offering accredited programmes in co-operative accounting, finance, marketing, management, and rural development. It has turned out experts in accounting, finance, auditing, marketing, management and co-operative development employed in different institutions – both co-operative and non-co-operatives - from within and outside Tanzania. 

It grew from a college enrolling 150 students in the 1960s to 1500 students in the 1990s. It was transformed into the Moshi University College of Co-operative and Business Studies (MUCCoBS) in 2004, a constituent university college of the Sokoine University of Agriculture.  During its time as a University College it was able to increase its programmes to eleven and expand its enrolment to over 3000 students. In September, 2014 the government elevated MUCCoBS to a full-fledged university by the name of the Moshi Co-operative University in short MoCU. Currently, the university has thirty three programmes ranging from certificates, diploma, undergraduate, and postgraduate prorammes at Masters and Doctoral levels. In addition to accredited programmes, the university also runs outreach programmes through its thirteen regional offices across the country to meet co-operative members’ and leaders’ short-term training requirements. It has an additional teaching center at Kizumbi in Shinyanga Municipality in the north eastern part of Tanzania. MoCU is a public university offering co-operative studies through all its accredited programmes as well as its outreach programmes.