History & About
Mekelle University is found at the town of Mekelle in Tigray region of Northern Ethiopia, at a distance of 783 Kilometers from the Ethiopian capital. The merger the two former colleges: Mekelle Business College and Mekelle University College established the University in May, 2000 by the Government of Ethiopia (Council of Ministers, Regulations No. 61/1999 of Article 3) as an autonomous higher education institution. The two colleges have their own historical developments after beginning from scratch, and have also experienced exhausting ascends and descends, with voluminous relocations from place to place.
Core Values
The University’s commitment to pursuing excellence in all its core and support businesses is reflected in the major values expressed below:
- Excellence in service delivery: we are committed to excel in the delivery of our core and support services.
- Dynamism: we keep track of on-going changes in our environment and proactively act to grow & sustain with new developments.
- Academic freedom: we are committed to upholding the long-standing value of academic freedom.
- Good governance: we are determined to ensure good governance in all our dealings with all our customers and stakeholders.
- Sensitivity to cross-cutting issues: we give due value and respect to cross-cutting issues including gender, environment, health and diversity.
- Dependence in our roots: we value the indigenous knowledge and technology of our ancestors and aim to integrate these with the contemporary for a better future and destiny.
Vision & Mission
Vision
Vision 2025 Mekelle University aspires to become one of the top 25 research-intensive universities in Africa by 2025.
Mission
Mission Mekelle University is a research-intensive institution pursuing excellence in research and innovation, teaching-learning, and community engagement with a commitment to contribute to the advancement of knowledge, economic growth and social welfare to national and international communities.
Academic Courses
Academic Courses
- Arts & Humanities
- Business & Social Sciences
- Engineering
- Language & Cultural Studies
- Medicine & Health
- Science & Technology
Specialty Programs
- Master of Sciences / Master of Arts in " Programs
- PhD In" Doctor of Philosophy Programs
- Specialty and Subspeciality Certificate Programs
- College of Business and Economics
- College of Dry Land Agriculture and Natural Resources
- College of Veterinary Medicine
- College of Law and Governance
- College of Health Sciences
- College of Social Sciences and Languages
- College of Natural and Computational Sciences
- Ethiopian Institute of Technology-Mekelle
- Mekelle Institute of Technology
- Institute of Paleo-Environment and Heritage Conservation
- Institute of Climate and Society
- Institute of Climate and Society 2nd Degree Programs
- Institute of Climate and Society 2nd Degree Programs
- Institute of Population Studies
- Institute of Pedagogical Sciences
- Institute of Geoinformation and Earth Observation Sciences
International Projects
- International movement of students between countries (universities)
- International Movement of staff and researchers
- Internationalization of higher education curricula in order to achieve better understandings about other people and cultures, and competence in foreign languages
- International links between national states, through open learning program and new technologies
- Bi-lateral links between governments and higher institutions in different countries for collaboration in research, curriculum development, student and staff exchange, and other international activities
- Multi-nation collaboration such as via international organization or through consortia
- Convergence of system and international recognition (Credit system and Accreditation issues)