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1. Jimma University
Office of External Relations and Communication

2. Motto
We are in the Community

3. Location
Jimma:
 The largest city in Southwestern
Ethiopia, Oromia Region
 Jimma is the birth place of Coffee
Arabica

4. Scenery
JU Main Campus

5. 1952
1983
1999
Facts & Figures
Establishment: 1999 through merger of
Jimma College of Agriculture (est. 1952) and
Jimma Institute of Health (est. 1983)
We are about to celebrate our 85th year
anniversary.

6. Facts & Figures
Jimma University:
 Innovative educational approach
for the past 3 decades
 Referred to as a National
Pioneer in Community Based
Education (CBE) Philosophy
 The Core strategies of CBE
CBTP
TTP/DTTP
SRP

7. Facts & Figures
FIGURES:
Currently Jimma University is
operating with
2,194 Academic Staff
6990 Admin. Staff
888 health professionals
42,959 Students

8. Champions & Honors
 JU Faculty members received
prestigious awards and
recognitions including:
 Distinguished University
Professorships
 Lifetime Achievement
Awards
 Fulbright Fellowships
 Prestigious Research
Grants

9. Jimma University Collaboration Network
JU
North
America
Africa
Europe
ASIA
Australia
Latin
America
Canada

10. Jimma University Collaboration Network made so far
selected few
Jimma University:
 Member of Several National and
International Networks
 A Number of Staff and Students
Exchange and Mobility
Programs
 Numerous International
Research Projects
 ICT and library Capability
Enhancement projects are
underway

11. International Relations
Jimma University:
 Member of Several National and
International Networks
 A Number of Staff and Students
Exchange and Mobility Programs
 Numerous International Research
Projects
 Working with a number of national
and international organizations,
universities etc…
 ICT and library Capability
Enhancement projects are underway

12. Collaborative PhD Programs: Selected few
Belgian . Texas-Tech . German . Italian . Norwegian . Korean Universities
International Relations …

13. JU Campuses
 JU Main Campus
 Business & Economics
 College of Agriculture
 Institute of Technology
 Agaro Campus
 Cross-Boarder Campus
 Somaliland

14. Colleges and Institutes
6 Colleges
2 institutes
1 academy

15. Colleges and Institutes
UG=15
MA/MSc=34+15
PhD=11+4
JIT JIH
UG=13
MA/MSc=29
PhD=14

16. Academics
UG= 4
MA/MSc= 8
PhD=6
UG= 9
MA/MSc= 20
PhD= 10
UG= 2
MA/MSc=6
CEBS CNS

17. Academics
UG= 17
MA/MSc=19
PhD=10
UG= 4
MA/MSc=11
PhD=4
CBE CSSH
UG= 17
MA/MSc=19
PhD=10

18. Academics
JUCAVM
UG=77
MA/MSc= 163+15 (S)
PhD=70+4 (SBS)
UG= 2
MA/MSc=6
SPORT ACADEMY
UG= 2
MA/MSc=6
UG=10
MA/MSc=30
PhD=15

19. Academics
CLG
UG= 3
MA/MSc= 6

20. Summary
 Total Number of Academic Programs:
410
 PhD: 113
 Sub-Speciality Certificate: 4
 Speciality Certificate: 15
 Master’s Programs: 170
 Post-Graduate Diploma Programs: 28
 Bachelor Degree Programs: 80

21. Research Centers
 Tropical & Infectious
Diseases Research
Center
 Mycobacteriology
Research Center
 Molecular Biology
Research Center
 JU Laboratory Of Drug
Quality Research
Center
 Gilgel Gibe Field
Research Center
 Plant & Animal
Biotechnology
Research Center

22. Research Institutes
 Institute of International
Coffee Research
 Institute of Oromo
Studies
 Institute of Food &
Favorable Nutrition
Studies
 Ethiopian Institute of
Resilience & Climate
Change

23. JU MEDICAL CENTER
JU medical center is the
only Comprehensive
Specialized Hospital in
South-west Ethiopia,
serving as a tertiary
referral hospital

24. JU MEDICAL CENTER
JU medical center Serves nearly 20
million populations from Oromia,
Gambella, South-west, Benshangul-
Gumuz regions, and neighboring
countries like South Sudan,
Somaliland, and Eritrea.

25. MEDICAL CENTER
The Medical Center is
one of the six
hospitals selected to
provide radiation
therapy and
comprehensive
cancer care in the
country.

26. MEDICAL CENTER
The center has 18 operating rooms,
more than 800 beds, 32 intensive care
beds as well as a medical gas
production plant.
The building complex has a helicopter
landing space for medical tourism

27. JU next plan
• Categorized as a
research University
• Moving towards
independence
/autonomy/
• Making JU center
of international
conference
• Re-branding CBE

28. JU next plan
JU Vision:
• Aspiring to be
one of the
leading
community-
based research
universities in
Africa and
renowned in the
world by 2030

29. Jimma University
www.ju.edu.et