Programmes
Besides the disciplines already listed, Bahir Dar also has an institute of Textile and Garment, the only one in Ethiopia, as well as a school of Agriculture. Moreover, the university has started postgraduate programmes in the fields of Mathematics, pedagogical science, Amharic, physics. It has also started the Institute of Land Administration. There are currently plans to add other postgraduate fields of study.
The Engineering Faculty has the following departments: Civil, Electrical, Chemical, Industrial, Mechanical, Textile, Computer Science and the newly added water resources engineering and Food and biochemical technology departments.The university has also started postgraduate programme in thermal and manufacturing under the department of mechanical engineering.
The Land Administration Program of Bahirdar University, started in 2008, is the first of its kind in Ethiopia. The theme of the program are: land law, land dispute resolution mechanisms, land valuation and compensation techniques, modern land measurement and registration, land certification and updating, cadastre and computer mapping, as well as land tenure studies. This demand driven training program is to enable sustainable management of our land resources through ensuring security of tenure among land holders.
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