State University of Zanzibar
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State University of Zanzibar is located is located on Unguja
Unguja
Unguja as mentioned in The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea is the largest and most populated island of Zanzibar, in Tanzania.-Geography:...

 island in Zanzibar
Zanzibar
Zanzibar ,Persian: زنگبار, from suffix bār: "coast" and Zangi: "bruin" ; is a semi-autonomous part of Tanzania, in East Africa. It comprises the Zanzibar Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of the mainland, and consists of numerous small islands and two large ones: Unguja , and Pemba...

, Tanzania
Tanzania
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. The university was established by an act of House of Representatives of Zanzibar in 1999 and became operational in 2002.

Faculties

Currently, the University consists of the Institute of Kiswahili and Foreign Languages (IKFL), Institute of Continuing Education (ICE), the School of Education, Arts and Sciences (SEAS) and Computer Centre (CC). Additional institutes and schools will be established in the future as demanded by the Act and as the University grows.

The Institute of Kiswahili and Foreign Languages has been teaching Swahili
Swahili language
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, Arabic
Arabic language
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, English
English language
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, Spanish
Spanish language
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, Portuguese
Portuguese language
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, French
French language
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 and German
German language
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with Education for a number of years at certificate and diploma levels. It has also been teaching Swahili to foreign students from different parts of the world. The Institute will continue to carry on with this work except that English is also taught in The School of Education, Arts and Sciences and Swahili will be taught to degree level.

The founding School of Education, Arts and Sciences provides courses leading to the degree of Bachelor of Arts with Education (B.A. Ed), Bachelor of Science with Education (B.Sc. Ed) and Bachelor of Science in Computer Sciences. These establishments will provide teachers who are badly needed for the development of the country.

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