Debre Markos University
Debre Markos University (DMU) is a public university in the city of Debre Markos, Ethiopia. It was established in 2005 and has been growing fast.
| Type | Public |
|---|---|
| Established | 1999 |
| President | Tafere Melaku |
Academic staff | 1,556 |
| Students | 27,460 |
| Location | , Ethiopia |
| Website | www |
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Overview
The Debre Markos University (DMU) is found at Debre Markos town which is located in north western part of Ethiopia. The town is 300 km (190 mi) northwest of the capital, Addis Ababa and 265 km (165 mi) southeast of Bahir Dar, the capital of Amhara National Regional State. It is geographically located at 10.3330N37.7170E with an average altitude of 2,446 m (8,025 ft) above sea level. It has conducive weather condition with 1,380 mm (54 in) and 180 cm (71 in) average annual rainfall and temperature respectively.
DMU is found in the area endowed with potential resources, such as the Choke Mountains water-shade which covers six different agro-ecology zones within 50 km (31 mi) radius with various bio-diversity and the source of many tributaries to the Nile, and Upper Blue Nile Gorge. The corner stone of DMU was laid at January, 2005 GC. 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 (its acronym DMU). Currently, DMU extensively expands its programs to 51 first degree, 47 second degree and 2 third degree (PhD) in regular, continuing and distance educations. These programs are given at three centers, namely 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 consists of the following colleges and departments:
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
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
College of Health Science
- Public Health
- Nursing
- Midwifery
- Pharmacy
- Health Informatics
- Human Nutrition and Food Science
- Environmental Health
- Medical Laboratory Science and Technology
- Anesthesia
- Health Informatics
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
School of Law
- Law
School of Medicine
School of postgraduate postgraduate in Environment and Land Resource Management
Partnership
| No. | International Partners | Common Collaboration areas and objectives |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | North-west University, South Africa | Exchange of students and academic staff Joint research activities and quality assurance |
| 2 | IMC University of applied sciences, Austria | Joint program launching and project development Exchange of publications, teaching and staff |
| 3 | Gig watt Global cooperative, Netherlands & Gig watt Global wind LLC, United States | Cooperation for Developing, constructing and operating photovoltaic and wind electricity production facilities in DMU |
| 4 | Teach for Ethiopia, Alexandria, Egypt | Recruiting outstanding recent graduates of DMU to join TFE fellowship TFE and DMU will jointly to ensure the program's success and sustainability |
| 5 | Antenna foundation, Geneva, Switzerland | Collaborative research study on science related topics Establish collaboration programs |
| 6 | Beza international Inc, USA | Capacity building (Scholarship, staff and student exchange) Conducting Joint project and Undertaking community development |
| 7 | People to People Inc, USA | Conducting Joint project and Undertaking community development Capacity building (Scholarship, staff and student exchange) |
| 8 | University of Nairobi, Kenya | Exchange of students at MSC and PhD levels Exchanging, preserving and promoting culture |
| 9 | South Eastern Okhlahoma state University, Oklahoma, USA | Exchange of students and academic staff Short-term academic programs and trainings for staff |
| 10 | UNVERSIT’A’T HAMBURG, Hamburg, Germany | Joint programs, research, lectures and seminars Exchange of students(undergraduate, MSC, and PhD), academic and administration staff |
| 11 | UNIVERSITA’ DEGLISTUDI DEL MOLISE, Italy | Promote research and teaching activities Deepen the understanding of economic,cultural and social issues |
| 12 | Kempten University, Germany | Exchange of programs of under and postgraduate students, academic information, materials where appropriate Development of joint degree programs, start-up projects. |
| 13 | International University college of Turin (IUCT) | Training (both short term and long term) Exchange of publications and academic materials, academic staffs |
| No. | National Partners | Common Collaboration areas and objectives |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa | Establish of Climate Science center at choke mountains Joint research programs and projects on: solid and liquid waste management, Pollution, Water shade management, Urban sustainability issues, Establishment of analytical laboratory, etc.. |
| 2 | Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research(EIAR), Addis Ababa | Jointly work on relevant technology generation, initiate technology dissemination programs and projects
Hosting postgraduate students for their research |
| 3 | Jimma University, Jimma | Jointly conduct research and development activities, organize capacity building and offer demand driven training, organize conferences Support each other in designing curricula |
| 4 | Abay Basin development office, Bahir Dar | Joint proposal development, development of guidelines, manuals Sharing of laboratories and libraries |
| 5 | Ethiopian Environment and Forest research institute/EEFRI/, Addis Ababa | Joint capacity building, research and use of laboratory facilities |
| 6 | Ethiopian Public health Institute | Organize scientific symposium, conferences
Carry out joint research including MSc and PhD programs Exchange of scientific and technical information Co-supervision of MSc and Doctoral thesis |
| 7 | Bright Future Initiative | Exchange data resources on the issue of disability and rehabilitation
Joint project development and implementation Resource utilization within and outside the entities |
| 8 | Human Bridge College | Provision of hospital beds, Bedside table and other medical equipment |
| 9 | Catholic Relief services Ethiopia ( Farmer to Farmer / F2F/ program) | Enable CRS access and provide technical assistance Broaden the participation of Rural poor in establishing commodity value chains.... |
| 10 | Frances G. Cosco Foundation- Education for change “ FGCF” | Improve access to learning materials Upgrading teachers pedagogical skills |
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