Location
| The
former Alemaya and the present Haramaya University has
now four campuses in four different places. The main Campus,
where the first milestone was laid, is Haramaya, It is
located about 510 kms from Addis Ababa in the Eastern
Hararghe Zone at a distance of about 20 kms and 40 kms
from the two nearby towns: Harar and Dire Dawa, respectively,
and almost 5 kms off the main highway at Haramaya town
connecting the two towns. The University with its fast
developing physical infrastructure facilities and ever
increasing student and staff population has grown into
a self-contained University village over a campus of 440
hectares of land. The University is entirely residential
with dormitory facilities for regular students and a number
of modem houses for academic staff and their families. |
HU Main Gate |
The
stated campus is the nerve centre of the university where the
offices of the management of the institution are located. Further
more, in this premise are found the Research and Extension Office,
School of Graduate Studies, College of Agriculture, Faculty
of Education, Faculty of Business & Economics, and Faculty
of Continuing and Distance Education. The Harar campus is found
in Harar town where the Faculty of Health Sciences is located.
The third campus,Dire Dawa University College came to function
at the middle of the 2005/06 Academic year with two the faculties,
the faculty of Law & Faculty of Technology under it.
The
fourth campus, that was opened during this academic year, Namely,
the faculty of Veterinary Medicine is located in Jijiga about
120 kms from the main campus.
Vision
Statement of the University
Haramaya
University (HU) strives to be among the leading universities
recognized nationally and internationally for excellence in
teaching, research and outreach service.
Mission
Statement of the University
The
mission of Haramaya University is to produce competent graduates
in a wide spectrum of academic disciplines through quality education;
undertake academically rigorous and socially meaningful cutting-edge
research; disseminate knowledge and technologies; and provide
consultancy services to the public.
Objectives
The
broad objectives of the university are :-
The advancement, the diffusion and extension of science,
education, technology, and arts;
provisions of higher education and research; and nurturing
of the intellectual, social, and moral growth of the students
at the University.
The
specific functions of the University
The
Specific Functions of the University are:-
To
assume a leading role in the responsibility of university
education, and to make provision for centers and places
of learning, education, professional or vocational training
and research;
To
promote continuing education to the country in order to
maintain labor productivity and global competitiveness;
To
provide, promote and maintain centers of excellence and
management exemplary in knowledge creation, skill development
and entrepreneurship;
To
be a producer of and supplier of key policy maker, experts,
and personnel for national development;
To
stimulate and promote intellectual, cultural, scientific
and technological development;
To
stimulate students to engage in productive, services,
and entertainment activities, in and outside the University;
To
establish mutually negotiated, beneficial, and durable links
with institutions of higher learning and research nationally
and regionally and globally; and
To
conduct examinations, grant degrees, diplomas, and certificate
and other awards;
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Values
of the University
In
achieving its vision and fulfilling its mission, the Haramaya
University will constantly subscribe to the following values:-
Academic
excellence – by ensuring that the pursuit of academic
excellence in teaching, research and service to the public
is well recognized and forms an important part of the academic
and organizational life of the institution;
Academic
integrity – by ensuring that all academic outputs
are produced in line with the international quality of academic
integrity to be enhanced by introduction of quality control
and assurance measures;
Academic
freedom - upholding the sprit of free and critical thought
and enquiry, through the tolerance of a diversity of beliefs
and understanding as well as fostering open exchange of
ideas and knowledge amongst the staff and/or students;
Internationalization
– through participation in the regional and global
world of scholarship, by being perceptive and responsive
to issues within the international environment as well as
the enrolment of an increasing size of the international
students and trainees;
Professional
and ethical standards – by holding the highest professional
standards and ethical behavior, and through openness, honesty,
tolerance and respect for the individual in all disciplines;
Social
responsibly – by promoting an awareness of, and providing
leadership in responding to the issues and problems facing
society with view to ultimately solving and alleviating
them;
Developmental
responsibility - by ensuring that most of the research conducted
an immediate or long term impact;
Institutional
autonomy - characterized by self-governing structures guided
by the Council and greater independence in action while
being responsive to societal and development needs or prescribed
by the relevant legal instruments;
Public
accountability - by ensuring transparent decision –
making and open review as well as the full participation
of stakeholders in the development of the institution and
major policy shifts;
Trustworthiness
– communicate openly and honestly, demonstrate loyalty,
maintain confidentiality, teamwork, explain ‘why’
and ask ‘why’;
Equity
and social justice - by ensuring equal opportunity and non-discrimination
on the basis of personal, ethnic, religious, gender or other
social characteristics;
Productivity, innovation and entrepreneurship - to be emphasized
in all activities of the institution and to be underpinned
by a dedication to quality, efficiency and effectiveness;
Serving with quality - understanding our students, nurturing
capable and energetic students, help students start, stay
and succeed, provide great service, commitment to continuous
quality improvement;
Strategic
planning culture – by inculcating it all levels in
the University;
Research relevance - by ensuring that research addresses
the relevant national or societal problems;
Individual accountability – think as a university,
following university polices and procedures, perform to
the vision and strategic plan, meet goals and carryout responsibilities,
life long learning.
History
The
agreement made on May 16,1952 between the governments of the
then imperial Ethiopia and the United States of America was
believed to have given rise to the present Haramaya University.
After the historic document named "Agreement between the
Government of Ethiopia and the Technical Cooperation Administration
of the Government of the United States of America",
Oklahoma State University embarked on establishing physical
plants and bringing in staff from abroad to run academic, research
and extension programs in the then known the Imperial Ethiopia
College of Agriculture and Mechanical arts.
With
limited staff and facilities available, it was possible to handle
only the junior and senior classes at Haramaya during the first
year of its operation, and freshman and sophomore courses were
given at Jimma Agricultural and Technical School. The four-year
college program started at Haramaya campus in 1954/55 academic
year. The first batch graduated with B.Sc. in Agriculture on
January 16, 1958. The Emperor of Ethiopia, Hailesillasie-I was
present at that graduation ceremony of the college.
The
college, in addition to teaching activities, was a national
coordinator of agricultural research and extension through the
technical and staff support obtained from Oklahoma State University.
Until 1963, the college was virtually dependent on Oklahoma
both administratively and academically; however, since 1963,
after the first Ethiopian dean was appointed, the role of Americans
was limited to advisory and technical supports. The College
became a chartered member of Addis Ababa University following
the contractual termination of Oklahoma State University in
1967. Consequently, it was named Alemaya College of Agriculture.
The
college restructured itself by closing mechanical arts and agricultural
education departments, and opened graduate study programs during
the 1979/80 academic year. The launching of graduate studies
was intended to lay down a foundation for advanced academic
and research 1979/80 Academic Year, 29 students were enrolled
to study various fields of agriculture.
After
three decades of functioning as a college, the institution was
upgraded to a university status on May 27, 1985 following the
addition of the Faculty of Forestry. It was then named Alemaya
University of Agriculture that graduated agriculturists whose
specializations were in the fields of animal sciences, plant
sciences, agricultural economics, agricultural engineering,
and agricultural extension.
In
addition, its activities in running a continuing education program
in Accounting and Management, in Dire Dawa and Harar is worth
mentioning.
The
University, once again went through another phase of transformation
during the 1995/96 academic year by launching new programs in
the field of teacher education and health. The opening of two
faculties, namely the Faculty of Education and the Faculty of
Health Sciences, further diversified the existing programs,
and consequently the institution was again renamed Alemaya University.
In
the last few years, the University has witnessed tremendous
expansion in same fields of study, students staff and physical
infrastructure facilities. In September 2003, two more faculties,
namely the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Business and Economics
were added. One year later, in 2004, the Faculty of Veterinary
Medicine was launched and the Faculty of Technology was opened
in the year 2005.
The
university, apart from undergraduate programs, has widely been
engaged in the expansion and diversification of graduate programs.
Currently, the College of Agriculture has fourteen masters and
five PhD programs. In addition, the Faculty of Education has
opened two Masters of Education programs in Biology and Chemistry.
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Contact
Information
Telephone
251-025-5530319/20/23
FAX
251-025-5530325/31/54
Postal address
Haramaya University
P.O.BOX 138
Dire Dawa, Ethiopia
Electronic mail
General Information: haramaya@haramaya.edu.et
Webmaster: webmaster@haramaya.edu.et |
