Wollega University (WU), also known as Nekemte University, is a university in

Nekemte Nekemte, also spelled as Neqemte (, Amharic: ነቀምት), is a market town and separate woreda in western Ethiopia. Located in the East Welega Zone of the Oromia Region, Nekemte has a latitude and longitude of and an elevation of 2,088 meter ...

, a town in the Western

Oromia Region Oromia (Amharic: ) ( om, Oromiyaa) is a regional state in Ethiopia and the homeland of the Oromo people. The capital of Oromia is Addis Ababa. It is bordered by the Somali Region to the east; the Amhara Region, the Afar Region and the Benish ...

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 ...

Description

WU started out with 1600 students. According to the UCBP, it currently has 4,048 pupils. Wollega is found in western part of Oromia. The institution features 32 departments, with additional facilities planned. Wollega University also provides medical laboratory science training.WU provides training
/ref> After renovations, the institution is expected to accommodate 12,000 students. At present, Wollega University runs 82 undergraduate, 45 graduate programs and 5 PhD programs in the three campuses.

Undergraduate programs

*College of Engineering and Technology *Collage of Natural and Computational Science *College of Health and Medical Science *College of Agriculture and Natural Resource *College of Social Science and Education *College of Social Science and Humanities *College of Business and Economics

Postgraduate programs

* Master of Business Administration (MBA) * Public Administration (MA in PA & MPA) * Agricultural Economics (MSc in Agricultural EC) * Development Economics * MBA in Banking & Finance * Oromo Language & Literature (MA in OLL) * Teaching English as a Foreign Language (MA in TEFL) * Plant Breeding (Master of Science in Plant Breeding) * Nutrition and Food Science (MSc in NFS) * Sugarcane Agronomy (MSc in Sugarcane agronomy) * Political Science (MA in Political Science) * Master of Public Health/General * Master of Public Health/Reproductive Health * Master of Public Health/Microbiology * Physics/ Master of Science in Physics * Accounting * Medical Anthropology *Masters of public health in psychiatry *Masters of Advanced Architectural Design

Campuses

Currently Wollega University has three campuses: Wollega University

Campus (Main Campus) located in

East Wollega Zone East Welega ( om, Wallagga Bahaa) is one of the zones in the central Oromia Region of Ethiopia. This administrative division acquired its name from the former province of Welega. Towns and cities in this zone include Nekemte. East Welega is bound ...

Gimbi Gimbi is a town in western Oromia Region, Ethiopia. Located in the West Welega Zone, it has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation between 1845 and 1930 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Gimbi woreda. Gimbi has ...

Campus (College of Social Sciences, Natural & Environmental Sciences) located in

West Wollega Zone West Welega Zone ( om, Wallagga Lixaa) is a zone in the western part of Oromia Region, Ethiopia. This zone is named after the former province of Welega, whose western part lay in the area West Welega now occupies. West Wellega is bordered on the ...

, and

Shambu Shaamboo is a town and separate woreda in western Ethiopia. Located in the Horo Guduru Welega Zone of Oromia Region west of Lake Fincha'a, this town has an elevation of 2,503 metres above sea level. It was previously the administrative cent ...

Campus (College of Agricultural Sciences) located in

Horo Guduru Welega Zone Horo Guduru Welega ( om, Walllaga Horroo Guduruu) is a zone in Oromia Region of Ethiopia. It is named after the former province of Welega, whose eastern part lay in the area Horo Guduru Welega now occupies. Horo Guduru Welega was formed of wored ...

. From these respective campuses on 29 June 2013, 2492 students with various field of studies both in 1st and 2nd degree have graduated.

Science, Technology and Arts Research Journal

Science, Technology and Arts Research (STAR) Journal ( (Print) and (Online)) is an international, open access, online, print, peer-reviewed and quarterly publishing journal in all fields of science, technology and arts on the basis of its originality, importance, interdisciplinary interest, timeliness, accessibility, elegance and surprising conclusions. STAR Journal is an official international journal of Wollega University.

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External links

Wollega University Official Website
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