Abstract:
Haramaya University (HU) is one of Ethiopia’s pioneering higher learning institutions, owned
and funded by the government. It is located in the eastern part of the country, approximately
510km east of Addis Ababa, covering 440 hectares. The University has undergone six decades of
transformations since its establishment as the Imperial Ethiopian College of Agricultural and
Mechanical Arts (IECAMA) in the early 1950s.