Wolaita Sodo University

Wolaita Sodo University

university

Year dem found am	2007
Motto text	Green, Clean and Competant
Country	Ethiopia
Edey de administrative territorial entity insyd	Sodo
Coordinate location	6°49′52″N 37°45′4″E
Member of	Consortium of Ethiopian Academic and Research Libraries

Wolaita Sodo University (Ge'ez: ወላይታ ሶዶ ዩኒቨርሲቲ) be public university insyd Wolaita Sodo, South Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia. E approximately be 339 kilometers (210.65 mile) far from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia insyd southwest direction. Ebe one of de second generation universities of Ethiopia. Prime Minister Meles Zenawi wey lay de foundation stone of de university. De university get three campuses: Gandaba Campus, Otona Campus den Tercha Campus. Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Ethiopian categorize de university under applied institutions.

Wolaita Sodo University get 58 undergraduate programs, 43 postgraduate programs, 6 Doctor of Philosophy programs, den 4 Medical specialty programs.

History

Na dem establish de Wolaita Sodo University for 24 March 2007 by proclamation. De university start ein duty plus 16 undergraduate programs den 807 students. Now over 35,000 active students; til 2019 de university graduate 57,188 students. Der be 1,626 academic, den 3,770 administrative staff.

Colleges den Schools

List of de colleges den de number of departments

Number	Colleges name	Number of departments
1	College of Medicine den Health Science	11
2	College of Natural den Computational Sciences	9
3	College of Agriculture	14
4	College of Education den Behavioral Studies	04
5	College of Engineering	06
6	College of Science den Humanities	08
7	College of Business den Economics	06

De university get three schools namely, School of Informatics, School of Veterinary Medicine den School of Law.

Community services

De university involve insyd community service activities by dem design problem solving projects wey fi ensure de benefit of de community for various fields insyd den dey base for questions from de community top. One of de 87 community service projects dem approve insyd 2019 be de digging of deep water wells insyd Wolayita Zone, Sodo, Bodit, Gununo den Bele towns.

Community services insyd Gununo

According to Dr. Mesfin Bibiso, Vice Pee for Research den Community Service den Associate Deans of Colleges den Schools, experts prove say de deep well drilling carry out plus de support of de community service project be effective den dey generate 16 liters of water per second, anaa 1,382,000 liter per day. He say dat de previous water supply insyd de town na ebe 5 liters per second, wich be very limited in terms of de city ein population, wey he add say dem dey put in place make dem alleviate de problems of de community.

According to experts, de project, wich na dem implement am insyd Gununo town for Thursday, 1 October 2020 dey generate 1,382,000 liters of water per day wey go be accessible to more dan 130,000 households.

As de university state ein "dem dey expect de project make dem implemente am insyd Sodo, Boditi den Bale towns of de zone soon".

Notable alumni

• Professor Takele Tadesse presido of de university
• Samuel Urkato, former presido of de university
• Senbetie Toma, former presido of de university
• Tamirat Motta, former presido of de university
• Prof. Tamado Tana, former presido of de university