Background


Haramaya University (HU) is one of the oldest public higher education institutions in Ethiopia. The university has been contributing to the country’s development especially in agricultural sectors since its establishment in 1954 by producing competent and qualified graduates in different fields of studies. In addition to agricultural science, the university expanded by opening colleges and programs such as of engineering, education, law, social science and humanities, health and medical sciences.
Historically, engineering education started with B.Sc. program in agricultural engineering in 1961 in College of Agriculture. Later in 2004, the Faculty of Technology (FoT) was established in Dire Dawa campus of Haramaya University. Following the establishment of Dire Dawa University, in 2009, the FoT moved to the main campus and was renamed as Institute of Technology (IoT). In February 2016, the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE) Ministry of Education restructured the Institute as one of the eleven IoT’s in the country. Then, in the preceding few years, the institute is re-named as “Haramaya Institute of Technology (HiT)”. Currently, the institute is running nine B.Sc programs (each of which is a five-year program), one B.Sc. program which is a four-year, fifteen M.Sc programs and four Doctoral programs. The institute has state-of-art laboratories and workshops for research, teaching and community services. The institute has 1006 active students

Mission


    🔥 To produce competent graduates in diverse engineering and technology fields of study
    🔥 To generate new knowledge and technology through cutting edge research
    🔥 To provide demand-driven and transformative teaching, research and community engagement activities that will contribute to local, national, regional, and global sustainable development
    🔥 To conduct collaborative projects with industries and government organizations in order to advance the industrialization plans of the country
    🔥 To establish and run a competitive Technology Incubation and knowledge transfer centres

Vision

Haramaya Institute of Technology (HiT) is committed to achieving the vision of the university and strives to be one of the top five IoTs in Ethiopia with international reputation by 2030.

Core Values

Academic freedom and autonomy
HiT makes use of its institutional autonomy and academic freedom in order to improve its services, promoting its staff inquire, investigate and engage in relevant academic, research and development practices;
High levels of performance and professional integrity
HiT operates with the highest possible standards of professionalism and professional ethics (providing research evidences and being free from bias) and seeks to provide high quality services as efficiently as possible;
Transparency and public accountability
HiT remains accountable to its university and stakeholders by providing clear and open records of all of its operations. As a public institution, HiT strictly exercises accountability to each resource it receives from the government (or taxpayers), gives high value for money and holds its directors accountable to their deeds and performances. The HiT is committed to, formally and regularly, communicating its performances, financial statements, external audit reports, budgets and plans, and holds open meetings with all stakeholders. Finally, HiT shall make information easily accessible in order to boost its transparency and public trust.
Commitment to leadership
HiT’s leadership is dedicated to excellence, strong will and success and is committed to good governance, characterized by integrity, competence and resoluteness.
Collaborative spirit
HiT nurtures a culture of working cooperatively within the institute and with other sister institutions and the University colleges and community.
Social responsibility
HiT strives to fulfill its social responsibility through active engagement of students and staff in community development activities and public services; it serves the society by wielding constructive societal changes and promoting social transformation.
Excellence and lifelong learning
HiT strives to excel in research, learning and teaching, and community engagement. It also aims to realize learning from successes and failures; to take formal, non-formal and informal episodes of the world as means of learning opportunity; to learn from prior experiences and the existing conditions and able to imagine what will happen in the future.
Innovation
HiT is committed to generating new, unique or novel ideas, devices, methods, process, products, etc. Embracing diversity and inclusiveness HiT is committed to recognizing and promoting respect for physical, cultural, linguistic, social, religious, political, ideological, psychological and other differences that enhance unity in diversity.
Democratic culture
HiT respects others’ ideas, convince others based on reasons and concrete evidences, and promotes fairness and justices.
Respect for nature and environment
HiT is, and will be friendly in all endeavors of the institute being environmentally friendly.