Jimma University College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Jimma University College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

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Jimma University College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine (JUCAVM) was established in 1952 as Jimma Agricultural Technical School (JATS) in collaboration with Oklahoma State University. In 1999 Jimma College of Agriculture (JCA) amalgamated to Jimma Institute of Health Sciences (JIH; founded in1983) as co-founders of Jimma University. JUCAVM is dedicated to advancing agricultural development through training, knowledge generation and service delivery in Ethiopia and beyond. The college trains at graduate and undergraduate levels in broad areas of agriculture and veterinary medicine. Currently, JUCAVM runs over 10 bachelor programs, 24 master programs and 8 PhD programs. It has over 4000 student population, over 200 academic and over 550 administrative staffs. It runs educational programs in regular, in-service, bega, weekend, distance and on location.

JUCAVM aspires to be one of the premier agricultural and veterinary medicine institutes in Africa and renowned in the world and thereby contributing its share to the realization of Jimma University’s vision by 2025.  Our educational philosophy is “we are in the community” where we engage community in our training programs, research activities and community services. JUCAVM comprises of six Departments in the fields of agriculture and one school namely, Horticulture and Plant Sciences, Animal Sciences, Natural Resource Management,  Agricultural Economics & Agribusiness Management, Rural Development & Agricultural Extension, Food Science and Post- harvest Technology, and School of Veterinary Medicine.

 

Programs Offered

Undergraduate Programs

• BSc in Plant Science
• BSc in Horticulture
• BSc in Agricultural Economics
• BSC in Animal Science
• BSc in Food Science and Post-Harvest Technology
• DVM in Veterinary Medicine
• BSc in Natural Resources Management
• BSc in Rural Development and Agricultural Extension

 Graduate and Postgraduate Programs

• MSc in Animal Production
• MSc in Animal Breeding & Genetics
• MSc in Animal Nutrition
• MSc in Natural Resource Management
  • Specialization in Watershed Management
  • Specialization in Forest and Nature Management
  • Specialization in Wildlife and Ecotourism Management
• MSc in Horticulture
• MSc in Agriculture (Specialization in Soil Sciences)
• MSc in Agronomy
• MSc in Plant Pathology
• MSc in Plant Breeding
• MSc in Plant Biotechnology
• MSc in Agricultural Entomology
• MSc in Weed Science
• MSc in Plant Protection
• MSc in Postharvest Science and technology
• MSc in Postharvest Management
• MSc in Food Science and Technology
• MSc in Food Science and Nutrition
• MSc in Gender and Rural Development
• MSc in Agribusiness & Value Chain management
• MSc in Agricultural Economics
• MSc in Rural Development and Agricultural extension
• MSc in Rural Development and Environment
• MSc in Veterinary Epidemiology
• MSc in Veterinary Public health
• MSc in Veterinary Microbiology
• MSc in Animal Biotechnology
• PhD in Agricultural Economics
• PhD in Postharvest Technology
• PhD in Food Science and Technology
• PhD in Horticulture
• PhD in Plant Pathology
• PhD in Agronomy
• PhD in Plant Breeding
• PhD in Animal Nutrition
• PhD in NRM (Specialization in Biodiversity Management)
• PhD in NRM (Specialization in Climate change Adaption & Mitigation)
• PhD in Rural Development and Agricultural Extension
  • • Specializing in Agricultural and Rural Innovation
    • Specializing in Agricultural and Rural Policy
    • Specializing in Environmental Sustainability

 

 

Contact Details

Fikadu Mitiku (PhD)

Dean

+251-923 61 2548

fikadom@yahoo.com/fikadu.abdissa@ju.edu.et 

 

Weyessa  Garedew  (PhD)

• Vice Dean
• Email:feyssahunde@yahoo.com, debela.hunde@ju.edu.et

Office Tel.:    +251471118105

Cell Phone:    +251911764309

 

• Umi Abdulkadir
• Administrative Director
• +251917550037
• umibeshir@yahoo.com

• Bekalu Amenu
• ICT & E-learning Coordinator
• +251913251465
• bekalu.amenu@ju.edu.et , bekaluamenu@gmail.com

Addisalem Hailu

• Coordinator, College Reforms and Academic Quality Assurance
• +251946519150
• addisalemh@gmail.com

 

• Solomon Teshome
• Human Resource Management Head
• +251917808265
• sole_teshome@yahoo.com