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Haramaya University

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Haramaya University
university
Year dem found am1954 Edit
Motto textBuilding the Basis for Development Edit
CountryEthiopia Edit
Edey de administrative territorial entity insydMisraq Hararghe Zone Edit
Coordinate location9°25′30″N 42°2′0″E Edit
Member ofConsortium of Ethiopian Academic and Research Libraries, Association of African Universities Edit
Dema official websitehttp://www.haramaya.edu.et/ Edit
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Haramaya University (HU) (Amharic: ሐረማያ ዩኒቨርሲቲ; Oromo: Univarsiitii Haramayaa) be public research university insyd Haramaya, Oromia Region, Ethiopia. E dey approximately 510 kilometres (320 mi) east of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. De Ministry of Science and Higher Education dey admit qualified students to Haramaya University base for dema score for de Ethiopian Higher Education Entrance Examination (EHEEE) top.

History[edit | edit source]

Na dem establish Haramaya University as "Haramaya University College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences" insyd 1954 wey na e be part of Addis Ababa University til 1985 wen dem upgrade am go full-fledged university of agriculture. De university convert go multi-disciplinary university insyd 1996. Dem name de university as "Haramaya University" insyd 2006.[1][2]

For 27 May 1985, dey mark de historic visit of Presido Mengistu Haile Mariam to campus, dem transform de college into University of Agriculture. By 1995/1996, de university undergo fresh transformation phase wey dey involve fields of Teacher Education den Health. Insyd September 2002, na dem gbele two more facilities: Faculty of Law den Faculty of Business and Economics.[3]

De college offer BSc den MSc degrees den PhD in animal den range sciences; plant science; rural development den agricultural extension; natural resources den environmental sciences; den agricultural economics den agri-business. Dem fi obtain 20 MSc den 12 PhD programs from dese disciplines. De university dey give two den half year BSc programs for mid-career professionals wey dey zuk diploma insyd agriculture den forestry. De university dey operate ein research den extensive activities under umbrella term of Ethiopian Institution of Agricultural Research.[1]

Notable faculty[edit | edit source]

  • Mitiku Haile.
  • Girma Yohannes Iyasu.

Notable alumni[edit | edit source]

  • Gebisa Ejeta, plant breeder, geneticist den professor
  • Siraj Fegessa, former Ethiopia Minister of Transportation den former Ethiopia Minister of Defense
  • Muferiat Kamil, Ethiopia Minister of Peace
  • Fetien Abay, professor of crop science for Mekelle University
  • Makonnen Kebret, agricultural educationalist
  • Samia Gutu, Ethiopia diplomat

External links[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Haramaya University". 2 October 2022.
  2. ↑ "Haramaya University". charterforcompassion.org. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
  3. ↑ "Haramaya University History: Founding, Timeline, and Milestones". www.zippia.com. 2020-08-27. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
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