Arba Minch University (Amharic: አርባምንጭ ዩኒቨርሲቲ) is a residential national university in Arba Minch, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region, Ethiopia. It is approximately 435 kilometres (270 mi) south of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The Ministry of Education admits qualified students to Arba Minch University based on their score on the Ethiopian Higher Education Entrance Examination.
አርባምንጭ ዩኒቨርሲቲ | |
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| Type | National |
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| Established | 1986 |
| President | Dr. Damtew Darza Soro |
Academic staff | 156 |
| Students | 39,000 (2018) |
| Location | , , 6°03′55″N 37°33′36″E / 6.065284°N 37.560095°E |
| Campus | Residential |
| Language | English |
| Website | www |
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  Location in Ethiopia | |
History edit
The nucleus of the university has its origins in the Arba Minch Water Technology Institute (established in September 1986). In 1993, the institute was transferred from the Water Resource Commission to the Ministry of Education.
On 20 September 2004, Arba Minch University was established by government proclamation (Council of Ministers 111/2004).[1] The University originally consisted of Water Technology Institute, Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities, and Faculty of business and Economics, Faculty of Wlecttical Engineering and Faculty of Civil Engineering and School of Graduate Studies.
Academics edit
The university runs 74 undergraduate programs, 115 graduate programs, and 27 PhD programs. AMU consists of three institutes, six colleges, and four schools which are situated across the university's six campuses: Main Campus, Abaya Campus, Chamo Campus, Kulfo Campus, and Nech Sar Campus, and Sawla Campus.[2]
Institutes
- Institute of Water Technology
- Institute of Technology
- Institute of Culture & Language Studies
Colleges
- College of Natural & Computational Sciences
- College of Social Sciences and Humanities
- College of Business and Economics
- College of Medicine and Health Sciences (affiliated with Arba Minch General Hospital
- College of Agricultural Sciences
- College of Distance & Continuing Education
Schools
- School of Post Graduate Studies
- School of Law
- School of Public Health
- School of Behavioral & Pedagogical Sciences
References edit
- ^ "Arbaminch University Establishment" (PDF). Federal Negarit Gazeta. 20 September 2004.
- ^ Arba Minch University: Academics