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Founded: 2011
Category: Schools, universities, and colleges
Type: General / comprehensive university
Sector: Government / Public University
Address: Woldia, Amhara Region, Ethiopia
Campuses: 2
Colleges: 6
Schools: 1
Facilities: 0
Institutes: 3
Generation: 3rd Generation
Abbreviation: WDU
Amharic: ወልድያ ዩንቨርስቲ
Woldia University Overview
Location: North Wollo, Amhara, Ethiopia (521 kilometers from Addis Ababa)
Establishment:
- Founded through the Council of Ministers Regulation No. 223/2011 on May 26, 2011.
- Cornerstone laid on October 26, 2008, by:
- Ato Ayalew Gobezy (former President of the Amhara Regional State)
- Dr. Adhana Haile (former Deputy State Minister of Education)
Campus Size:
- Total area of 196 hectares
- Campuses:
- Main Campus: Woldia University
- Mersa Campus: Focused on Agriculture, located 25 km from the main campus.
Colleges and schools in Woldia university
- College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
- College of Natural and Computational Sciences
- College of Computing and Informatics
- School of Graduate Studies
- College of Business and Economics
- College of Social Sciences and Humanities
- Institute of Language and Communication Studies
- Institute of Educational and Professional Studies
- Institute of Peace and Security Studies
- School of Law
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