Mzumbe University is the oldest training institution in Tanzania, accumulating experience of over 50 years in the field. Throughout these years the institution has undergone strategic transformations, from a Local Government School in 1953 into a Management Training Institution (the then Institute of Development Management IDM) in 1972 and finally into its present status of Mzumbe University in 2001. Under all these transformations, Mzumbe University has continued to offer consultancy services to its wide range of customers.

The customers include both public and private institutions. In the public sector, the university has offered and is continuing to offer services to Ministries, Independent Departments, Agencies and Local Government Authorities. On the other side, i.e private sector, customers which obtain advisory services of the university include financial institutions, NonGovernmental Organisations (NGOs), National and Mult-national companies. Mzumbe University has the competence and capacity to deliver top notch/ high quality advisory services (or consultancies) within its mandate.

The mandate of Mzumbe University is to assist in the preservation, transmission, dissemination and enhancement of practical knowledge in the management field. Thus, key management areas in which the university offers its advisory services are Public Administration and Human Resource Management; Accounting (Finance, Audit, Taxation and Financial Management); Procurement and Logistics Management; Economics, Project Preparation and Management; Legal Services; Marketing Management/ Strategies and Business Planning; Production and Operations Management; Information, Communication & Technology (ICT) and Cross-Cutting Issues on Environment, Gender, HIV/AIDS and Poverty Alleviation. This long experience and continuous collaboration and interaction with the private and public sectors has greatly enhanced the capability of the university in offering quality consultancy services that address the demands of the customers/ clients. Among the top values espoused by the University is quality assurance.