IRD Academic Programmes Offered 2025/2026 - Institute of Rural Development Planning

IRD Academic Programmes Offered 2025/2026 - Institute of Rural Development Planning

Kozi Zinazotolewa na Chuo Cha Mipango, Courses Chuo cha Mipango Institute of Rural Development Planning. The Institute of Rural Development Planning (IRDP) is a corporate body established by the Parliamentary Act No. 8 of 1980.

This Act provides a legal framework for the Institute to be established as an important national centre for provision of training, research and consultancy services in the field of rural development planning and management with main objective of alleviating qualitative and quantitative shortage of skilled manpower within the framework of sustainable capacity building directed towards reducing poverty and attaining sustainable development

IRD Academic Programmes Offered 2025/2026 - Institute of Rural Development Planning

A. IRD Certificate Programmes

1. Basic Technician Certificate in Rural Development Planning – (BTCRP)
2. Basic Technician Certificate in Development Administration and Management – (BTCDAM)
3. Basic Technician Certificate in Community Development – (BTCCD)
4. Basic Technician Certificate in Rural Development Planning-LZC – (BTCRP-

B. IRD Diploma Programmes

1. Diploma in Development Planning – (DDP)
2. Diploma in Development and Administration Management – (DDAM)
3. Technician Certificate in Community Development – (TCCD)
4. Diploma in Development Planning-LZC – (DDP-LZC)

C. IRD Bachelor Degree Programmes

1. Bachelor Degree in Development Economics – (BDEC)
2. Bachelor Degree in Regional Development Planning – (BDR)
3. Bachelor Degree in Project Planning and Management – (BDPPM)
4. Bachelor Degree in Urban Development and Environmental Management – (BDU)
5. Bachelor Degree in Environmental Planning and Management – (BDE)
6. Bachelor Degree in Development Finance and Investment Planning – (BDF)
7. Bachelor Degree in Human Resource Planning and Management – (BDHRPM)
8. Bachelor Degree in Business Planning and Management – (BDBPM)
9. Bachelor Degree in Population and Devevelopment Planning – (BDP)
10. Bachelor Degree in Planning and Community Devevelopment – (BDPCD)
11. Bachelor Degree in Regional Development Planning-LZC – (BDRP-LZC)

D. IRD Postgraduate Diploma Programmes

1. Post Graduate Diploma in Project Planning and Management – (PGPPM)
2. Post Graduate Diploma in Regional Planning – (PGR)
3. Post Graduate Diploma in Environmental Planning – (PGE)
4. Post Graduate Diploma in Governance and Sustainable Development – (PGGSD)
5. Post Graduate Diploma in Project Planning and Management – (PGPPM–LZC)

E. IRD Master Degree Programmes

1. Master Degree in Development Economics – (MDE)
2. Master Degree in Rural Development Planning – (MRDP)
3. Master Degree in Project Planning Monitoring and Evaluation – (MPPME)
4. Master Degree in Environmental Planning and Management – (MEPM)