Addis Ababa University ( amh . አዲስ አበባ ዩኒቨርሲቲ ) is a public institution of higher education in Ethiopia .
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| International title | Addis ababa university |
| Former names | Addis Ababa University College (1950-1962) Haile Selassie University (1962-1975) |
| Year of foundation | 1950 |
| Year of closure | temporary in 1975 |
| Type of | state |
| the president | Admasu Tsegaye |
| Students | 42,497 (2009/2010) |
| Location | Addis Ababa Ethiopia |
| Campus | Addis Ababa (12) Debre Zeit (1) |
| Site | aau.edu.et |
Content
History
Founded in 1950 by the decision of Emperor Haile Selassie I with the assistance of Canadian Jesuit Lucien Matte as a two-year Addis Ababa University College. Over the next two years, the college was closely associated with the University of London . Writer Richard Cummings In the early 1960s, he worked in the Faculty of Law. In 1962, renamed the University of Haile Selassie I.
After his victory, the Provisional Military Administrative Council temporarily closed the university on March 4, 1975 and sent 50 thousand students to the countryside to support the new regime. Since that time, the university has the current name.
In 1979, the university opened the first sets of magistracy .
In 1987, PhD training programs were opened.
In December 2002, three leading university leaders resigned in disagreement with increased government interference in the university’s internal affairs. Officials tried to force the university to change the system for assessing students' knowledge, which corresponded to the system of self-criticism that the ruling party establishes [1] .
In the 2009/2010 academic year, the university had 20,701 applicants, 7,127 graduates and 14,669 post-graduate students, which in total was 42,497 people [2] .
Campuses and programs
Addis Ababa University has thirteen campuses. Twelve of them are in Addis Ababa, and another Debre-Zeyt . He also has a network of branches in the cities of Ethiopia. The government is conducting targeted recruits from high school graduates.
The University includes the Institute of Ethiopian Studies, led by the British Africanist Richard Pakhurst .
Famous Alumni
- Johannes Haile-Selassie - paleoanthropologist
- Fermented Alemseged - paleoanthropologist
- Birtukan Mideksa - Judge and First Opposition Politician
- Berkhan Asfau - paleoanthropologist
- Michael Tsegaye - artist and photographer
- Meles Zenawi - Prime Minister of Ethiopia (1995-2012)
- Heilmariam Desaleny - Acting Prime Minister of Ethiopia
- Fisseha Gebre Mariam - Nuclear Physicist
- Aberra Molla - Vet and Writer
Notes
- Eth "Ethiopia: Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: 2002 report" // Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, US State Department .
- ↑ Students enrollment Unsolved . Addis Ababa University (February 15, 2011). The date of circulation is February 14, 2014. Archived January 10, 2012.
Literature
- Teshome G. Wagaw. The Ethiopian Experience. East Lansing, Michigan. Michigan State University Press . 1990