Mettu University

Mettu University, in its acronym (MeU), was established as a result of Ethiopian government’s endeavor towards realizing the country’s renaissance through educating the generation. It is one of the nine newly established public higher learning institutes. Its foundation was laid by the then deputy minister of Education H.E Ato Adhana Haile and the then Oromia national Regional State President H.E. Aba Dula Gemeda and other national and regional authorities at the presence of multitudes from different angles of ILU Aba Bor Zone to celebrate the ceremony on October 11,2001 E.C. / October---,2008/9.The year 2010 marks the beginning of the first phase buildings. Up on the accomplishment of the ¼ of the first phase construction, the university welcomed its first entries by 2010/11. Students enrolled to the university for the first time were 394 in number, 205 M& 89 Female. Two faculties, Faculty of Engineering & Technology and Faculty of Natural &Computational Sciences, were the first faculties opened. Department of civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Electrical Engineering were under Faculty of Engineering and Department of Biology, Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics were under Faculty of Natural Science.