The Arusha Technical College (ATC) is a statutory body, Public Technical Institution which was established by the National Council for Technical Education (Arusha Technical College) Establishment Order, 2007, GN. No. 78 of 30th March 2007 and later in 2015 the Instrument which established it was revoked and replaced by the National Council for Technical Education (The Grant of Autonomous Status to the Arusha Technical College) Order, 2015 GN. No. 302 of 24th July, 2015. The College is mainly governed by the National Council for Technical Education (Autonomous Technical Institutions) Regulations, 2015 GN. No. 463 published on 23rd October, 2015. The College offers various Technical Education Training (TET), Vocational Education Training (VET) and Engineering Programmes.