The only scientific research institute in Ethiopia with Six departments and Five Programs including Masters and Doctorial degree programms.
News and Special Events
October 15,2009
A One day Consultative Workshop on the Establishment of University
Research Center- Food Industries (URFI) Partnership
Serving Food Security
First Female Professor
The Women Affairs Office (WAO) of Addis Ababa University in Collaboration with the International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR) organized a panel discussion & an award ceremony which is one of its kind to celebrate the professorship of Prof. Yal
July 3 -6,2009
An International Conference on Mathematical Research and Education - in memory of Dr. Demissu Gemeda, ICMRE 2009
October 7-8,2010
African Regional Workshop on: "The Right to Adequate Food and Nutrition: Implications for Food Science and
Nutrition Education, Public Policy, Food Fortification and Distribution Activities in Africa."
Contact
Tel : 251-11-1239477
P.O.Box : 1176
Fax : 251-11-1239469
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Background Information
On March 20, 1950, Emperor Haile Silassie I declared the foundation of the University College of Addis Ababa, which includes the faculties of Arts and Science.At the time there were only 33 students enrolled compared to the current number of 1874 undergraduate, 1111 extension, 982 MSc and 31 PhD students. Starting from only one diploma and certificate granting department, namely Biology, the Faculty today comprises six departments: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Earth Sciences,Mathematics and Statistics and four programs namely Biothechnology, Food Science, Computational Science, Matreials Science and Environmental Science.
The number of academic staff members has grown from about ten in the early 50's to more than 160 currently. This year the number of prospective undergraduate students is 590 and about 190 students are expected to graduate with MSc.
Sciecnce Faculty CMS
Science Faculty has launched a course management system based on the powerfull , open source CMS, Moodle.
Science Faculty Digital Archive
The digital Archive of the faculty is run using Dspace, allowing students and staff to access digital documents.
Online Resources
Ebooks and different multimedia resources are available for students and staff.
Proffessional Associations
Here you find professional associations links and websites that can be of importance to you.
SINET , Ethiopian Journal of Science
SINET is a peer-reviewd , bi-annual journal of science published by the Faculty of Science , Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.
Faculty Dean's Message
The Faculty of Science has been preparing students for exciting and challenging careers in science since 1950. We have developed an outstanding reputation, locally and internationally, for the quality of our teaching and research.We invite you to explore the Faculty website to find out more about our teaching and research activities.