Dilla University (

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in Dilla town,

Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region The Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region (often abbreviated as SNNPR; am, የደቡብ ብሔር ብሔረሰቦችና ሕዝቦች ክልል, Yädäbub Bḥer Bḥeräsäbočna Hzboč Kllə) is a regional state in southwestern E ...

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 ...

. Located in

Gedeo Zone Gedeo is a zone in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. This zone is named for the Gedeo people, whose homelands lie in this zone. Gedeo is an exclave of the SNNPR consisting of a narrow strip of land along the ea ...

, it has over 45,000 students belonging to different faculties. Dilla University is often referred to as "University of the Greenland" because of the vibrant greenery in and around Gedeo area.About DU
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History

Dilla University has its origins in the Dilla College of Teachers’ Education and Health Sciences, first established in 1996. In 2001, it was included in the expansion of a regional Debub University ("Southern" University). From this point, the Dilla campus grew to house 12 departments, though retained a fairly small student base. In 2006, the

Council of Ministers A council is a group of people who come together to consult, deliberate, or make decisions. A council may function as a legislature, especially at a town, city or county/ shire level, but most legislative bodies at the state/provincial or nati ...

granted Dilla its own certification as an independent university, and Debub University was renamed

Hawassa University Hawassa University (HU) ( am, ሀዋሳ ዩኒቨርሲቲ) is a residential national university in Hawassa, Sidama Region, Ethiopia. It is approximately south of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The Ministry of Science and Higher Education admits qual ...

Academics

Academics at Dilla University are organized into six colleges (Technology and Engineering; Business and Economics; Health and Medical Science; Social Science and Humanities; Agriculture and Natural Resources; and Natural and Computational Science), two institutes (Indigenous Studies; and Education and Behavioural Science), as well as separate Schools of Law, Continuing and Distance Education; and Graduate Studies. Dilla University has 62 undergraduate, 45 masters and 4 PhD degree programs. These programs are offered in different disciplines including Agriculture, Business, Education, Engineering, Health Sciences, Natural and Social Sciences. The University also hosts specialized research centres focused on energy and the environment; education; Food and Nutrition; and Child, Women and Youth. List of programs offer in Dilla University. List of prograns
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Notable alumni

Mazengia Demma Mazengia Demma Soru ( Ge'ez: ማዘንግያ ደማ ሶሩ; born July 26, 1970) is an Ethiopian Ethiopians are the native inhabitants of Ethiopia, as well as the global diaspora of Ethiopia. Ethiopians constitute several component ethnic gro ...

, businessman and investor * Dr.Shumete Gizaw INSA General Director

References

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