The institute is located 13 kilometers east of the city of Arusha, along the Arusha-Moshi highway. Her nearest neighbors are the Livestock Training Agency (LITA – Tengeru), Horticultural Research and Training Institute (HORTI – Tengeru), Tanzania Plant Health and Pest Authority (TPHA – Tengeru), and Tanzania Official Seed Certification Institute (TOSCI –Tengeru).
The TICD (formerly known as the Community Development Training Institute; CDTI-Tengeru) was legally established in the year 1963 and later re-established in 2013 under the name Tengeru Institute of Community Development (TICD) under the Tengeru Institute of Community Development Establishment order, 2013.