All campuses and institutions of Hawassa University.
Background
Hawassa University encompasses a diverse array of campuses and institutions, each contributing uniquely to the academic landscape. This introduction aims to highlight the various faculties and facilities that make up this esteemed university, showcasing its commitment to education, research, and community engagement.
Main Campus
Main campus is abode of four Colleges and one Institute. These are: College of Education, College of Law and Governance, College of Natural & Computational Sciences, College of Social Sciences and Humanities and Institute of Policy and Development Research.
Besides, main campus serves as the seat of HU’s management body including the President, Vice Presidents, the Registrar, Academic Programme Directorate, School of Graduate Studies, Office of External Relations and Communications, Public Relations & Communications Directorate, International Relations and Alumni Affairs Directorate and many more.
Agriculture Campus
Also known as the College of Agriculture, Agri-Campus is located at the center of the town close to Lake Hawassa. It is the oldest campuses of all founded in 1976 with the
opening of the then College of Agriculture. Due to this, Agri-Campus host senior faculty members engaged in practical research aimed at improving the lives of rural communities in the surrounding area.
Awada Campus
Established in 2012, Awada campus is 40 Kms. away from Hawassa in the southern direction at a place called Awada, near the town of Yirgalem.
The campus hosts the College of Business and Economics focusing on the training of students in its regular and Continuing Education Programme (CEP) programmes in Awada, main campus and Aleta Wondo satellite campus. Its staff is engaged in research & community services including training in entrepreneurship and market-oriented farming.
Daye Campus
Located at 125 Kms. away from Hawassa in the southern direction, Daye Campus is named after the small town of Daye. Daye Campus was established in 2011 E.C. and is the youngest of all campuses at HU. Daye campus enrolled in the first two batches of undergraduate students in different disciplines.
IoT Campus
IoT is located adjacent to the main campus where an arch bridge connects both across the tarmac road. It is one of the biggest and fast-growing campuses of HU. The Institute is diversifying its areas of training in need-oriented way the new programs including Biomedical Engineering, Garment Technology and Textile Engineering in order to avail needed human power for the flourishing textile industries including those in Hawassa Industry Park.
Medicine and Health Campus
Health/ Referral campus, also known as College of Health Sciences and Medicine, was initially established in 1997 as a Faculty of Health under the then Dilla College of Teacher Education and Health Sciences.
A Comprehensive Specialized Hospital at HU serving a large number of people in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region and the neighboring communities from Oromia region.
Wondo genet Campus
It is located 25 Kms. away from Hawassa in the Western direction in the small town of Wondo Genet.
Established in 1977, a year after the Agri-Campus, Wondo campus is home to the College of Forestry and Natural Resources Conservation. It is the first of its kind in the country not only in terms of producing qualified graduates in forestry but also in the process of forging productive collaborations in the realm of natural resource and wildlife conservation.
