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MoU signed between Jimma University and McMillan Stewart Foundation
In a significant step towards strengthening Jimma University’s Autonomous Initiative, a Memorandum of…
Vacancy Announcement
Jimma University Agaro Campus to recruit qualified candidates for the following Positions. S.N…
Jimma University Experts conduct Evidence Implementation Training Program in Adama, Ethiopia
Evidence Implementation training program (EITP), a training devised by Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI),…
Call for Short-term Training
To: Staff of Jimma University The Ethiopian Institute of Resilience to Climate Change…
Upcoming Events
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May
2023International Conference on Green Fuels for Bio-based Circular Economy (IC-GFBCE-2023)
Call for PAPERS IC-GFBCE-2023 (11th-12th May, 2023) Organized by:JiT Center of Excellence- CRGE RESOURCE CART (Climate Resilient Green Economy Resource Centre for Advanced Research and Training –Linking Energy with Water and Agriculture) At Jimma Institute…
- 8:00am8:00pm(May 12, 2023)
Awarding 21st Century Heroes

Shimelis Adugna
Humanitarian[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Shimelis Adugna was born in October13,1935 at Jijiga town the then eastern part of Hararge now Somalia zone from military family.He joined his primery school at hararge and then high school in General Wingate secondary school. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

Bethlehem Tilahun
EntrepreneurBetelehem Tilahun was born in the Zenebework area of Addis Ababa in 1980, the eldest of four siblings. Her parents worked at a local hospital. Alemu attended public primary and secondary schools, and then went on to study accounting at Unity University, graduating in 2004. <a href="https://ju.edu.et/?ac_testimonial=bethlehem-tilahun#more-4132" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Bethlehem Tilahun">(more…)</span></a>

Mulatu Astatke
MusicianThe father of Ethio-jazz, brought his new sound back to his homeloand while continuing to work in US. Mulatu was Born in the western Ethiopian city of Jimma, Mulatu Astatke's family sent the young Mulatu to learn engineering in Wales during the late 1950s.

Gebisa Ejeta
ScientistEjeta, Gebisa was born on June 1, 1949 in Wollonkomi, Shoa, After the eighth grade, he was accepted into Jimma Agricultural and Technical School in Ethiopia, which had been established by OSU under the US government’s Point Four Program (now USAID).
