The Department of Journalism and Media Studies (DJMS) is under the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS). Since its commencement in 2008, it has been offering two undergraduate degree programmes which are Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Mass Communication and BA in Journalism. In 2015 the department started offering the Masters Programme in Mass Communication following the approval granted by Tanzania Commission for Universities (TCU). The DJMS currently has more than 300 students.