Addis Ababa University

Addis Ababa University is a public research university in Ethiopia’s capital, founded in 1950 as the University College of Addis Ababa.

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University College of Addis Ababa: The institution established in 1950 that became Addis Ababa University. Its original name marks the university’s founding as Ethiopia’s first institution of higher education.
College of Natural and Computational Sciences: An Addis Ababa University college covering natural sciences and computational disciplines. It illustrates the university’s organization into broad academic colleges.
Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital: A major teaching hospital in Addis Ababa affiliated with Addis Ababa University’s health sciences programs. Clinical training at the hospital connects university education with patient care.
Ethiopian student movement: A political movement in which Ethiopian university students challenged imperial rule and called for social change. Students at the university helped make campuses a center of political activism.
Bahir Dar University: A public university in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, formed as an independent university in 2000. Its later establishment contrasts with Addis Ababa University’s longer national history.
Haile Selassie: Ethiopia’s emperor from 1930 to 1974, whose reign included major state-building and educational reforms. His government established the college that began the university.
College of Social Sciences: An Addis Ababa University college devoted to social science disciplines. Its teaching and research form one major strand of the university’s academic work.
Ethiopian Public Health Institute: Ethiopia’s national institute for public health research, surveillance, and laboratory services. Its work offers a national counterpart to the university’s health research and training.
Amharic: A Semitic language widely used in Ethiopia and one of the country’s working languages. Debates over teaching languages at the university reflect wider questions about language and national identity.
Jimma University: A public university in Jimma, Ethiopia, established in 1999 through the merger of earlier institutions. Its regional setting and origins differ from the capital-based university’s.