Dar es Salaam University College of Education (DUCE) was established as a constituent college of the University of Dar es Salaam through the Goverment Notice No. 202 published on 22nd July 2005, under section 55 (1) of the University of Dar es Salaam Act No. 12 of 1970.

The college was established to address acute shortatge of graduate teachers and experts in education sector in Tanzania as a result of the expansion of primary education enrolments through Primary Education Development Programme (PEDP) and the creation of the new secondary schools in turn through Secondary Education Development Programme (SEDP).