About – College of Business and Economics

Background

College of Business and Economics (formerly Faculty of Business and Economics) was established at Haramaya University in the year 2002 as part of the Ethiopian Government’s plan to expand and diversify university education.

The objective of establishing the College is to train well equipped manpower in the area of Business and Economics that could contribute towards the development of the country. Initially, the college has started Bachelor of Arts degree programs in Accounting and Management. After a year, three other first degree programs have been initiated which are Cooperatives, Economics and Computer Science. In 2009, the Department of Computer Science and Information Technology were separated from the College to join College of Computing and Informatics, then after in 2010 the college started training students in Public administration and Development Management (PADM).

The College is striving to become a centre of excellence in the fields of business and economics nationally and internationally in producing qualified graduate.

As part of the accomplishment of its mission, the college has been offering courses under the summer modality in degree programs in the field of Accounting, Management and Cooperatives. In addition to this, the college is also offering Bachelor of Arts degree (BA) programs in Continuing and Distance Education Programs in various fields including Management, Accounting, Economics and Public Administration.

In addition, the College is working very hard towards the improvement of quality of education in all programs under its jurisdiction and to which it gives logistic supports (i.e. programs under the College of Continuing and Distance Education). At the same time, efforts are being made to further expand the education services in terms of opening graduate programs in various departments of the college. Currently, the college is running postgraduate programs:- in-Masters of Business Administration (MBA), Energy Economics, and Development Economics. Similarly, it is planning to launch Master of Science in Accounting and Finance, Master of Public Policy and Management, and Master of Science in Mineral Economics.

Mission

The mission of the College of Business and Economics are:

To train qualified manpower in the area of Business and Economics, Cooperatives and Public Administration and Development Management that could contribute to the developmental efforts of the country.
To initiate and conduct demand driven researches in the aforementioned areas of studies.
To provide need based and reliable consultancy and short-term training services to the society.

Vision

The vision of the College of Business and Economics of Haramaya University is to become a centre of excellence in academics, in the fields of Business, Economics, Cooperatives and Public Administration and Development Management, research and community services.