For a period of 10 years since 2004, Moshi University College of Cooperatives and Business Studies were nurtured as a Constituent College of SUA until it was elevated into a fully-fledged Moshi Cooperative University (MoCU) in 2014.

Time and Major Developments at Sokoine University of Agriculture.

1965

• The start of Morogoro Agricultural College.
• Offering diploma training in the discipline of Agriculture.

1970

• The College was transformed into a Faculty of Agriculture of the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM).
• Started offering Bachelor of Science in Agriculture.

1974

• The Division of Forestry was established.
• The faculty was named “Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry”. Of University of Dar es Salaam.

1976

• The introduction of Bachelor of Veterinary Science.
• The establishment of the Division of Veterinary Science,
• The Faculty was re-named “Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Sciences” of the University of Dar es Salaam.

1984

• The Faculty was transformed, through Parliamentary Act No. 6 of 1984, into a full-fledged University.
• University became known as Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA)
• It started with three faculties namely the Faculty of Agriculture, Faculty of Forestry and Faculty of Veterinary Medicine.

1986

• The directorate of Research and Postgraduate Studies (DRPGS) was established.

1988

• Institute of Continuing Education (ICE) was established.
• Development Studies Institute (DSI) was established.

1991

• Sokoine National Agricultural Library (SNAL) was established.

1993

• Computer Centre was established.

1999

• Faculty of Science (FoS) was established,
• SUA Centre for Sustainable Rural Development was established.

2000

• Pest Management Centre (SPMC) was established.

2004

• Moshi University College of Cooperatives and Business Studies (MUCOBS) was nurtured as a Constituent College of SUA .

2007

• SUA was granted its Charter

2014

• MUCOBS was elevated into a fully-fledged Moshi Cooperative University (MoCU).
• The University embarked on a restructuring process of its organizational and management structures.

2015

• The faculty of agriculture was split to form the College of Agriculture and School of Agricultural Economics and Business Studies.
• Development Studies Institute (DSI), SUA Centre for Sustainable Rural Development and Department of Social Sciences was merged to form the College of Social Sciences and Humanities (CSSH).
• Computer Centre was transformed into the Centre for Information and Communication Technology (CICT)
• Directorate of Undergraduate Studies was established
• Directorate of Development and Planning was established

2016

• The faculty of Veterinary Medicine was transformed into the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.

2017

• Faculty of Science was transformed into Solomon Mahlangu College of Sciences and Education.
• The Directorate of Research and Postgraduate Studies (DRPGS) was transformed into the Directorate of Postgraduate Studies, Research, Technology Transfer and Consultancy.