College of Social Sciences and Humanities
The College of Social Sciences and Humanities, located in the main campus of Jimma University, was restructured into the current shape passing through two development stages. Before the year 2009, there were three independent faculties (Faculty of Education comprising both Social Science and Natural science education, the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences comprising departments such as Sociology and Social Work, Psychology, Oromo Folklore and Literature, Governance and Development Studies, and the Faculty of Law). After the year 2009, the former faculty of education was disintegrated into natural sciences and social sciences when the social science wing of the faculty of education was merged with the faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and the School of Law collectively forming the College of Social Sciences and Law. Again in 2014, the bifurcation into the College of Social Sciences and Humanities and College of Law and Governance came in to effect when the department of psychology joined the college of Education and Behavioral Sciences and Department of Governance and Development Studies and the School of Law jointly formed a separate college (College of Law and Governance).
In its current structure the College of Social Sciences and Humanities comprises 11 well-established departments and two Schools. The college is home to about 300 academic and administrative or support staff. With this profile, the college is one of the largest colleges in the Jimma University. The college currently has a student population of more than 7000 in all programs.
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