Debre Markos University (DMU) is a public research university in

Debre Markos Debre Markos ( am, ደብረ ማርቆስ, Däbrä Marḳos lit: ''Mount of St. Mark'') is a city, separate woreda, and administrative seat of the East Gojjam Zone in Amhara Region, Ethiopia. Etymology Originally named Manqwarar (lit: Cold Plac ...

Amhara Region The Amhara Region ( am, አማራ ክልል, Åmara Kilil), officially the Amhara National Regional State (), is a regional state in northern Ethiopia and the homeland of the Amhara people. Its capital is Bahir Dar which is the seat of the Re ...

Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...

. It was established in 2005 and has been growing fast.

Overview

Debre Markos University (DMU) is a public research university in Debre Markos, Ethiopia. DMU is located in the area endowed with pleasant weather, abundant natural resources including Choke Mountains water-shade which covers six different agro-ecology zones within radius with various bio-diversity and the source of many tributaries to the Nile, and Upper Blue Nile Gorge. DMU was established in January 2005. Two years later, DMU started the teaching-learning process within 760 regular students, 53 academic and 34 supportive staffs, 21 contract servants and its name officially declared as Debre Markos University. Currently, DMU has 51 undergraduate, 47 postgraduate, and 2 PhD programs in regular, continuing, and distance educations. These programs are given at three centers: Main campus at Debre Markos, Burie campus at Burie, and Bichena at Bichena. DMU has been providing competitive and skilled graduates to the national and international organizations in 11 round graduation ceremonies in first and second-degree programs. In addition to these, 126 medical doctors graduated in three rounds. The university currently has three campuses, five colleges, two schools, and three institutes.

Academics

The University has 9 colleges, institutes, and schools.

College of Social Science and Humanity

*Amharic *English *History *Geography *Civics *Sociology *Psychology

Natural and Computational Science

* Biology * Chemistry * Mathematics * Physics * Sport Science * Statistics * Biotechnology Geology

College of Business and Economics

* Economics * Management * Accounting and Finance

College of Agriculture and Natural Resource

* Natural Resource Management * Rural Development * Animal Science * Plant Science * Horticulture * Agro Economics * Agri Business * Agroforestry * Veterinary laboratory technology

College of Health Science

* Public Health *Pediatrics and child health Nursing * Nursing * Midwifery * Pharmacy * Health Informatics * Human Nutrition and Food Science * Environmental Health * Medical Laboratory Science and Technology

Debre Markos Institute of Technology

* Civil Engineering * Electrical and Computer Engineering * Mechanical Engineering * Construction Technology and Management * Information Technology * Hydraulics and Water Resource Engineering * Software Engineering * Computer Science * Aerospace Engineering * Chemical Engineering * Information System * Industrial Engineering * Architecture * Biomedical Engineering

School of Law

* Law

School of Medicine

* MEDICINE *Medical Radiology Technology(MRT) *Anesthesia

Institute of Land Administration

* Land Administration and Surveying * Real Property Valuation School of postgraduate postgraduate in Environment and Land Resource Management

Partnership

International

National

collaboration-areas

References

* http://www.dmu.edu.et

External links

* http://www.dmu.edu.et Debre Markos Educational institutions established in 2005 2005 establishments in Ethiopia Universities and colleges in Amhara Region {{Ethiopia-university-stub