Australian Ambassador, Julia Niblett, made an official visit to Jimma Zone and also came to Jimma University. Dr. Dereje Duguma, the State Minister for the Ministry of Health, Dr. Mengistu Bekele, the head of the Oromia Health Bureau, and the heads of the Fred Hollows Foundation (FHF) also accompanied the Ambassador on her visit. The [...]
A handover of a community service project entitled “Aquaponics- an urban aqua-farm” coupled with a capacity building training was held by Jimma University College of Natural Sciences. This Aquaponics project is a novel technology that adopts fish production whereby the nutrient-rich fish waste is fed to hydroponically-grown vegetables after passing through a biofilter system. The […]
It would be recalled that Jimma University was ranked 1st in Citation by Times Higher Education (THE) in its overall World University Ranking released on October 12, 2022. Today, the Times Higher Education (THE) world university ranking by subject has just been released, and Jimma University has been ranked first in East-Africa and Ethiopia, and […]
VLIR-UOS Network Ethiopia phase II project (2022-2027) workshop has been held at Bishoftu town so as to discuss the completion of the first phase and the implementation of the second phase of the new project. It is organized and coordinated by Jimma (Mr. Kora Tushne) and Ghent (Prof. Burno Levecke) Universities. Opening speech has been […]
Jimma University has organized a public lecture on “Securing Ethiopia’s Future: Pathways to a sustained post-conflict peace “. The renowned professor of International Security, and widely published scholar on conflict, national security and security governance, Prof. Ann Fitz-Gerald, delivered the public lecture. The session began with a welcoming address of Dr Kenenisa Lemi, V/P for […]
Jimma University is ranked number 1 in the world for Citation (Field Weighted Citation Index, FWCI) along with other renowned institutions by the Time Higher Education (THE), which is a globally recognized university ranking institution, in its newly released 2023 World University Rankings. Likewise, the THE ranked Jimma University as number 1 in Ethiopia and […]
Research findings dissemination workshop organized by Jimma University has been conducted at Jimma Central Hotel. On the workshop, findings of two research projects were disseminated to a variety of stakeholders. The first project is entitled as: ‘Implementation study on Effectiveness and Acceptability of Co-delivery of health Campaigns’ which run for more than a year. From […]
The second round graduation ceremony of 2022 (2014 EC) was held today at Hachalu Hundessa Civic Center. Amomg today’s 476 graduates, who are mostly from departments of nursing and midwifery, pharmacy, veterinary medicine and school of law, 4 were PhDs while 8 were medical specialities.
Happy Ethiopian New Year 2015 E.C(2022 GC); We are in the community!..
A Special Space Science Summer Training for talented high school students kicked off at Jimma University, College of Social Sciences and Humanities’ hall today. The objective is to train and nurture Jimma zone’s different secondary and high school selected students in Space Technology, Astronomy, and Aerospace Engineering fields. Mr. Jifar Raya, Chairman of the Jimma […]