About Us
Background of Wolaita Sodo University
As one of the second-generation universities in
Ethiopia, Wolaita Sodo University (WSU) was established in 2007 with the mission to engage in teaching,
training, research, and community services. Beginning with an enrolment
capacity of 801 students and 16 departments within four faculties or colleges,
the university has been engaged in the provision of quality education, program
diversification, conducting multi-disciplinary research, and campus expansion.
In recent years, the university has been
undertaking various reform schemes in order to cope with and respond to the
fast-changing national and international educational dynamics. Being recently
differentiated by the MoE as one of Ethiopia's 15 Applied Science Universities,
WSU aims to become a technology-driven centre of excellence in agriculture
by 2030. In line with this mission, WSU conducts research, offers
community services, and engages in advanced multidisciplinary teaching and
learning.
WSU now hosts a total of 38565 students and more than 1900 academic staff. On
its three campuses (Gandaba campus, Otona campus, and Tercha campus), the
university runs 62 undergraduate and 95 graduate programs (10 PhD and 85 Masters) and various specialisations in health sciences. Over 45000 students have
graduated from WSU since its establishment. The university delivers courses in
regular, evening, weekend, and summer modalities, and the students’ enrolment
in all programs has shown an increment and reached over 38,000 in 2024.
WSU involved in divergent mainstreaming research, community services, and technology transfer and has record of significant achievements. So far, the university has published and disseminated 11 proceedings and hosted twelve successive research conferences that point towards sustainable socio-economic development of the country. It also established seven research centres aiming to create a platform for practical teaching and multi-disciplinary research.
The university is led by a president who is
assisted by three vice presidents and one chief executive director: the vice
president for academic affairs, the vice president for research and technology
transfer, the vice president for administration and student services, and the
chief executive director of the college of health sciences and medicine (with
the rank of vice president).
WSU has established a long-standing collaboration with different national and international partners, working closely on teaching, research, and community services towards its vision. Hence, WSU runs -- collaborative projects (-- international and -- local) involving -- global and -- local partners. The collaborative projects are predominantly financed by countries such as Ireland, Spain, Belgium, Sweden, Norway, Chain, and global organizations such as the EU, UNDP, and various national partners. In general, WSU has been largely contributing its part to the overall development of the country through teaching, training, research, and community services over the last 17 years.
Vision
Wolaita Sodo University aspires to be technology-driven centre of
excellence in Agriculture by 2030.
Mission
WSU is dedicated to produce
competent graduates, provide problem solving research outputs, transfer
appropriate technologies and deliver demand driven community and consultancy
services.
Core values
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Address
Email: wsu@wsu.edu.et
Tel and Fax: +251 465 514 417
P. O. BOX: 138
