Hawassa University


Hawassa University is a residential national university in Hawassa, SNNPR, Ethiopia. It is approximately south of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The Ministry of Education admits qualified students to Hawassa University based on their score on the Ethiopian Higher Education Entrance Examination.

History

The origins of Hawassa University was the establishment of Debub University on 22 December 1998 via a government proclamation. Debub University originally consisted of Awassa College of Agriculture, Wondo Genet College of Forestry, and Dila Teachers' Education and Health Science College.
Debub University was renamed Hawassa University on 17 February 2006.
Hawassa University was reestablished on 23 May 2011.

Academics

HU offers 81 undergraduate programs, 108 Masters programs, and 16 PhD programs. In March 2018, the student population was 48,558.
HU operates seven campuses.