Haramaya University

Infobox University


© Haramaya University
name= Haramaya University
native_name=
established=1954
type=Public
city=Dire Dawa
Region=Oromia Region
country=Ethiopia
president = Prof. Belay Kassa
faculty=
campus=Urban
enrollment=
website=|website = http://www.haramaya.edu.et/

Haramaya University (formerly known as Alemaya University) is one of the oldest universities in Ethiopia. It is located in Haramaya, a town in the Misraq Hararghe Zone, about 20 kilometers from the city of Harar and 40 kilometers from Dire Dawa.

The university was founded with the help of Oklahoma State University, accepting its first students in 1954, and the new campus was opened in January 1958 by Emperor Haile Selassie. Haramaya University was promoted from a college within Addis Ababa University on May 27 1985 to an independent university. For many years the university had been limited to only an agricultural curriculum, but in 1996 the university was given permission to open other faculties and departments.

Colleges and faculties

*College of Agriculture
*Faculty of Business and Economics
*Faculty of Computing and Informatics
*Faculty of Continuing and Distance Education
*Faculty of Education
*Faculty of Health Sciences
*Faculty of Law
*Faculty of Medicine
*Faculty of Technology
*Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

External links

* [http://www.haramaya.edu.et/ Haramaya University Web Site]