Established in March 2007 under the Universities Act No.7 of 2005, the UDOM is built with the vision of becoming the centre of excellence that offers value-added training, research and public services. The University is located 8 km east of Dodoma Town centre, in Dodoma Region Tanzania, making it easily reachable from all four corners of the country in conducting research and disseminating the findings. The total area of 15,000 acres makes it suitable for all forms of research activities. The University has sufficient built space to enrol a vast number of undergraduate (76 degrees, 58 non-degree programmes) and graduate students (22 programmes) with more than 30,000 students at present. It can accommodate research facilities, and offices, and host foreign researchers/academicians when doing collaborative research. Being located in semi-arid areas of central Tanzania gives its advantage to dry areas for research and public services as well as social and economic development. The location of UDOM in semi-arid areas of the Dodoma region increases the need for serious research to get people out of poverty aggravated by the current impacts of semi-aridity characteristics, and climate change. Currently, the UDOM has seven semi-autonomous campus colleges including the College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences where the Dr. Nchimbi belongs. Despite being young, the UDOM has qualified academic staff in different disciplines.
Dr. Hamisi Yunus Nchimbi has extensive academic and research experience, specialising in plant sciences and environmental management. He has contributed to research on bioenergy, such as his work on the Euphorbia tirucalli plant for liquid biofuel, which has been published in prestigious journals such as Heliyon and Energy Conversion and Management: X. He also exhibits leadership and mentorship, having served as Senior Lecturer, Head of Department, and Coordinator of Postgraduate Studies at the University of Dodoma. His experience includes mentoring numerous postgraduate and undergraduate research projects, demonstrating a commitment to training future scholars.