Bahir Dar University (BDU)
IAU-001372
Ethiopia
General Information
Wisdom Tower
Public
Founded 2000 following merger of Bahir Dar Teachers College and Bahir Dar Polytechnic Institute (Bahir Dar Teachers College, initially known as College of Pedagogy founded 1972 following a tripartite agreement signed between the Ethiopian Government, UNESCO and UNDP; Bahir Dar Polytechnic Institute created 1963 based on an agreement between the former USSR and the Imperial Government of Ethiopia)
September to June (September-December; January-March; April-June)
Ethiopian School Leaving Certificate (ESLCE) or equivalent
English
Ministry of Science and Higher Education;Higher Education Relevance and Quality Agency (HERQA)
None
co-ed
Officers
Head : Mengesha Ayene Ejigu
Job title:President
Years of office:June 2024 -
Senior Administrative Officer : Essey Kebede Muluneh
Job title:Academic Vice President
International Relations Officer : Manendante Mulugeta Seyoum
Job title:Director of External Relations and Partnership
International Relations Officer : Zewdu Emiru
Job title:Vice President for Information and Strategic Communication
Divisions
Academy : Nile Executive Leadership
Fields of study:Leadership
Academy : Sport
Fields of study:Physical Education, Sports
College : Agriculture and Environmental Sciences
Fields of study:Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Management, Agriculture, Agronomy, Animal Husbandry, Apiculture, Aquaculture, Botany, Crop Production, Development Studies, Environmental Management, Environmental Studies, Fishery, Forestry, Horticulture, Natural Resources, Plant and Crop Protection, Plant Pathology, Rural Planning, Rural Studies, Soil Science, Town Planning, Water Management, Water Science, Wildlife, Zoology
College : Business and Economics
Fields of study:Accountancy, Business Administration, Business and Commerce, Economics, Information Technology, Management, Marketing, Transport Management
College : Education
Fields of study:Adult Education, Curriculum, Educational Administration, Educational Psychology, Humanities and Social Science Education, Mathematics Education, Science Education, Special Education, Teacher Training
College : Medicine and Health Sciences
Fields of study:Anaesthesiology, Anatomy, Biochemistry, Dentistry, Dermatology, Dietetics, Epidemiology, Health Administration, Health Sciences, Internal Medicine, Medical Technology, Medicine, Midwifery, Nursing, Nutrition, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Ophthalmology, Orthopaedics, Otorhinolaryngology, Paediatrics, Physical Therapy, Physiology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Public Health, Radiology, Surgery, Venereology
College : Science
Fields of study:Biology, Chemistry, Industrial Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics
Faculty : Humanities
Fields of study:African Languages, Communication Studies, English, Folklore, French, Journalism, Literature
Faculty : Social Sciences
Fields of study:Anthropology, Civics, Environmental Studies, Ethics, Geography, History, Political Sciences, Social Work
Institute : Biotechnology
Fields of study:Biotechnology
Institute : Disaster Risk Management and Food Security
Fields of study:Civil Security, Occupational Health, Protective Services, Sustainable Development
Institute : Land Administration
Fields of study:Architecture, Real Estate, Rural Planning, Surveying and Mapping
Institute : Technology
Fields of study:Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Information Technology, Water Science
Institute : Textile and Fashion Technologies
Fields of study:Clothing and Sewing, Fashion Design, Leather Techniques, Textile Design, Textile Technology, Visual Arts
School : Earth Sciences
Fields of study:Geological Engineering, Geology, Geophysics, Paleontology, Petrology, Surveying and Mapping
School : Graduate Studies
School : Law
Fields of study:Commercial Law, Criminal Law, Development Studies, Government, Human Rights, Law, Public Law
School : Material Science Engineering
Fields of study:Materials Engineering
School : Veterinary Medicine
Fields of study:Veterinary Science
Degrees
Bachelor's Degree
Fields of study:Adult Education, Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Management, Agriculture, Anaesthesiology, Animal Husbandry, Aquaculture, Biology, Botany, Chemistry, Civics, Civil Engineering, Clothing and Sewing, Community Development, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Crop Production, Curriculum, Development Studies, Education, Educational Administration, Educational Psychology, Electrical Engineering, Engineering, Environmental Management, Fashion Design, Fishery, Geology, Horticulture, Humanities and Social Science Education, Hydraulic Engineering, Industrial Chemistry, Information Technology, Irrigation, Leather Techniques, Mathematics, Mathematics Education, Medical Technology, Midwifery, Native Language Education, Natural Resources, Nursing, Occupational Health, Paediatrics, Pharmacy, Physical Education, Physical Therapy, Physics, Protective Services, Rural Planning, Rural Studies, Science Education, Special Education, Sports, Statistics, Teacher Training, Textile Design, Textile Technology, Veterinary Science, Visual Arts, Water Science, Wildlife, Zoology
Master's Degree
Fields of study:Accountancy, Adult Education, Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Management, Agriculture, Agronomy, Animal Husbandry, Apiculture, Aquaculture, Architecture, Biology, Biomedicine, Biotechnology, Botany, Business Administration, Commercial Law, Community Health, Construction Engineering, Criminal Law, Crop Production, Curriculum, Demography and Population, Development Studies, Ecology, Economics, Educational Administration, Educational Psychology, Educational Testing and Evaluation, Engineering Management, Environmental Management, Environmental Studies, Epidemiology, Ethics, Fashion Design, Finance, Fishery, Food Science, Forestry, Genetics, Geophysics, Government, Haematology, History, Horticulture, Human Rights, Humanities and Social Science Education, Hydraulic Engineering, Immunology, Irrigation, Law, Leather Techniques, Linguistics, Literature, Marketing, Mathematics, Mathematics Education, Media Studies, Microbiology, Midwifery, Natural Resources, Nursing, Paediatrics, Parasitology, Peace and Disarmament, Petrology, Pharmacology, Pharmacy, Physical Education, Physics, Plant and Crop Protection, Plant Pathology, Political Sciences, Preschool Education, Protective Services, Psychology, Public Health, Public Law, Real Estate, Road Engineering, Rural Planning, Rural Studies, Social Psychology, Social Work, Soil Science, Special Education, Sports, Sports Management, Statistics, Surveying and Mapping, Teacher Training, Textile Design, Textile Technology, Town Planning, Transport Engineering, Water Management, Water Science, Wildlife, Zoology
Doctorate
Fields of study:Biology, Biomedicine, Biotechnology, Civil Engineering, Curriculum, Development Studies, Ecology, Educational Administration, Educational Psychology, Entomology, Environmental Engineering, Epidemiology, Fashion Design, Foreign Languages Education, Geology, Law, Leather Techniques, Mathematics, Medicine, Microbiology, Physics, Protective Services, Sports, Statistics, Textile Design, Textile Technology, Town Planning, Veterinary Science, Water Management, Wildlife
Academic Periodicals
Bahir Dar Journal of Education
Ethiopian Journal of Science and Technology
Journal of Humanities
Journal of Law,Bahir Dar University
Journal of Social Sciences
Statistics Year:2025-2026
Total:30000
Updated on 15-05-2026
