Wollega Universit, Nekemte, Ethiopia

Wollega University is one of the public higher educational institutions established at Nekemte in 2007. It is located 331 km West of Addis Ababa at the outskirt of Nekemte town on the 150 hectares of land surrounded by evergreen forest and natural scenery of landscape, and spectacular view of mount Komto. At present, the University, runs 60 undergraduate, and 17 graduate programs in three different campuses at Nekemte, Gimbi and Shambu towns. WU is an innovative institution and a pioneer University to introduce continuous assessment, student centered & active learning in the teaching-learning arena to revolutionarize the traditional methods of teaching by promoting the communicative teaching approach and fully implementing the continues assessment technique. Today, WU is a comprehensive University engaged in the provision of all rounded education, research and community service.

On Sunday, May 27, 2007, thousands of Ethiopians including Abadula Gemeda, the then President of the Oromia Region, gathered in Nekemte to celebrate the official inauguration of Wollega University. The institution is one of the new Public Universities that was to be established under the University Capacity Building Program (UCBP)

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