Hawassa University – University in Hawassa

Hawassa University is a public university in the lakeside city of Hawassa, about 270 kilometres south of Addis Ababa. It was formed in 2000 by bringing together the former Awassa College of Agriculture, the Wondo Genet College of Forestry and the Dilla College of Teacher Education and Health Sciences, and it has since become one of Ethiopia's largest universities. The university offers undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in agriculture, forestry and natural resources, medicine and health sciences, engineering and technology, natural and computational sciences, business and economics, law, social sciences and the humanities. Its campuses include the main campus in Hawassa, the Wondo Genet forestry campus and a comprehensive specialised hospital that serves the region. Hawassa University is known for its agricultural research and community outreach. Applicants and partners can contact the university by phone or its communications email.