Wollega University (Wallaga University of Applied Science)
Type	Public
Established	2007
President	Dr. Hasen Yusuf Mohammed
Location	Nekemte , Oromia Region , Ethiopia
Website	www.wollegauniversity.edu.et

Wollega University (WU), also known as Nekemte University, is a university in Nekemte, a town in the Western Oromia Region of Ethiopia.

Description

WU started out with 1600 students. According to the UCBP, it currently has 4,048 pupils.^[1]^[2] Wollega is found in western part of Oromia. The institution features 32 departments, with additional facilities planned. Wollega University also provides medical laboratory science training.^[3] After renovations, the institution is expected to accommodate 12,000 students.

At present, Wollega University runs 82 undergraduate, 45 graduate programs and 5 PhD programs in the three campuses.

Undergraduate programs

College of Engineering and Technology
Collage of Natural and Computational Science
College of Health and Medical Science
College of Agriculture and Natural Resource
College of Social Science and Education
College of Social Science and Humanities
College of Business and Economics

Postgraduate programs

Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Public Administration (MA in PA & MPA)
Agricultural Economics (MSc in Agricultural EC)
Development Economics
MBA in Banking & Finance
Oromo Language & Literature (MA in OLL)
Teaching English as a Foreign Language (MA in TEFL)
Plant Breeding (Master of Science in Plant Breeding)
Nutrition and Food Science (MSc in NFS)
Sugarcane Agronomy (MSc in Sugarcane agronomy)
Political Science (MA in Political Science)
Master of Public Health/General
Master of Public Health/Reproductive Health
Master of Public Health/Microbiology
Physics/ Master of Science in Physics
Accounting
Medical Anthropology
Masters of public health in psychiatry
Masters of Advanced Architectural Design

Campuses

Currently Wollega University has three campuses: Wollega University Nekemte Campus (Main Campus) located in East Wollega Zone, Gimbi Campus (College of Social Sciences, Natural & Environmental Sciences) located in West Wollega Zone, and Shambu Campus (College of Agricultural Sciences) located in Horo Guduru Welega Zone. From these respective campuses on 29 may 2013, 2492 students with various field of studies both in 1st and 2nd degree have graduated.

Science, Technology and Arts Research Journal

Science, Technology and Arts Research (STAR) Journal (ISSN 2226-7522 (Print) and ISSN 2305-3372 (Online)) is an international, open access, online, print, peer-reviewed and quarterly publishing journal in all fields of science, technology and arts on the basis of its originality, importance, interdisciplinary interest, timeliness, accessibility, elegance and surprising conclusions. STAR Journal is an official international journal of Wollega University.

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