Bahir Dar University (BDU) 

IAU-001372

IAU Member

Ethiopia

top General Information

Address

Street:Peda, Kebele 08

City:Bahir Dar

Province:Amhara

Post Code:79

WWW:https://www.bdu.edu.et

Other Sites

Wisdom Tower

Institution Funding

Public

History

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)

Academic Year

September to June (September-December; January-March; April-June)

Admission Requirements

Ethiopian School Leaving Certificate (ESLCE) or equivalent

Language(s)

English

Accrediting Agency

Ministry of Science and Higher Education;Higher Education Relevance and Quality Agency (HERQA)

Religious Affiliation

None

Student Body

co-ed

top 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

top 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

top 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

top Academic Periodicals

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

Students

Statistics Year:2025-2026

Total:30000

Updated on 15-05-2026