PHYSICAL FACILITIES AND SERVICES

STUDENTS ACCOMMODATION:
The Institute has always been concerned with the problem of students' accommodation although it has no obligation to provide the same.

Over the years, the Institute has tried to increase hostel accommodation for Students in order to meet the ever-increasing demand for these facilities. Overall, the Institute has a capacity of housing 684 students against the student population of just above 2,400.

The hostel accommodation is inadequate to meet the ever-increasing demand for housing. Nowadays, most students prefer on-campus hostel accommodation rather than living off-campus in order to take advantage of conducive studying atmosphere enjoy, the security provided at IFM and avoid problems associated with transport and intermittent power interruptions.
To ease the problem of scarcity of accommodation at IFM, the Institute has rented a few privately run hostels in various areas in Dar es Salaam such as Ilala, Mwananyamala and Manzese Argentina.

Students who need to stay either on-campus or off-campus hostels are required to apply well in advance before the start of the academic year. Before being given accommodation students are required to pay annual hostel fees as indicated on the fees structure. However, it should be noted that off campus hostel fees are slightly higher compared to on-campus.

COMPUTER CENTRE:
The Institute has 5 Computer laboratories that have been networked. These have a total of 262 networked computers. Personal Computers, 8 servers and 21 network printers for more than 2,500 users. The Institute is planning to construct 4 new computer workshops with the capacity of 80 students and add more PCs. This will increase students' access to the computer facilities. In the next five years the Institute has planned to have a computer facility network to link key user areas of student's admission and records, course management, staff administration, library and teaching laboratories.

CATERING SERVICES:
The Institute does not provide meals. It used to provide meals to both workers and students until July 1992. In 1995, cafeteria services were privatized. After commercializing cafeteria services, meals are now sold to any member of the IFM community and outsiders in the recently built outdoor cafeteria along the Ohio Street. The cafeteria provides catering services at affordable prices to about 250 staff and students at a time. There are also several restaurants and hotels close to the Institute which sell food at reasonable prices.

LIBRARY SERVICES:
The activities of IFML are geared towards supporting the teaching and research activities of the Institute trough the provision of textbooks, periodicals, newspapers and other reading materials to lecturers, administrative staff, students and other needy members of the public such as researchers, government and non-government officials, etc.
It is located on the seconf and third floors of Block A.

LIBRARY SECTIONS

Acquisitions Section: Selection of library materials, ordering of library materials and receiving them.

Cataloguing Section: - Books and other information materials are processed by using international accepted standards to
                                     make them ready for use by the readers.
                                    - Classification numbers are also assigned to books.

Lending Sections: - Issuing and receiving counter.
                               - General book collection (normal collection and stack collection).
                               - Reference materials (dictionaries, encyclopedias, gazetteers, yearbooks, biographies, etc.)

Special reserve collection: - High demand books.
                                         - Few copies.
                                         - Students borrow for twp hours.
                                         - Staff borrow for 7 days (can be extended but not more than a semester)

Governments, World Bank and IFM Publications section: Government publication such as acts, hansards, speeches by ministers etc. Our library is a depository of the WB. All publications by WB that release to our subject areas (books, journals, research report etc). Dissertations, theses and project by staff and students, IFM annual reports, bronchures etc.

Periodicals Section: Journals, magazines, newspapers, reports.

Opening hours
Monday – Friday:            08:00 am – 10:00 pm
Saturdays                        09:00 am – 05:00 pm
Sundays                          09:00 am – 01:00 pm
Public holidays               Closed

Borrowing services: Books from the general collection for 7 days. Books from special reserve for two days. Fine lending (500/- per day), Special reserve ( 500/- per hour). Lost books to be paid three times the original price.