Aksum University Explained

Aksum University
Native Name:	አክሱም ዩኒቨርሲቲ
Established:	February 2007
President:	Gebreyesus Birhane (PhD)
Motto:	Excellence Through Perseverance

Aksum University (AKU) is a teaching university in Aksum in Tigray Region, Ethiopia. It offers teaching programs and research projects which lead toward undergraduate and master's degrees. It was established in February 2007 with the objective of teaching about education, research and community service.^[1] During the Tigray War in late 2020 and early 2021, the university's facilities were "completely destroyed", according to Alula Habteab, head of the Bureau of Construction, Road and Transport in the Transitional Government of Tigray.

International Relationships

• - University of Graz, University of Vienna^[2]
• - Metropolitan State College of Denver,^[3] University of Nebraska, Lincoln

See also

• List of universities and colleges in Ethiopia
• Education in Ethiopia

External links

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Notes and References

1. Web site: July - Newsroom - MSU Denver. msudenver.edu. 14 March 2016.
2. Web site: Human Resources and Gender Equality » Delegation visit to Aksum University. univie.ac.at. 14 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160314163201/https://gleichstellung.univie.ac.at/en/gender-equality/international-cooperations/delegation-visit-to-aksum-university/. 14 March 2016. dead. dmy-all.
3. Web site: Metro State sending 8 tons of books to Ethiopia. Yesenia Robles. 20 November 2010. The Denver Post. 14 March 2016.