Bahir Dar University College of Science

Bahir Dar University College of Science

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The College of Science of Bahir Dar University (BDU) is located just southeast of the Bahir Dar city within the main campus of the university along with other colleges, faculties and institutes. It is located three kilometers southeast of the center of the city and Lake Tana. The college is bounded by the Blue Nile River in the east and surrounded by dense trees.

The college has evolved as a national teaching and research wing of BDU in October 2008. The College offers seven undergraduate programs in Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science, Industrial Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics and Statistics; five master programs (Biology, Chemistry, Material Science, Physics and Mathematics), and one PhD program in Space Physics.

The College has planned to expand its undergarduate and postgraduate programs in the near future. Curricula for PhD degree in Mathematics (different specializations) amd BSc for Environmental Sciences is waiting for approval by the senate of the university. In a couple of months national curriculum review workshops will be conducted for two MSc (Statistics and Genetics) and three PhD programs (Botanical Sciences, Applied Microbiology and Condensed Matter Physics).

The college has a total of 132 teaching staff on duty of which 35 have PhD degree, 88 MSc and 9 BSc degrees. Moreover, it has 66 teaching staff on study leave; 5 of them for Postdoctoral, 44 for PhD and 17 for MSc degrees. There are also 25 laboratory technical assistants 22 of them having at least BSc degree in their fields, and 18 administrative staff.

There are 4705 undergraduate, 801 graduate (MSc) and 6 doctoral degree students coming from different parts of the country.

Departments under College of Health

• Biology
• Chemistry
• Industrial Chemistry
• Material Science and Engineering
• Mathematics
• Physics
• Statistics

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