Ardhi University also known as ARU (Chuo Kikuu cha Ardhi, in Swahili) is a public university located in Makongo in Kinondoni District of Dar es Salaam Region, Tanzania.

School of Earth Sciences, Real Estates, Business and Informatics (SERBI) 3.

School of Spatial Planning and Social Science (SSPSS) The number of academic staff with doctoral degrees has increased from three in 1996 to 43 in 2008.

The roots of Ardhi University can be traced back to pre-independence days when a Surveying Training School offering technician certificate courses in land surveying was established in Dar es Salaam.

[3] In 1979, the Centre for Housing Studies was established as joint project between the governments of Tanzania and the Netherlands.