Ambo University – University in Ambo

Ambo University is a public university in Ambo town, in the Oromia Region about 115 kilometres west of Addis Ababa. Its roots go back to an agricultural school founded in the late 1940s, which later became the Ambo College of Agriculture before being upgraded to a full university in 2008. Today Ambo University offers undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in agriculture and veterinary sciences, natural and computational sciences, business and economics, engineering and technology, medicine and health sciences, law, education and the social sciences and humanities. The university operates several campuses, including the main campus in Ambo, the Guder campus and the Woliso campus, and is known for research on agriculture, natural resources and the region's famous mineral water springs. It provides dormitories, libraries, laboratories and demonstration farms. Prospective students and partners can contact the university by phone or email for enquiries.