Hawassa University (HU) is running 60 undergraduate and 37 graduate programs in different
fields ranging from Medicine and Health Science; Natural and Physical Sciences; Technology; Agriculture; Forestry and Natural Resources Management; to Law; Business, Humanities and Arts.

The university has 4 campuses, 3 colleges, 4 institutes, 25 departments, and Teaching Hotel and Hospital.

HU has enrolled over 22,000 undergraduate and graduate students in its regular as well as continuing education programs. The university workforce is composed of about 1,114 full time academic staff, including those on study/research leave.

The Research and Development Directorate is currently coordinating over 80 on-going research projects and recently launched Journal of Science and Development http://www.hu.edu.et/jsd).

The following are the most recent academic programmes (or download leaflet)

Forestry and Natural Resources

• Forest Management & Utilization
• Agro-forestry
• Farm Forestry
• Natural Resource Economics and policy
• Geographic Information Sciences
• Natural Resource Management
• Soil Resources & Watershed Management

Wildlife management and Ecotourism

Plant and Horticultural Sciences

• Plant Sciences
• Horticulture

Animal and Range Sciences

Biology
Chemistry
Mathematical and Physical Sciences

• Mathematics
• Physics
• Statistics

Geography and Environmental Sciences

Behavioural Sciences

• Anthropology
• Psychology
• Sociology

Foreign Language and Literature

Governance and Development Studies

Law

Economics

Hotel and Tourism Management

Management and Accounting

• Accounting
• Management
• Cooperatives

Nursing and Midwifery

• Nursing
• Midwifery

Public and Environmental Health

• Public Health
• Environmental Health

Medical School

• Medicine
• Optometry

Medical Laboratory Science

Veterinary

Institute of Technology

Biosystems and Environmental Engineering

• Biosystems Engineering

Civil Engineering

• Civil & Urban Engineering
• Irrigation Water Resource Engineering
• TVET-Construction Technology

Electrical & Computer Engineering

• Electrical & Computer Engineering
• TVET-Electrical Engineering

Informatics

• Computer Sciences
• Information Systems
• Information Technology

Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

Institute of Environment, Gender and Development Studies

• Rural Development
• Agricultural Extension
• Agricultural Resource Economics & Management

Institute of Nutrition, Food Science and Technology

• Human Nutrition
• Food Science & Post Harvest Technology

Institute of Educational Training & Research

• Biology Education
• Physics Education
• Chemistry Education
• Mathematics Education
• English Language Education
• Geography Education
• Sport Sciences
• Civic Education