Dire Dawa University
Type | Public university |
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Established | 2006 |
Accreditation | Ministry of Education |
President | Ubah Adem, Ph.D |
Vice-president | Megersa Kasim Hussen |
Academic staff | +800 |
Students | 724 (2006–7) |
Location | , 9°37′12″N 41°50′27″E / 9.619900°N 41.840745°E |
Campus | 1 |
Language | English |
Website | www |
Dire Dawa University is a public university located in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia. It opened for the 2006–07 academic year with 754 students, as one of 13 new universities started by the Ministry of Higher Education, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.[1][2]
History
Dire Dawa University was established in 2006 with enrollment of 754 students in three facilities: (Faculty of Natural Science and Mathematics, Faculty of Social Science and language and Faculty of Business and Economics) in 13 different undergraduate academic programs with 90 teachers and 103 administrative support staff operating with limited facilities. In 2008, an affiliate campus of Haramaya University was merged to Dire Dawa University to construct more buildings and workshops.
Faculties and colleges
- School of Law
- School of Medicine
- College of Business & Economics
- College of Social Sciences & Humanities
- College of Natural & Computational Sciences
- Institute of Technology
Administration
Dire-Dawa University is governed by a University Board of Directors, with day-to-day management provided by a President and several Vice Presidents.
As of June 2019[update], the leadership team of Dire Dawa University comprises:
- Ubah Adem, Ph.D., President, Dire-Dawa University
- Megersa Kasim, Ph.D., Academic Affairs V/President
- Temam Awol, Ph.D., Business Process and Development V/President
- Solomon Zerihun, Ph.D., Research and Community Engagement V/President
- Abreham Ewnetu, Ph.D., Administration and Student Affairs V/President
- Tewodros Gedefaye, A/Scientific Director
References
- ^ Welcome to Dire-Dawa University Archived 2011-10-02 at the Wayback Machine, Dire Dawa University, June 15, 2011.
- ^ "Ethiopia: University Welcomes First Batch for more info contact the official website,", The Ethiopian Herald, 12 March 2007, at AllAfrica.com.