Department of Geography and Economics is among the academic departments in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Mkwawa University College of Education (MUCE). Among others, the department is responsible for managing and administering the college’s core functions – teaching, research and public services for achieving MUCE’s envisaged mission and vision.

The department is dedicated to being at the forefront of teaching and learning and fostering cutting edge research and discovery in undergraduate and postgraduate studies. With a diverse and specialised area of competency among course instructors, the department offers courses in human and physical geography, and microeconomics and macroeconomics.

The department is also well equipped with teaching and learning facilities to offer practical oriented knowledge and skills. The available facilities include Geographical Information System laboratory, Geographical Positioning Systems, Automatic Weather Station, Total Station, and Automatic Level Machine.