| Arba Minch University | |
| Native Name: | አርባምንጭ ዩኒቨርሲቲ |
| Type: | National |
| Established: | 1986 |
| City: | Arba Minch |
| State: | Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region |
| Country: | Ethiopia |
| President: | Dr. Damtew Darza Soro |
| Enrollment: | 39,000 (2018) |
| Academic Staff: | 156 |
| Campus Type: | Residential |
| Language: | English |
| Pushpin Map: | Ethiopia |
Arba Minch University (Amharic: አርባ ምንጭ ዩኒቨርሲቲ) is a residential national university in Arba Minch, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region, Ethiopia. It is approximately 435km (270miles) south of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The Ministry of Education admits qualified students to Arba Minch University based on their score on the Ethiopian Higher Education Entrance Examination.
The nucleus of the university has its origins in the Arba Minch Water Technology Institute (established in September 1986). In 1993, the institute was transferred from the Water Resource Commission to the Ministry of Education.
On 20 September 2004, Arba Minch University was established by government proclamation (Council of Ministers 111/2004).[1] The University originally consisted of Water Technology Institute, Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities, and Faculty of business and Economics, Faculty of Wlecttical Engineering and Faculty of Civil Engineering and School of Graduate Studies.
The university runs 74 undergraduate programs, 115 graduate programs, and 27 PhD programs. AMU consists of three institutes, six colleges, and four schools which are situated across the university's six campuses: Main Campus, Abaya Campus, Chamo Campus, Kulfo Campus, and Nech Sar Campus, and Sawla Campus.[2] Institutes
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