First IIT in Tanzania to open in October 2023

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) will open its first-ever overseas campus in Tanzania’s Zanzibar in October 2023 with a batch of 50 undergraduate students and 20 master’s students.

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) will open its first-ever overseas campus in Tanzania's Zanzibar in October 2023 with a batch of 50 undergraduate students and 20 master's students.

The new IIT campus will be set up in Zanzibar under the name IIT Madras at Zanzibar. Zanzibar will be one of three campuses outside of India, with the others located in Abu Dhabi and Kuala Lumpur.

Each of these campuses is designed to serve its respective region, with Zanzibar serving the greater East African region, The Citizen reported.

The Citizen is a Tanzanian Daily reporting on political and social issues of Tanzania and the African region.

For the first year, the institution will offer data science and artificial intelligence courses, however, the fee structure remains undecided at this point.

One may find Zanzibar to be an interesting choice, given the presence of cities like Dar es Salaam just a stone's throw away.

Zanzibar's historical significance as a trade hub or its current attempt to reposition itself as an international business centre may have influenced the decision.