State University of Zanzibar (SUZA) is a public university located in Mbweni ward of Mjini District in Mjini Mgaharibi Region of Unguja Island in Zanzibar, Tanzania.

[1] The university was established by an act of House of Representatives of Zanzibar in 1999 and became operational in 2002.

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, Arabic, English, Spanish, Portuguese, French and German with Education for a number of years at certificate and diploma levels.

These establishments will provide teachers who are badly needed for the development of the country.