Adama Science & Technology

University
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ADAMA SCIENCE AND

TECHNOLOGY
UNIVERSITY

ASTU
OVERVIEW
BOOKLET

July 2, 2022

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Adama Science and

Technology University
ASTU Overview Booklet
2022
Prepared By:
International Relations and Corporate
Communication Directorate

Address
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Table of Contents

Vision..................................................................................................................... 1
Mission................................................................................................................... 1
ASTU institutional philosophy............................................................................... 2
Core Values.......................................................................................................... 3
Strategic Pillars of ASTU........................................................................................ 3
Background of the University.............................................................................. 4
ASTU’s Establshiment in brief............................................................................... 5
Academic Staff Profile......................................................................................... 6

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Vision
ASTU aspires to be the first choice in Ethiopia and the premier center of ex-
cellence in applied science and technology in Africa by 2030.

Mission

M1: Produce ethical and internationally competent graduates in applied sci-

ences through quality education.
M2: Conduct problem solving research in sciences and related disciplines.
M3: Provide demand driven community service.
M4: Serve as center for innovative knowledge and technology transfer.

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ASTU institutional philosophy

• Excel in Science and technology innovation

• Selection and concentration
• Research and Practical oriented education system
• Entrepreneurship thinking and skills
• Globalization and partnership

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Core Values

• Originality and innovativeness

• Excellence in research & academics
• Transparency and accountability
• Sense of belongingness, ownership
and commitment
• Diversity, mutual respect & toler-
ance
• Academic freedom and institution-
al autonomy
• professional ethics & responsiveness
• Good governance and democrati-
zation
• Honesty and integrity

Strategic Pillars of ASTU

• Maintaining quality education in science and technology
• Enhancinig efficiency of leadership and realization of good governance
• Realizing quality of research output, technology transfer and community
service.
• Enhancing capacity building and infrastructure development
• Better handling of cross cutting issues

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Background of the University

Adama Science and Technology University (ASTU) was first established in 1993
as Nazareth Technical College (NTC), offering degree and diploma level ed-
ucation in technology fields. Later, the institution was renamed as Nazareth
College of Technical Teacher Education (NCTTE), a self-explanatory label that
describes what the institution used to train back then: candidates who would
become technical teachers for TVET colleges/Schools across the country.

Currently, ASTU is setting up a Research Park, in collaboration with stakeholders

and other concerned bodies: one of a kind in the Ethiopian context. The uni-
versity is also venturing out to the wider community and is currently engaged
in various joint undertakings.

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ASTU’s Establshiment in brief

1993
Established as Nazareth
Technical College (NTC)
2003 Upgraded to Nazareth
College of Technical Teach-
er Education
2006 Become a National
University and named as
Adama Universality

2008 Nominated as a Model

Technical University

2011 Renamed as Adama

Science and Technology
University under (MoE)
2014 Established as a full-
fledged Science and Technol-
ogy University under (MoST)

2018 Moved to the Ministry of

Science & Higher Education
from MoST

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ASP Academic Staff Profile

The dean for Dean for Academic Staff Affairs is one the main offices of ASTU in
which various activities related to our academic staffs have been carried out.
This office is appointed by Academic Vice President as per ASTU senate legislation.
This office is mainly engaged on carrying out the following Duties and Responsibili-
ties as its routine activities:

• Follows up and that the academic staff recruitment is in accordance with the
rulers and regulation of the university;
• Supervises, controls and directs the human resource management (HRM) unit
personnel to ensure the proper handling of the academic staff files and data;
• Coordinates and monitors short-term and long-term trainings which are pre-
pared for the academic staff members in-house or outside the university;
• Handles scholarship matters of the academic staff in accordance with the exist-
ing staff development guideline;
• Advices and supports the Director General for Academic Affairs on matters of
academic staff affairs of the university;
• Check and facilitate monthly salary payment of academic staffs, overloads,
part time and other extra load payments;
• Arrange academic staff members promotion cases;
• Facilitates new full-time and part time academic staff appointments for the
schools and divisions;
• Prepares administrative reviews and manages records on candidates eligible for
review or leave;
• coordinates appointments made to foreign national faculty ensuring compli-
ance with government and visa requirements;
• Serves as administrative liaison in Academic Staff Affairs Office and organizes
appeals and grievance process;
• Prepares projection plan for the recruitment of academic staff in rank based on
the demands of the schools and divisions.
• Coordinates induction activities for the newly employed academic staff mem-
bers.
• Accomplishes other relevant tasks assigned to him by the Director General for
Academic Affairs and/or vice president for academic affairs.

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ASP Total Academic Profile

In Adama Science and Technology University (ASTU), there many academic staffs
under various academic ranks. In this regard, currently ASTU has a total of 840 Ac-
ademic Staffs of which 16 staffs belong to Adama Special Non-Boarding School
and 11 staffs are from Efa Borru Dodola Bording School, 760 male and 80 females
respectively.

Fig.1: Total Academic Staff clasiffication

Adama Special Non-Boarding School [ASNBS] and Efa Borru Dodola Bording [EBDBS]

ASNBS and EBDBS staff profiles

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ASP Academic Staff by Category

Academic Staffs Profile by Nationality

ASTU is a combination of local and expatriate staffs believing that diversity in ac-
ademics will bring significant impacts towards the vision and mission of the orga-
nization. In this regard, mainly expatriates from India and South Korea are highly
engaged in academic duties.
Out of the total 840 academic staffs, 773 are Ethiopians and the rest 67 are expatri-
ates. This means 92.02% are Ethiopian and 7.98% are Expatriates. This can further be
seen by gender classification.

Academic Staffs Profile by Nationality

Expatriate Staffs in Academic Rank

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ASP Academic Staff by Category

Academic Profile by Rank (Local)

Out of the total 773 local academic staff members, lecturers take the largest share,
that is, 350. The second largest are Assistant professors which constitute 166. The
rest, Academic and Research Assistant (ARA), 70, Senior Academic Research Assis-
tant (SARA) are 80. Senior Lecturers 17, Assistant Lecturers 27, Associate professors
49, Chief Academic & Research Assistant I 9, Professors 15, Graduate I, 0 and Grad-
uate II are 3.

Academic Staffs Profile by Rank

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Academic Staff Profile on Duty

Academic Profile on Study

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Academic Profile by Profile by Schools

ASTU organized in five different schools. Namely, the school of Civil Engineering
and Architecture, the school of Applied Natural Science, The School Electrical
Engineering and Computing, The School of Mechanical, Chemical and Materials
Engineering and The School Humanities and Social Sciences. In addition to the five
schools, ASTU is also running two schools, namely Adama Special Non-Boarding
School [ASNBS] and Efa Borru Dodola Bording [EBDBS]

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DFM Division of freshman program

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UG Undergraduate Program

Unlike other universities in Ethiopia, Adama Science and Technology Universi-

ty (ASTU) establishes seventeen (17) relevant undergraduate program of study
that allows students to design their own curriculum that fit their personal interest
and future plan under three engineering schools and one applied natural sci-
ence school. In relation to this the office of undergraduate were established in
ASTU mainly to coordinate, supervise, monitor and facilitate in all schools: admis-
sion and placement of students, effectiveness of the department curricula and
academic services to meet students and stakeholders demands, the provision of
quality education, opportunities for all ASTU students to learn and develop per-
sonally through experiences outside the university, , and collaborations and part-
nerships with other leading universities, research institutions, industries and etc.

Schools and Programs in ASTU

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UG Major Activities

Major Activities performed by undergraduate program ( 2021/22 )

In addition to its regular duties, the undergraduate program office of ASTU per-
formed the following major activities in 2021/22 academic year.

• Course catalog was prepared for Accredited curriculum

The course catalog was prepared, and distributed to all schools to provide gen-
eral direction to respective programs of our schools so that they uniformly attend
the same catalog. This catalog guide Adama Science and Technology University
students to explore the entire course list organized by area of interest as well as by
type of program.

• Internships, and student industrial and related visits Facilitated.

Facilitating the internship is main duty of Undergraduate office, accordingly pro-
posal has been prepared, and sent to vice president office to facilitate student
intern.

• Follow up student admission, registration, and other activities

One of the distinctive features of ASTU is its commitment to recruiting high caliber
students for its various programs. The paradigm shift introduced as such is imple-
mented by applying the principle of “selection and concentration” with regard to
student admission. In this regard, in the last five years, the university has been ad-
mitting high caliber students through university entrance examination. In collabora-
tion with different office in our university our office follows the preparation of exam
for the admission of new students in 2022.

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UG Major Activities

• Training was performed on curriculum Accreditation for newly recruited

staff at university level
Undergraduate program office of ASTU gives a short training on UG curriculum
based on accreditation principle for program accreditation”. The training was
conducted on April 8, 2022. The Overall objective of the training was to create
awareness for newly recruited staff. So that participants trained ASTU undergradu-
ate programs curriculum by applying the principles of Outcome Based Education
and constructive alignment as follows.

• Students’ data collected from a variety of sources and compiled for use

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Regular and extension UG students’ statistics in 2021/22

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• Monitoring, coordinating and facilitating workloads, course schedules,

class delivery, administration of examinations and other teaching learning
activities.
We always over seen students’ learning requires participation and cooperation of
a number of stakeholders that includes students, instructors, assessment commit-
tees, plan and program coordinator, department heads, academic standard and
quality assurance coordinators, and registrar.

• Format for course Audit Prepared and forwarded to all school to follow-up
of course delivery as per the accredited curriculum
Monitor the operation of assessment to ensure that the minimum standard is met as
per as accredited curriculum. Different problems and challenges on the implemen-
tation of course coverage and assessment found and we try to give clarification.

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PG Postgraduate Program

Adama Science and Technology University (ASTU) was first established in 1993 as
Nazareth Technical College (NTC), offering diploma and degree level education in
technology fields. Following its inauguration in May 2006 as Adama University (AU),
the full-fledged university started opening other academic programs in other ar-
eas as an extension to its original mission. Two years later, the university launched
Postgraduate studies in 2008 by introducing Ph.D. by research in few programs. The
postgraduate program has then gradually grown into a full-fledged graduate stud-
ies, offering the Ph.D. degrees in fifteen programs and master degrees in eighteen
programs each having various fields of specialization.

The core strategy of postgraduate program is to enhance research activities, strength

linkage with industry and community service, promote academic and scholarly ac-
tivities and then become a center of excellence for its programs, thereby improving
ASTU’s eminence in national and international rankings. Besides, it remains devoted
to research and development work in line with national priority areas and global
research trends via selection and concentration philosophy of the University. This
will sustain the leading role of ASTU in alleviating the ongoing technology develop-
ment in the country, targeting human resource capacity building, through training
and research at highest level. These fundamental activities shall be guided by one
centrally set guideline which incorporates all rules and standards used to realize
education and research quality and also maintain uniformity across all schools and
departments in ASTU.

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PG Student Population

ASTU has 1,447 masters and 304 Ph.D. active students with a total of 1751 post-
graduate students. So far, ASTU has produced more than 25 Ph.D. graduates. The
following bar chart and table illustrate the number of M.Sc. and Ph.D. students in
each of the five schools of ASTU both in regular and extension programs.

2000

1800

1600
Numer of Postgraduate Students

1400

1200

1000

800

600

400

200

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Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total
M.Sc.Regular M.Sc. Extension Ph.D. Grand Total

SoANS SoCEA SoEEC SoMCME SoHSS Total

M.Sc.Regular M.Sc. Extension Ph.D. Grand Total

Schools Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total
SoANS 92 52 144 45 19 64 139 6 145 353
SoCEA 167 63 230 252 31 283 17 3 20 533
SoEEC 159 57 216 159 24 183 33 5 38 437
SoMCME 156 43 199 100 1 101 73 2 75 375
SoHSS 9 2 11 15 1 16 23 3 26 53
Total 583 217 800 571 76 647 285 19 304 1751

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PG 3. Activities accomplished

Curricula development
Actively involved in the process of curriculum development from:

School of Applied Natural Sciences

• Ph.D. curriculum for Statistical Physics, Department of Applied Physics
• Ph.D. curriculum for Astro Physics, Department of Applied Physics
• MSc curriculum for Statistical physics, Department of Applied Physics
• MSc curriculum for Fluid Mechanics, Department of Applied Mathematics

School of Mechanical, Chemical and Material Engineering

• Ph.D. curriculum for Material Science and Engineering
• MSc curriculum for Metallurgical Engineering

Curricula revision
• Followed and encouraged schools and departments to finalize curriculum revi-
sion before new academic year.

Research budget approval and liquation

• Facilitated research fund release to postgraduate students
• Follow up research fund liquidation
• Monitored tuition fee of self-sponsored postgraduate students and generated
income

Teaching learning related activities

• Introduced Ayeyo Scholarship for economical disadvantaged female students
• Developed website for postgraduate program in collaboration with ASTU ICT
Center
• Instructional email address was given to all postgraduate students through ASTU
ICT center
• Participated and observed the thesis and dissertation defense processes across
schools.

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SoANS
School of Applied Natural Science
Adama Science and Technology University

Departments

Applied Biology Applied Physics

Applied Chemistry Industrial Chemistry

Applied Geology Pharmacy

Applied Mathematics

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SoANS1. Teaching & Learning Process

There are a total of seven programs running undergraduate programs at School

of Applied Natural Science. These are Department of Applied Biology, Applied
Chemistry, Industrial chemistry, Applied Geology, Applied Mathematics, Phar-
macy, and Applied Physics. Five of these departments are running postgraduate
programs with 25 fields of specializing in MSc and 20 fields of specialization in PhD
programs. The undergraduate programs are four years program except Pharma-
cy which is five years program and all the curricula are recently revised as per
the principle of accreditation that focus on outcome based education (OBE).

The School is carryout the usual teaching-learning process both at undergraduate

(UG) and postgraduate (PG) level. New UG students that joined our School during
2021/2022 academic calendar are following their courses using newly revised cur-
riculum as per accreditation principle focused on outcome based education (OBE).

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SoANS Internship

At the end of the 2021/2022 academic calendar, 3rd year UG students will conduct in-
ternship at different organizations. The students are currently selecting host organization
for their internship, and all departments have provided all the necessary orientations to
the students. Furthermore, some department also suggested the students some best
host organizations from which they can acquire great experience through the internship

SoANS Field visit/work by students

School of Applied Natural Science facilitated several field works or visits for both UG and
PG students that strength their teaching and learning process and industrial engament
upon the request of respective departments. For instance Applied Geology depart-
ment organized field trip for geological survey around Butajira and Hawassa for both
UG and PG students. Currently, 2nd year PG students of this specialization are carrying
out their research, and they have already conducted data via field surveying. The de-
partment has facilitated this field surveying by offering them with important field equip-
ment such as Brunton Compass, Geological hammer, GPS, Sample Bag and others

Geological field survey by PG student of Applied Geology

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SoANS1.3. MSc and PhD defence

In this semester two PhD students ( one from Mathematics and one from Biolo-
gy departments) and seven MSc students were successfully defended their re-
search work hence their graduation were approved by SMC and the senate.

PhD defence of a candidate from applied Mathematics

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SoANS1.3. Organizing Academic Seminars

As per the dedication of SMC, all departments of School of Applied Natural Science are
organizing academic seminars for / by academic staff and PG students on regular bases.

Academic Seminar presentation by Applied Physics department

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SoANS Organizing training

SoANS organized hands-on training to Applied Chemistry academic and

ARA staffs on maintenance and handling of laboratory instruments. During
the training maintenance of the following instruments were performed:
• Single beam Uv-Vis Spectroscopy
• Double beam Uv-Vis Spectroscopy
• Flame atomic emission spectrometer
• Flame atomic absorption spectrometer

SoANS Organizing PG curriculum revision

The school facilitates PG curriculum revision of Applied Mathematics and Applied

Physics department. Accordingly, Applied Mathematics department revised six
PhD curriculums and Applied Physics department revised six MSc curriculums and
four PhD curriculums.

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SoANS Research Work by Academic Staffs

The following research activities were performed in SoANS during 2021/2022 aca-
demic calendar
• six research projects from different departments including applied Geology,
Applied Physics, Applied Biology were reviewed via research project progress
report review workshop
• Release of research budget for seven new projects was facilitated
• Purchase of research inputs, car rent, and instrument rent were facilitated for
the seven new research projects
• More than 5 research articles were published on reputable journals such as.
SCOPUS, Web and Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) Journals.

SoANS Giving community service

School of Applied Natural Science facilitates laboratory visit of Mako Bili elemen-
tary and secondary school grade 7 (108) and 9 (126) students to visit Applied
Biology, Applied Chemistry and Applied Physics laboratories. All ARA from the 3
departments demonstrated selected experiments to motivate students and create
positive attitude towards Natural science.

Laboratory visit of Mako Bili Students

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SoCEA
School of Civil Engineering and Architecture
Adama Science and Technology University

Departments

Architecture Geomatics Engineering

Water Resource
Civil Engineering
Engineering

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SoCEA
I. Introduction

The school of Civil Engineering and Architecture has diverse programs coherent
with the Ethiopia’s long-term plan towards developing its water resources and civil
infrastructures in a sustainable way. Expansion of new constructions in developing
countries like ours is vital. Highways, roads, buildings, stadiums and related infrastruc-
tures will boost economy of the country in general. Besides, Ethiopia has a water
resources potential of about 163 billion cubic meters. Considering water availability
and land suitability, the country has about 7.5 million hectares of irrigation poten-
tial. However, these resources are not adequately developed to support socio-eco-
nomic development of the nation. Moreover, frequent floods and droughts have
become serious water-related problems in the country. Therefore, the develop-
ment of civil and water resources engineering related programs must be a cen-
tral element of the country’s strategy to improve the quality of life of the people.

School of Civil Engineering and Architecture

School of Civil Engineering and Architecture is important to provide the

needs of engineers trained to plan, design, construct, operate and main-
tain civil works, water work schemes for the development of the coun-
try. Furthermore, graduated professionals of the school can able to exam-
ine the opportunities and challenges associated with the planning, project
formulation, sustainability and environmental impact assessment of any projects.

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Postgraduate programs

PhD programs

Irrigation Engineering

Housing and Urban

Development

Masters programs

Irrigation Engineering

Hydraulic Engineering
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Water supply & Environmental Eng.

Hydrology & Water Resources Mngmt.

Environmental Architecture

Urban Planning and Design

Geotechnical Engineering

Construction Eng. & Management

Geoinformatics Engineering
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Undergraduate programs

Architecture

Civil Engineering

Water Resources Engineering

SoCEA
III. Academic staffs

SoECA has 142 academic staffs on duty and 26 academic staffs on study leave for
PhD. Moreover, the school has given a scholarship for 56 graduates students and
are attending their MSc degree

160 142
136
140
120
100
80
52 56
60
29 31 31
40 27 26 26

20 2 4 0 0
6

0
Architecture Civil Eng’g Geomatics Water Resources total
Local Staff Expatriate Total Eng’g Eng’g

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SoCEA
IV. Laboratories

SoCEA have six functional laboratories giving quality services for our own students, for other uni-
versities and organizations based on their demand. These are:

• Soil Laboratory
• Highway Laboratory
• Construction Laboratory
• Building Materials Laboratory
• Hydraulic Laboratory
• Surveying Laboratory

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SoCEA
V. Major Activities

A) Staff Capacity Development, Promotions and Projects

• About 11 academic staffs have registered for HDP training and are finalizing
their training.
• 23 academic staffs went for externship program and shared their industry expe-
riences to other academic staffs in an open forum.
• One Academic Staff (Dr. Eshetu Temesgen) has promoted to Associate Profes-
sor Rank.
• Four academic staffs have completed and promoted to their next academic
rank (1 staff to PhD and 3 staffs to Lecturer).
• Four research proposals were reviewed in publicly during the last call for propos-
al.
• There are 5 ongoing research projects under close follow up based on their
progress report.

No. Project Title Name of Invigilator

1 Evaluating implementation of Adam city land use plan using Dr. Dejene Tesema
conformance-based approach

2 Factors affecting labor productivity in government housing Mr. Kokobe Yifru

projects: case of Ethiopian condominium housing construction

Projects completed in 2014 under SoCEA

B)Curriculum Development

• New MSc program in Hydraulics Engineering is launched in this year under Water
Resources Engineering department.
• New UG curriculum in Urban Planning and Design is also developed and will be
launched in the coming year after the University Senate endorsement.

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C) Trainings, Income Generations and Other Activities

• We have given a quality laboratory services for Oda Bultum, Dire Dawa, Semera
and Dilla Universities and for other organizations. Accordingly, the income gen-
erated for the university is about 2,061,418.20 birr.
• Backlog Internship was accomplished form Sep. 02 – Oct. 02, 2014. Thus, about
390 students of 4th & 5th year batches were involved in this practical attachment.
• In addition, Internship-II for 180 5th year students was substituted with 15 days
educational field visit and accomplished successfully.

No. Requested Training Topics No of Responsible Training Cost

Organization Trainees Department (birr)
1 GIS Base asset management, Asset 50 400,500.00
management plan, Capital
2 Minster of Urban 60 431,250.00
Investment Plan and Revenue
Development and
enhancement plan Geomatics
Infrastructure (MUDI)
Engineering
3 Sheet numbering, modern 25 180,000.00
cadaster and land registration
system
4 30 140,027.40
 Construction Materials
5 Oda Bultum  Soil Mechanics 60 75,056.00
University  High Engineering Civil
6 Dilla University 50 Engineering 225,936.00

7 Dire Dawa University 80 185,472.00

8 Semera University 75 185,472.00

Total income generated 1,823,713.40

No. Requested Organization Investigation Detail made for Responsible Training

Department Cost (Birr)
1 Arsi Zone Chole Woreda G+1 Office Building 33,561.60
High Court
2 Ethio telecom G+4 Shop & Office Building in Asella Civil 39,300.00
3 Mojo City administration G+2 Primary School building Engineering 39,155.20
4 East Shoa Zone, Lome G+3 court office building 64,704.00
Woreda High Court
5 Adama City High Court G+4 Court office Building 60,984.00
Total income generated 237,704.80

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SoEEC
School of Electrical Engineering and Computing
Adama Science and Technology University

Departments

Electrical power &

Software Engineering
Control Engineering

Electronics & Commu- Computer Science and

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SoEEC Overview

• The core strategy of the school is to pursue with the university’s vision and mis-
sion in enhancing its research, university-industry link, academic and scholarly
activities and become a center of excellence for its programs, thereby improv-
ing its eminence in national and international rankings.
• SoEEC aspires to excel in research, teaching, and industry linkage/consultancy
at a national level.
• SoEEC is attempting its best in producing competent engineers & computer sci-
entists within the aforementioned programs that can solve pressing problems of
industries, business organizations & societies.
• The last three years trend shows our school is the choice of most students
• It is the school where students successfully complete their Dual Major/Minor De-
gree
• It is among pioneer Schools in Fast track program implementation

SoEEC Programs

MSc Programs PhD Programs

Power System Engineering Computer Science and Engineering
Control Engineering Electrical Engineering
Power Electronics and Drives Electronics and Communication
Electronics and Communication Engineering Engineering
(Communication Engineering) (Communication Engineering)

Electronics and Communication Engineering

(Electronics Engineering)

Computer Science and Engineering

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SoEEC SIGs

• Special interest groups(SIGs)

• Are groups of people (preferably not less than three) who are devoted to un-
dertake real researches, offering community services, work to deliver quality
education on specific areas in one of the program or joint (intersection of the
two programs).
• An individual who is a senior (preferably a professor) on the area shall lead the
group.

SoEEC SIGs

SoEEC Graduation

• A total of 411 students graduated in Undergraduate and Masters programs

• Two fast track students graduated and started their Masters study
• Ten(10) students graduated in Dual Degree
• Certificate of Recognition provided for about fifteen(15) best BSc projects and
the best projects demonstrated to community on Graduation Exhibition

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Ayeyo Scholarship is launched

The founder of scholarship, Dr. Hoden Ali Farah, Adama born, Diaspora has signed
MoU with our University to start Ayeyo scholarship that mainly aims to support eco-
nomically disadvantaged female graduate students. The scholarship covers tuition
fee and all expenses of female students. Two female students are being benefited
from the scholarship. Our school played main role in launching of this scholarship.
She has visited ASTU in March, 2022 and donated GPU for Computer Science and
Engineering department.

Dr. Hoden has visited ASTU and donated GPU(graphics card) to Computer Science
and Engineering DeptIt costs = 744.75USD

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Our School Provided Leadership Training

• About fourteen(14) position holding academic and administrative staff mem-
bers have take leadership skill development training.
• For Leadership Training, Trainers are from Sister School, School of Humanities and
Social Science
• Out Come of Training:
• Trainees Understood our common and shared goal
• Training Created Feeling of belongingness and ownership
• Trainees Started to Love serving
• Training Eased leadership duty
• Training improved Readiness to fight challenges
• Training Increased commitment and dedication of position holding staff mem-
bers

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Our School is to launch PhD in Artificial Intelligence

• After signing MoU with Ethiopian Institute of Artificial Intelligence we are to
launch PhD in Artificial Intelligence in collaboration with the institute.

Our School Conducted ICPC National Contest (EthCPC)

• In this contest about Eleven(11) national universities have participated
• A team from Addis Ababa Institute of Technology named, Black Lions was Gold
medal winner
• Two teams from our university named, Bug Hunter and Protocode were Silver
and Bronze medal winners
• Dr. Boja Mekonnen, Dr. Habtamu Beri, Dr. Teklu Urgessa have attended the
closing program and provided closing remarks and gifts for the winning teams.

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Why ICPC contest is conducted?

• The contest improves creative and critical think-

ing of students
• It helps students to develop their Problem solving
capacity
• It helps to develop team work spirit
• It is one way of student engagement
• It creates Job opportunity in global company like
Google, IBM, Facebook,etc
• The teams representing our country and universi-
ty to introduce our university and country to the
world

Huawei Seed for Future training and Competition

• Our School Students participated on Huawei

Seeds for Future training and Competition.
• One student named, Kalifa Abdella who is from
Electronics and Communication Engineering de-
partment has won the competition and awarded
Smart watch.

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Our School Host IndabaX 2021 Deep Learning International Conference

Certificate of Recognition

• Our school provided certificate of recognition for IndabaX 2021 Deep Learning
International Conference Organizing committee members and coordinators.
• The certificate of recognition aims to promote belongingness and gratefulness.

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SoEEC Donation

• Prof. Samuel Kasegne, Donated Silvaco TCAD

(Virtual Electronic Device Fabrication Lab) soft-
ware license for Electronics and Communication
Eng’g department. The Annual license costs abou-
t1650USD.
• Dr. Avtar Singh donated Fast and Modern Body
Temperature Measurement Device to ASTU Health
Center and CCTV Camera to SoEEC which is used
to monitor our school outside door. The Camera
Costs about 3537Rs.
• Prof. Samuel Kasegne Donated Silvaco TCAD (Vir-
tual Electronic Device Fabrication Lab) software
license for Electronics and Communication Eng’g
department
• The license costs =1650USD

Dr. Avtar Singh donated Fast and Modern Body Temperature Measurement Device to
ASTU Health Center and CCTV Camera to SoEEC (used monitor school outside door)
Camera Costs=3537Rs

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SoEEC Research & Community Service

Research, Technology Transfer and Community Service Accomplished activities

Industry Externship
Four Industry externship reports were presented and staff members who participat-
ed on Industry Externship shared their experience.

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SoHSS
School of Humanities and Social Science
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SoHSS Overview

The School of Humanities and Social Sciences comprises of one department and
four academic units. The school admits students of its own by Technology and In-
novation Management program. The School does not admit students of its own by
the remaining four academic units namely; Social Science Unit, Language Unit, Hu-
manities Unit, and Sport Science, but the School offers a broad spectrum of uni-
versity requirement courses, school requirement courses, and program requirement
(elective) courses to engineering and science students. The underpinning princi-
ple of this school is ‘education is for the development of the whole person’, the
development of an educated person in the full sense of a person whose knowl-
edge and understanding is not confined to one form of thought or awareness.

The school of Humanities and Social Sciences has accomplished a number of ac-
tivities in this running academic year (2014 E.C). These activities include:
• In the 2014 E.C academic year, the SoHSS has successfully enrolled and run the
MSc in technology and Innovation Management in weekend program.
• The SoHSS has also provided training on Enhancing Leadership skill, customer
handing and others for administrative staff of Adama Science and Technology
University.
• The SoHSS has also provided training on ‘Business communication skill, Job Inter-
view and CV writing” for graduate students of undergraduate program
• The SoHSS has organized a gymnasium/fitness center and has made ready for
community service
• The SoHSS has developed a proposal to upgrade the sport facilities in the univer-
sity to sport Academy and endorsed for the concerned bodie for final approval.

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Postgraduate programs

PhD programs

Technology and Innovation Management

Masters programs

Technology and Innovation Management

Technology and Innovation computer Laboratory

The SoHSS enroll students by Technology and Innovation Management program in

PG. The program has about 20 MSc and 25 PhD students in this year.

The SoHSS academic staff on duty are 2 Bachelor degree (lab assistant), 39 Mas-
ter degree lecturer and 31 PhD holder (28 assistant professor, 2 associate professor
and 1 full professor). The school has in toal 72 academic staff on duty and 19 ad-
ministartive staff on duty.

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SoMCME
School of Mechanical, Chemical & Materials Eng.
Adama Science and Technology University

Departments

Chemical
Engineering

Mechanical
Engineering

Materials Science and

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SoMCME Major Activites

• Main academic activities

• Academic standing committee meetings
• Establishing collaboration with International and national organizations
• Organizing international virtual workshop
• Seminars
• Curriculum developments
• Inspirational event for students and staff
• Experience sharing
• Capacity building training
• General meetings

SoMCME

• Weekly meeting with HoDs.

• course Progress report monthly.
• Course Audit at the end of each semester. Hence, we are 100% efficient with
course coverage and continuous assessment.
• MoU signed with 2 organizations. Manufacturing Technology and Engineering
industry research development center and Addis gas and plastics factory Plc.
• We arranged motivational event to our school staff and students.

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• We established task force for SWOT analysis of our school.

• Established school students committee
• Establish different students club. Now in a good
• Established exam committee and control all the exam process and check the
exam quality.

Discussions and Meeting

• Meeting of school managing council and school graduate council.

• General meeting with staff.
• Discussion held with our school post graduate students related to overall PG pro-
gram progress and other issues.
• For strengthen and improve departments teaching learning process continuous
discussions held with assistance admin staff

Applying exam regulations

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National and international collaborations

National
• Signing MoU with potential national organizations
• Manufacturing technology and engineering in-
dustry research
• Addis gas and plastic factoryPLC

International (with scholars) Signed MoU with

• Scholars from abroad two industries
• Dr Hodden from USA
• Dr Tajure from USA

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Organized international virtual workshop

Motto: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow of Automotive Mobility Sector

Topics of presentations:
1. Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow of Automotive Mobility Sector: An Academic
Perspective
2. Automotive Radar: Past, Present and Future
3. Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS)

SoMCME Seminars

Industrial Experience sharing by 3 externs and invited industries experts (2)

About Sugar corporation About Akaki Basic Metal

research ideas Industry

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Inspirational event for students and staff

Seminars for experiance sharing

• 7 Externs shared research areas and possible collaboration works with different
industries, SoMCME hall April 08/22

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Invited industry expert on experience sharing

Training as Community Service

Training given to Adama Polytechnic College

staff & students on Mechatronic system
• Trainer: Dr. BK singh
• Venue: Adama Polytechnic College
• Date: April. 04/2022

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Capacity building training

Computational training on Density Function Theory (DFT)

Diffrent trainings

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UTM machine Installation Existing facility maintenance

• Never worked for over 6 years

• Local expert found to install
• Successfully accomplished, now functional
• Venue: Materials Sci & Eng. Department:
• Invited: All staff & students
• Date: March03/2022

High Temperature Chamber Furnace

( Ceramic Furnace)

• Failure occurred on Digital Power Regulator,

PID Controller, Volt and Ampere Meter.
• Solution I : Donation of spares and repair
made

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SoMCME Curriculum reviews

• New Curriculum reviews for MSc & PhD

Major activities in the 4th quarter

• Activating School graduate committee
• General meeting with academic staff in the school
• General meeting with PG students in the school

General meeting with Academic staffs

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General meeting with PG student

• All school PG students invited

• Over hundred students participated
• School report and current PG cases presented
• Students representative as SGC member elected
• All SGC members participated in the meeting
• Best experience in advising and publishing paper is shared

CTVE task force with CESE director

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Academic Facilities of ASTU

Laboratories
Applied Natural Science Labs Civil Engineering & Architecture
• Applied Biology Lab • Soil Lab
• Applied Chemistry Lab • Plumbing Lab
• Applied Geology Lab • Construction Lab
• Applied Physics Lab • Highway Lab
• Computational Lab • Building materials Lab

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Laboratories
Electrical Engineering & Computing

• Electronic Lab

• Machin Lab

• Communication Lab

• Power System Lab

• Fabrication Shop

• Foundary Shop

Mechanical, Chemical and Materi-

als Engineering
• Mechanical & Vehicle Engineer-
ing Lab
• Machin Shop
• Automotive Electronics Shop
• Welding Shop
• CNC Lab
• Diesel Lab
• Engine rebuilding Shop
• Body Paint Shop
• Chemical Lab
• Materials Science Lab

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ASTU Library

Mission

The mission of Adama Science and Technology University Library is to be the

leading and preferable academic library in the country and the center of
excellence in applied science and technology by 2030. Also, strive to foster
intellectual growth, academic success, and lifelong learning for the students
and staff of the university. ASTU as academic library, which serve the university
community that, adds a value in the teaching learning process by providing
the relevant information resources for students and university community.

Motto

“The sun never sets on ASTU Library!” provides 7 days per week for 24-hour ser-
vices. Monday-Saturday (8:00AM - 6:00 PM) Sunday (8:00 AM - 10:00PM) and
Closed in public holidays.

ASTU Libraries ASTU Special Libraries

• Central & Engineering Library • Material Science Engineering

• Applied Natural Science Library • Chemical Engineering
• Postgraduate Library
• Humanities & Social Sciences
Library
• Female Student’s Library

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Major types of library services

• Circulation service & Loan service • Electronic Thesis and Dissertation
• Internet service (Uses more than services
340 computers for this service) • Reference service
• Digital library service • Binding service
• Periodical service (Newspaper,
• Documentation service
magazine etc.)

Organization of Resources
The Library is using open access system based on Dewey decimal classifica-
tion/DDC/ scheme.

ASTU Library policy and Guideline

ASTU library has its own “ASTU Library Collection Development and Open Ac-
cess Guideline” states the procedures and principles that ASTU Library follows
in the selection and acquisition of information about materials both in elec-
tronic and printed format. All materials purchased for the university library
must be cataloged, classified, circulated, and inventoried through the library
and remains under control of the library. The guideline provides consistency
among those responsible bodies for collection development and is used to
smoothly communicate library with schools, department, staffs, students, and
the community as a whole.

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Facilities and Infrastructures

There are many facilities in the library to enhance the teaching, learning and
research activities of the university. Some of these facilities include Internet
service (Wired and wireless/WIFI connectivity), Digital library service, Electronic
Thesis and Dissertation (ETD)/Institutional repository services (ASTU-ETD), Elec-
tronic journal (e-Journals databases) service, Online Public Access Catalog
(OPAC – UNDER DEVELOPMENT).

Digital Library System

ASTU libraries use a suite of software for building and distributing digital library
collections. It provides a new way of organizing information and publishing it
on the Internet. It has a powerful searching and browsing capability; Common
interface for different collections. Currently, the digital library contains more
than 40,000 E-books in Engineering, Natural sciences, Technology and other.

Can be accessed through http://dl.astu.edu.et/

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Electronic Thesis and Dissertation System (ASTU-ETD)

ASTU library launched a new digital institutional repository (ASTU-ETD) system that
collects, preserve and distribute the scholarly output of the university, mainly post-
graduate Electronic Thesis and Dissertation (ETD), articles, proceedings. The system
dedicated to help users to find all the information they might require in order to
format and successfully submit their graduate thesis, dissertation and publications
electronically. The user-friendly web interface enables to maximize & optimize the
resource sharing among ASTU different schools. Currently, the system contains 1623
thesis and dissertations on different subject areas.

Can be accessed(only in astu permises) through http://etd.astu.edu.et/

Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) [UNDER DEVELOPMENT]

ASTU library implemented a full featured automated system and integrated library
system with comprehensive functionality for circulation, cataloguing, acquisitions,
reserves, patron management, branch relationships, fine management, virtual
bookshelf and more. It uses a powerful search engine and user friendly OPAC with
innovative simple and comprehensive advanced search mechanisms.

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Electronic Journal and article databases

ASTU library subscribes to a number of international and reputable electronic

journals to satisfy the information needs users. The library is subscribing to five
electronic journal databases that contain millions of journal and articles and
the users are getting free access to those electronic journals.

• IEEE
• Emerald
• Wiley Online Library (Full collection)
• Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS)
• Springer Nature (former Springer enhanced package)

Surveillance/Security system

Surveillance cameras mounted and installed throughout ASTU libraries and

help to keep library materials & users safe while researching, browsing or
reading.

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Basics facts of ASTU Library

The following table provides a glimpse of information about ASTU libraries,

seating capacity, types & number of collection, number of computers, Hu-
man resource and others.

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ASTU library Milestone projects

ASTU Library in collaboration with KOICA project for education Quality improvement
of ASTU through ICT integration (DONG-EUI University and Korea International Co-
operation Agency of the Republic of Korea (KOICA) digitized 40,000 E-books within
three months of duration, September 2016 - December 2016.

• ASTU library digitized highly demanded books into electronic form (E-book) and
currently available for the university community through our new digital library
system.

• The project funded by Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) with full
required equipment’s; server, computers and OCR scanners.

• ASTU got national level recognition for digitization of library resources (was first of
its kind) at CEARL – Consortium of Ethiopian Academic & Research Libraries. We
share our experience for 10 first and second generation universities and they are
starting their own digitization project.

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Due to experience gained from KOICA project, ASTU library selected by Oromia
state bureau of Education (OBE) to digitize 200,000 profiles (4,320,000 pages of file)
of Oromia regional state teachers within 60 days.

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Information Communication Technology (ICT)

Information Technology Communication (ICT) center, later renamed as ICT

Directorate (ICTD) of Adama Science and Technology University was estab-
lished in 2008 G.C with the mission to manage, maintain, upgrade and expand
the ICT infrastructure, and automate the business processes in the university. In
other words, the directorate focuses on creating conducive working environ-
ment which facilitates the teaching-learning, research, community service,
and administration services with the ICT support. Providing reliable and ade-
quate network infrastructure through on-time technical support is also among
the primary objectives of the directorate.

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Information Communication Technology (ICT)

Vision
ASTU’s ICT Directorate aspires to be a model center that excels in ICT infrastructure
for academic, research and community service in Africa.

Mission
The ICT Directorate of ASTU is entrusted with the mission of creating aconducive en-
vironment for teaching and learning, research,community service and administra-
tive services of the university through:

• Providing reliable and adequate network infrastructure;

• Automating teaching-learning process;
• On-time user support;
• Delivering fast and reliable Internet and Intranet service on 24/7 for ASTU commu-
nities;
• Automating entire ASTU business process;
• Securing ASTU network from any treats internal or external;
• Ensuring the quality of ASTU ICT infrastructure;
• ICT consultancy and training;
• Conducting research in ICT;
• Delivering ICT research outcomes, and professional application software’s;
• Exclusively managing, insuring quality, monitoring and maintaining of any ICT re-
lated equipments;
• Ensuring that any application software’s that are installed on ASTU ICT equip-
ment’s get the approval of ICT Directorate;
• Preparing and adopting ICT Policies, standards, and guidelines;
• Managing, maintaining, upgrading and expanding of the network infrastructure,
ICT Pools, SMART Rooms;
• Giving approval for any proprietary application software before its implementa-
tion

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Information Communication Technology (ICT)

Major Accomplishments of ICTD of ASTU

ICTD is embracing the philosophy of demand-driven, high-quality, inhouse, and
goal-oriented ICT service deliveries that are necessary for realizing the goals and
ambitions of ASTU. So far, the directorate has accomplished several activities in its
five work units.

• Infrastructure and Service (IS)

• Business Application Development and Administration (BADA)
• Technical Support and Maintenance (TSM)
• Technology Teaching and Learning (TTL)
• Education and Training (ET).

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Information Communication Technology (ICT)

ASTU Informations Communication Technology has accomplished the following ac-

tivities.
• Connecting every building with optical fiber network
• Deploying wireless mesh network & campus wide CCTV camera
• e-Learning center with the capability of transmitting live records
• Smart class rooms.
• University Website (www.astu.edu.et)
• Human Resource Management System- HRMS
• Support Request Management System- SRMS
• Employee Attendance Management System- EAMS
• Student Service Management System-SSMS: (Clinic Management System, Cafe-
teria Management system, Dormitory placement system).
• Procurement and Property Management System –PPMS
• Transport Management System – TMS
• ASTU Notice Board
• Arrange training for campus users and staff about newly implemented and de-
veloped applications and Create basic awareness on Internet, security, produc-
tivity tools, emerging technologies and new projects in ICT for the campus users.

The ICTD of ASTU has been providing technology-based community services to ASTU
Staff, the surrounding communities and the region at large. Some of these are:

• Condominium Drawing System for (Adama City, Wolso Town and Holeta Town)
• COVID-19 Monitoring System for Adama Hospital
• VERA (Vital Event Registration and Administration) for Adama City
• Commercial Website for Gada Special Economic Zone
• Website for ODA (Oromia Development Association)
• Training Information Management System for Oromia Justice Sector Professionals
Training and Legal Research Institute
• Prepare 29 primary school courses(grade 7&8) in two languages(Afan Oromo
and Amharic) has been recorded and delivered, and broadcasted by regional
state media out-late.

and many more community service has been delivered.

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Information Communication Technology (ICT)

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ICT Trainings

The ICT diroctorate in collaboration with the CS department has successfuly deliv-
ered a training entitled digital literacy training to the Federal ethics and Anti-cor-
ruption commission staffs.

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ICT Products

The ICT diroctorate of ASTU has been successfully implemented and delivered
many systems. the follwing pictures shows some of the ICTD products

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Office of Research Park and Technology Transfer

ASTU researchers held discussion with beneficiaries on community service

project

Adama Science and Technology University is committed to undertake community

service projects to address the problems of the society. Currently there are about
20 (twenty) ongoing community service and technology transfer projects spon-
sored by ASTU. Recently, the office of the Research Park and Technology Transfer
has arranged consultative meeting with beneficiaries on the findings of community
service project entitled “Compressive Study on Solid and Liquid Waste: Characteri-
zation, Management and Mitigation in the case of Modjo Town”. The study project,
when completed and fully implemented, is expected to provide solutions to the

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Office of Research Park and Technology Transfer

Model City Park Arboretum Development Project

ASTU is working with Adama City and surrounding community on greenery projects
and city park development. “Model City Park Arboretum Development on Sire Kin-
do Mountain” near ASTU campus is one of the projects being funded by ASTU and
experts in the field are working with great commitment with physical work nearly
90% of the project currently completed. When the project is completed, the site will
serve as Model Park for the city.

Office of Research Park and Technology Transfer

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ASTU-STEM Center

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EDCF consulting consortium has been inaugurated!

The team of ASTU’s management led by the board chairperson of the univer-
sity took part in the official inauguration of the EDCF consulting consortium for
the establishment of 5 Centers of Excellence (CoEs) for Adama Science and
Technology University (ASTU) in Seoul, Korea. It is to be recalled that this Korean
EDCF project is overdue due to COVID-19 and other technical issues; however,
both parties have agreed to stick to the current plan. The management of ASTU
has exerted unreserved efforts to get the project implemented and Seoul Na-
tional University has facilitated the commencement of the project. It is believed
that once the project becomes operational according to the agreed schedule,
world-class, high-tech research & innovation centers will be established at #ASTU
#Ethiopia. The board chairperson, Dr. Shumet Gizaw, has expressed his appreciation
for ASTU management and Seoul National University (SNU) to realize this project.

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Office of VPRTT conducts CoE laboratory equipment validation Work-

shop

The office of the vice president for research and technology transfer has successful-
ly conducted a laboratory equipment validation workshop. The participants of the
workshop are experts from a number of national and international organizations,
research institutions, and universities. The workshop was meant to get input on the
identification and installation of laboratory facilities for the centers of excellence.

In the opening speech of the workshop, Doctor Boja Mekonen, the vice president
for administration and students’ affairs, remarked that ` ASTU is dedicated to inno-
vative knowledge has focused on undertaking standard problem-solving research
and innovation on science and technology which could contribute to Ethiopia’s
overall development. Dr. Alemu Disasa, VPRTT, made it evident that the project is
going as per the plan. According to Dr. Alemu, experts from the consulting firm,
Soul National University, have visited ASTU and specified the activities in realizing
the project. It is recalled that ASTU has secured funds for refurbishing its centers of
excellence from the Korea Republic. Accordingly, five centers of excellence have
been subsumed in the current project. Dr. Alemu noted that ASTU has been priv-
ileged to host eight of the sixteen centers of excellence and hence the facilities
to be installed in ASTU will serve as the national research hub. It was reported that
important inputs have been gained from both the plenary and syndicate sessions

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Public lecture on the topic: “Smart City Development: Experience from

Korean Smart City Development” delivered at ASTU

The department of Technology and Innovation Management under the School of

Humanities and Social Sciences in collaboration with the Vice President for Research
and Technology Transfer arranged a public lecture offered by a renowned Korean
Professor. Prof. Junseok Hwang is an information scientist at Seoul National University,
in the Department of Technology Management, Economics, and Policy. Through his
work, Prof. Hwang seeks to build a worldwide platform and partnership for substantial
value generation of ICT for the cause of humanity. He was involved in leading global
ICT trends and policy analyses through education, research works, and publications.
Recently, he has authored new book series, Digitalogy, proclaiming the new digital
philosophy of this era. Apart from contributing to the SNU College of Engineering,
Prof. Hwang has led the International IT Policy Program (ITPP) at SNU with the dedi-
cated mission of educating international IT policy specialists from around the globe.

The attendants of the public lecture were ASTU academic staff, attendants
from Gada special economic zone authority and attendants from the Adama
smart city development office, and postgraduate students of the Technology
and Innovation Management Program. Professor Hwang has paid special atten-
tion to his philosophy that there is no smart city without smart citizenship. He also
suggested that appropriate and inclusive policy should be designed whenev-
er there is a need for developing a smart city in Adama/Gada special econom-
ic zone authority. Professor Hwang underscored that a smart city starts with smart
citizenship, rationality, morality, and a basic level of humanity. People who have
committed their future to a given city are smart citizens. University professors
are considered real professors if they practice their knowledge into the future.

The university must always be one generation ahead to be a model and

a guardian of freedom. The university needs to instil the spirit of learn-
ing in the citizens. Thus professors and those who have acquired the skills
and knowledge are the infrastructures of the future; they are the frontiers

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ASTU Management on internationalization mission in Berlin, Germany

In order to meet its Internationalization mission, ASTU has been collaborat-

ing with many international universities and research institutions. One exempla-
ry cross-border research project has been conducted jointly by HTW Universi-
ty of Applied Sciences in Berlin and ASTU on the employability of graduates.
Online student exchange was conducted by the two universities during the pe-
riod when Covid-19 blocked face-to-face teaching where ASTU’s students vir-
tually gained a good experience of the education system and industry in Berlin.
The top management of HTW University of Applied Sciences organized its first In-
ternational Workshop from April 25th to 30th, 2022 in Berlin to present the find-
ings of the Joint research projects conducted by the efforts of both aca-
demic staff members and students of both universities. In addition, MoU will
be signed between the two universities for further collaboration and partner-
ship. Presentations about ASTU’s programs will be made during the workshop.

Senior Professors from HTW University of Applied Sciences and the top manage-
ment of the university identified three leading technology based industries in Ger-
many so that we can create partnership with them in order to create internship
opportunities for our students.
The Professors at HTW University of Applied Sciences promised to guide PhD stu-
dents in ASTU. HTW University of Applied Sciences in Germany is one of the leading
and largest public universities in Berlin and Eastern Germany. It has over 13,000 stu-
dents and 75 programs in areas of engineering, computer Sciences, design, busi-
ness, and culture. The first link between the two universities was facilitated in June
2020 by the Ethiopian embassy in Berlin.

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Award ceremony for ASTU students who won the national competition

ASTU-EDC held a colourful award ceremony for start-ups of Agro Business idea Com-
petition (ABIC2022) winners and conducted entrepreneurial inspirational event for
ASTU students on April 16, 2022 at Oda Nabe Hall. Dr. Lemi Guta, president of Adama
Science & Technology University, made the opening remark citing the achievements
of ASTU-EDC incubates and vowed to support innovative start-ups in the future.
On the event, ASTU-EDC incubates, namely, Green Ethiopia Team (that produces
organic fertilizer), BammGo Team (that makes bamboo bicycles), and Sozo Coffee
Leaf Team (that produces coffee leaf tea) who stood 1st, 2nd, & 4th rank of top
five of ABIC2022 were recognized and awarded in kind items worth Birr100, 000,
Birr80, 000, and Birr60, 000, respectively. Likewise, the university instructors who have
been mentoring these incubates were also recognized and received certificates.

Likewise, university instructors who have been mentoring those incubates were also
recognized and received certificate of recognition from Dr. Alemu Disassa, A/Vice
President for Research and Technology Transfer. In connection with celebrating
and applauding the success and achievement of the incubates, guest speakers
from the business world, Mrs. Selome Mekonnen, founder and general manager of
“Askamar Business & Investment Consultancy” and Mr. Yonatan Bekele, founder
and CEO of “Shitaki Mushroom Trade” shared their own real experiences so as to
inspire the young and dynamic students on the journey in entrepreneurship and
what it takes to become a successful entrepreneur. In their speech, both business
owners and entrepreneurs have highlighted the importance of getting ready to
fail when it comes to starting any business and learn all the way from one’s fail-
ures. Furthermore, they have added that when it comes to starting a business ex-
ploring opportunities the most critical one is taking action and putting an idea
in to practice and persist all the challenges to achieve the desired objectives.

Finally, the event was closed with closing remark of Dr. Alemu disassa, A/Vice Presi-
dent for Research and technology Transfer.

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Adama Science and Technology University creates partnership with Uni-

versity of Genoa

Adama Science and Technology University and the University of Genoa have
agreed to create partnership in research and technology. Ethiopia’s Ambas-
sador in Italy, H.E. Demitu Hambisa and Deputy Mayor of Genoa, H.E. Massimo
Nicolo and representatives of the two universities had an online meeting today.

Ambassador Demitu noted the immense opportunities that would be created through
establishing partnerships between Ethiopian and Italian higher education institutions.
The Deputy Mayor of Genoa, appreciated the partnership and further pledged to
facilitate support to make it a success. The President of Adama Science and Tech-
nology University, Dr. Lemi Guta and Rector of the University of Genoa, Federico
Delfino have also had a discussion on common issues of the the two universities.

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ASTU signs MoU with Addis Gas and Plastic Factory and Manufacturing

ASTU and Addis Gas and Plastic Factory entered into agreement with the vision
of conducting joint research in the area of plastics and co-products, technol-
ogy transfer and experience sharing so as to enhance practical skills of work-
ers. After the realization of the agreement Addis Gas and Plastic Factory has the
plan to form consortium around the ‘sector industry-academia alliance model’.

Similarly, ASTU has signed a memorandum of understanding with Manufacturing

Technology and Engineering Industry Research and Development Center. The
two have the desire to conduct joint research in the area of metals and co-prod-
ucts, technology transfer and experience sharing to enhance the practical skills of
workers and students so as to add to the socioeconomic value of the next pro-
fessional generation in the metals industry development and production fields.

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Betking Ethiopian Premier League at Adama Science and Technology

Adama Science and Technology University has got the opportunity to show-
case its facilities. The stadium of Adama Science and Technology Universi-
ty has been chosen as the venue for Betking Ethiopian Premier League games.

The stadium is situated in beautiful background surrounded by the can-

opy of trees and neat backyards of residential houses. The stadium has
been refurnished with state-of- the-art technology to broadcast the
games live. The lighting system of the stadium makes it possible to broad-
cast the games at night. Supersport (DSTV) is broadcasting the games live.

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ASTU signs MoU’s with GSEZ Authority, Economics and Development As-
sociation of Oromia and Ethiopian Press Agency

President of ASTU, Dr. Lemi Guta, welcomed the delegates of the three part-
ner organizations. He noted that ASTU has got a good track record of im-
plementing MoUs. The president noted that ASTU has been engaging in ca-
pacity building, community services, consultancy service and technology
transfer endeavors with a number of national and international partners. He also
stressed that the university will swiftly implement the agreements signed today.

The head of Gada Special Economi Zone Authority, Mr. Motuma Temesgen, ex-
pressed his appreciation for ASTU for facilitating the platform of collaboration. He
noted that Gada Special Economic Zone will be built to realize the vision of building
a free city that fosters the economic development of the nation in the vicinity of Ad-
ama. Mr. Motuma also noted that ASTU has already been engaged in technology
transfer endeavors for the authority as the website of the authority has been devel-
oped by experts of ASTU. As per the MoU, ASTU will host the website of the authority.

Dr. Gutu Tesso, president of Economics and development Association of Oro-

mia, also expressed his appreciation for the offer to work with ASTU, which hous-
es a number of centers of excellence. Dr. Gutu underscored that his association
has been working on number of need based problem solving projects and con-
sultancy services that could guide policy makers. He stated that the association
wants to embark on endeavors that help to determine the manner in which in-
novations and technology transfer activities can be used to maximize the bene-
fits of the society. He reiterated that it is high time that all concerned stakehold-
ers embark on such activities at this point in time when Ethiopia is crossroads.

The representative of Ethiopian Press Agency, Mr. Getinet also appreciated the ef-
forts of ASTU’s management for facilitating the platform for the singing of the MoU. He
noted that EPA has been changing its approach over the last two years. He reiterated
that the agency has been engaging in preparing documentaries on the activities of
different organizations besides the news coverage. He noted that EPA works in four
national and two foreign languages. He noted that it is a pleasure to work with ASTU.

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የፌደራል የሥነምግባር እና የፀረ-ሙስና ኮሚሽን በአዳማ ሳይንስና ቴክኖሎጂ ዩኒቨርሲቲ ያስለማውን ዌብ

ፖርታል ተረከበ፡፡

ዌብ ፖርታሉ የተለያዩ ሲስተሞችን የያዘና ልዩ ልዩ ተግባራትን መከወን የሚያስችል፣

ለአጠቃቀም ምቹና ደህንነቱ የተጠበቀ እንደሆነም በርክክቡ ጊዜ ተብራርቷል፡፡
በርክክብ ስነስርዓቱ ላይ የተገኙት የፌደራል የሥነምግባር እና የፀረ-ሙስና ኮሚሽን ኮሚሽነር ዶ/ር ሳሙኤል ኡርቃቶ ፖርታሉ
ደረጃውን የጠበቀና ኮሚሽኑ ወደፊት ለሚያከናውናቸው የሙስና መከላከል ሥራዎች ከፍተኛ እገዛ እንደሚያደርግ ገልፀው
ፖርታሉን በእውቀትና በአግባቡ መጠቀም አስፈላጊ ነው ብለዋል፡፡ አክለውም በቅርቡ ኮሚሽኑ በንግዱ ዘርፍ ላይ የሚስተዋሉ
ሙስናና ብልሹ አሰራሮችን ለመከላከል የሚያግዝ ዲጂታል ሰርቬይ ከዩኒቨርሲቲው ጋር በትብብር እንደሚሰራም ጠቁመዋል፡፡
የአዳማ ሳይንስና ቴክኖሎጂ ዩኒቨርሲቲ ምክትል ፕሬዝዳንት ዶ/ር ሀብታሙ በሪ በበኩላቸው በርካታ ጠቀሜታ
ያለውን የኮሚሽኑን ዌብ ፖርታል በኮሚሽኑ ፍላጎት መሠረት ማከናወናችን ተጨማሪ አቅም ፈጥሮልናል ብለዋል፡፡
ዩኒቨርሲቲው በቀጣይ የቴክኒክ ድጋፍ፣ ስልጠና እና የምክር አገልግሎት ለኮሚሽኑ ባለሙያዎች
እንደሚሰጥ የዩኒቨርሲቲው የኢንፎርሜሽንና ኮሙኒኬሽን ዳይሬክተር ዶ/ር ወርቁ ጃፋር አስታውቀዋል፡፡
የፌደራል የሥነምግባር እና የፀረ-ሙስና ኮሚሽን ከአዳማ ሳይንስና ቴከኖሎጂ ዩኒቨርሲቲ
ጋር በጋራ ለመስራት በዚህ ዓመት መጀመሪያ ላይ የመግባቢያ ሰነድ መፈራረሙ ይታወሳል፡፡

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Gender directorate trains female high school students

Besides the economic and psycho-social support it provides at the campus, the
gender directorate has reached out to different schools in the city. The gender
directorate offered training and experience-sharing activities in collaboration
with the city education office and public high schools. The purpose of the train-
ing is to create awareness among female students on the challenges they could
face in the university. The training was organized for all grade 12 female students
of eight public high schools in Adama. The topics selected for the training include:
• Self-awareness
• Self-esteem
• Decision making and Value
The training is given by female academic staff members of ASTU who have got
experience on life skills trainings. Outstanding female students from different

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ASTU-EDC teams outshine in the national competition!!

Congratulations to team from ASTU - EDC for winning the 1st, 2nd, and 4th place on
the ABIC 2022 competition organized by GIZ in collabration with, Iceaddis, Ministry
of Labours and skill and Mastercard foundations ! Each team was awarded 5000
euros as grant money to establish their startup company. Mr. Nigusu Tilahun, state
minister of Ministry of Labour and Skills was the guest of honour on the ceremony.
Mr. Nigusu, delivered the closing remark and handed the awards to the winners.
The winning teams are:
• 1st place: Green Ethiopia
• 2nd place: BammGo Bike
• 4th place: Sozo Coffee Leaf Tea

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EJSSD, Ethiopian Journal of Sciences & Sustainable Development gets

accreditation by MoE

The journal went through rigorous steps to get this status. EJSSD has been in
publication for more than a decade publishing more than sixteen issues. The
journal has become a platform for researchers from academia and various
research centers. Dr. Alemu Disassa, Vice President for Research and Tech-
nology Transfer, expreessed his gratitude for all those who contributed in this
process, particularly international and local advisory board members, asso-
ciate editors/editor-in chief and reviewers of all journals published in EJSSD.

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BGI-XP sponsored internship orientation program held at ASTU

BGI Ethiopia conducted orientation event of fully sponsored BGI-XP internship program
to 2nd year UG students on March 03, 2022 at ASTU. More than 600 UG 2nd year students
attended the orientation event. Opening speech has been delivered by Dr Yadessa
Melaku (DGAA of ASTU) and delegates from BGI Company. A total of 80 internship
vacant positions are allocated for BGI-XP internship program nationally of which BGI
promised to offer about 20 positions to ASTU 2nd year students on competitive basis.

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The Institute of Pharmaceutical Science organizes conference

The Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, one of the eight centers of excellence of

ASTU, has organized a conference with the theme: “The 1st National Symposium
on Challenges & Prospects of Pharmaceutical Industry in Ethiopia”. The participants
of the symposium are researchers in pharmaceutical sciences drawn from phar-
maceutical research centers, universities and industries. Dr. Lemi Guta, president of
ASTU, welcomed all the participants. Dr. Lemi noted that the local pharmaceutical
manufacturing is constrained in resources and expertise. He reiterated the rational
for establishment of the Institute of Pharmaceutical Science at ASTU was to help in
alleviating the challenges in this sector. Dr. Lemi underscore that IPS shall work in
collaboration with different stakeholders to strengthen university-industry linkages.

On the occasion, ASTU has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with AHRI
(Armauer Hansen Research Institute). AHRI is a Biomedical research Institute in Ethio-
pia which is working on tuberculosis, HIV, malaria, Leishmaniasis, training and research
capacity building. Professor Afework kassu, general director of AHRI, who signed
the MoU on the part of AHRI, noted that the symposium has created a good plat-
form for all those concerned in advancing pharmaceutical science in Ethiopia-ac-
ademia, research centers and industries. He underscored that these stakeholders
shall strive to bring about significant change pertaining to pharmaceutical science.

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TOT on Holistic Entrepreneurship Skill and Business Idea Training work-

shop held at ASTU

ASTU EDC successfully offered TOT on Holistic Entrepreneurship and Business

Idea development for ASTU academic staff. The workshop was held for six con-
secutive days from February 7 to 12, 2022. Twenty-two members of ASTU Ac-
ademic staff drawn from different Schools/Departments attended the train-
ing. The training was delivered by Mrs. Beza Tadele and Mr. Solomon Dufera.

The TOT training covers entrepreneurial motivation, basics of business modelling and
business strategies, how to build a Holistic business model canvas, basics of prototype
planning, feasibility check and action plan, presentation techniques, and conducting
investor presentations following a LEARNING BY DOING “approach to empower the
participants to start their own business or relevant services. The participants are expect-
ed to serve the university in delivering training, coaching, and advising start start-ups.

The participants had presented the business idea they developed during the train-
ing on the final day. Following the final presentation, a Motivational speech was
delivered by an entrepreneur of this age Mr. Abera Dechasa, a founder of Mekdes
printing that offers a combined solution of commercial print, packaging, and pro-
motional item under one roof. In his motivational speech, he stressed that one deals
with ambiguity and faces the unknown, nothing is impossible in this world. He added
that the keys to success are realizing our potential, changing our state of mind, shift-
ing our thinking, and taking the first initiative in harnessing existing opportunities. The
closing remark was delivered by Dr. Alemu Disassa, VPRTT, and the winners in the top
performer team received their award and all the participants were given certificates.

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Gender Directorate organizes training for female staff members

Awareness creation training has been given to ASTU female academic and admin
staff members on breast and cervical cancer from February 7-8, 2022. The training was
organized by ASTU gender affairs directorate in collaboration with HABCO and Family
Guidance Association of Ethiopia so as to motivate women to take up screening and
initiate prevention. The training was meant to raise awareness of women regarding
breast and cervical cancers. According to the information from the ministry of Health,
these two rank as the first and second most common cancers among women in Ethiopia.

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ASTU hosts ITEC Day and the launching ceremony of Alumni of Ethiopian
Graduates from Indian Universities

The Alumni Association of Ethiopian Graduates from Indian Universities was

launched at ASTU during the celebration of ITEC Day at ASTU. ITEC (Indian
Economic and technical Cooperation) day was marked in a ceremony at-
tended by H.E. Ambassador Robert Shetkintong, Indian Ambassador to Ethi-
opia, top officials from Indian Embassy and management of ASTU. In his wel-
coming speech, Dr. Lemi Guta, President of ASTU, expressed his appreciation
for the ambassador for choosing ASTU to host ITEC Day. He underscored that
ITEC provides good opportunities for capacity building for ASTU staff members.

Ambassador Robert Shetkintong on his part noted that the ITEC initiative is designed in
line with the principles of South-South cooperation. The ambassador opined that some
650 Indian companies have been registered in Ethiopia and underscored that there is to
strengthen the multilateral relationship between the two sisterly nations. On the occa-
sion a number of scholars shared their experiences on their study in India. Dr. Teshome,
VPA, identified four objectives that ASTU can benefit from the study in India initiative.
These are: attending trainings, delving into projects, study tour and equipment donation.

On the occasion, H.E. Ambassador Robert Shetkintong and Dr. Lemi Guta, launched the
establishment the Alumni Association of Ethiopian Graduates from Indian Universities.
The objectives of the Alumni are as follows:
(1) To maintain a spirit of cooperation and unity among members;
(2) To build up a strong relationship between Indian University graduates and Indi-
an Universities (hereinafter called “the universities”) and its past students;
(3) To participate on various development projects;
(4) To participate on the delivery of academic assistance to various institutions;
(5) To host international research conferences, seminars, trainings, conducting joint
researches.

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Deliverology Coordination Office organizes training

A two-day career counsellor’s capacity building training was successfully con-

ducted on December 10-111, 2021. A total of 81 academic staff selected as ca-
reer counsellors attended the training. The topics covered include building self-es-
teem of students, goal setting, self-management, entrepreneurship, life skills and
employablity skills. Besides, the training also included a systematic approach on
how to use newly prepared ASTU career counseling guidebook which is the first of
its kind in Ethiopian Higher education institutions. The trainees will serve as coun-
sellors at Department level to provide career clinic support to undergraduate stu-
dents. Shimeles Gebeyhu, counseling psychologist by profession and behavior
change advisor to DKT-Ethiopia and Dr. Ersido Libendo, MD and MBA by profes-
sion and writer of book entitled ‘’Yeneuro Map (የኑሮ ማፕ)” were among the trainers.

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Relentless efforts and perseverance payoff!

Abel and his four friends teamed up in 2018 to innovate different business ideas
while studying at Adama Science and Technology University (ASTU). In 2019,
this team came up with a pesticide spraying drone project and got a mon-
etary prize of ETB 25,000 for winning a “Business Idea Competition”, part of
EDC-ETHIOPIA’s engagement to instil Entrepreneurial mind-set among un-
dergraduate students, organized at University level. More so, making a bam-
boo bike was the second business idea brought by the team in the same year.

After graduating on December, 2020, the team set up a start-up company named
“BammGo” to proceed in producing bamboo bikes. Finding working premises
and capital were the main challenges that they faced. The first problem was re-
solved by the provision of a workshop space by ASTU’s Centre of Excellence for
Entrepreneurship, and financial resources were secured from family & few grants.
Currently, at BammGo 5 bamboo bikes are produced within 15 days. However,
producing 20 eco-friendly bikes per day is the future plan of the startup business.

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The Ambassador of Republic of Korea to Ethiopia visited ASTU

The ambassador of Republic of Korea to Ethiopia, H.E. SeokheeKang and his

team visited Adama Science and Technology University on October 27, 2021.
The main objective of the work visit was to facilitate the cooperation and bilater-
al assistance between the Government of South Korea and Adama Science and
Technology University in relation to education, research and technology transfer.

The ambassador, H.E Seokhee Kang, and his team were cordially welcomed by
the president and the members of Academic council (AC) of ASTU. In his wel-
coming speech the president of ASTU, Dr. Lemi Guta, expressed his heartfelt grat-
itude to the honorable guests for their timely visit to ASTU. He also underscored
that Ethiopia and Korea have got long histories of cooperation; and that is why
they are closely working together for the development of Ethiopia. The pres-
ident noted that since education is a powerful engine for a given country’s de-
velopment; ASTU is aggressively working on producing most talented and com-
mitted graduates that can contribute to the development of the Ethiopia.

The ambassador of Republic of Korea, H.E. Seokhee Kang, appreciated the warm
welcoming ceremony. He emphasized that the DCP (Development Cooperation
Projects) between ASTU and South Korean Government will continue although it
will take time and money to realize the vision of the university. On the occasion,
the ambassador has made discussion with both ASTU higher officials and Kore-
an professors who are working in Adama Science and Technology University. Fi-
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ASTU Special School

ASTU Special School Mr Garedew Jima (The school director)

THE FOUNDER OF ASTU SPECIAL SCHOOL

PREZIDAANTOTA YUUNIVARSIITII SAY. FI TEKN. ADAAMAA MANA BARNOOTA ADDAA
HUDEESSAN
የአዳማ ሳይንስና ቴክኖሎጂ ዩኒቨርሲቲ ልዩ ት/ቤት መስራች ፕሬዝዳንቶች

Dr.Lemi Guta (President)

Dr. Shiferaw Feyissa (VPRTT) Teachers & A/Workers DR. Teshoma Abdo (VPA)

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Dr. Alemu Kebede (VPSMIR) Dr. Boja Mekonen (VPASS) Dr. Habtamu Bari (VPIBD)

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Introduction
Adama Science and Technology University has established a special school in Adama City.
The school commenced its services by selecting top scorers in the grade eight regional ex-
aminations who were given entrance exam. Thus, sixty two students were selected to join
the school. According to Dr. Shiferaw Feyissa, VPRTT, the school was established to help
gauge the quality of education being offered in the city as he explained the resources he
mobilized in realizing the smooth running of the school. One of the special features of the
school is that every student has to score seventy percent average to remain in the school.
The university has fulfilled all the pertinent facilities such as library and ICT center among
other things. The students visit ASTU STEM center for lab facilities twice in a week. Further-
more, competent teachers were recruited.

Vision
By 2030 G.C to see Adama Science and Technology University Special School to be the
first choice in Ethiopia.

Mission
To create competence and capable students that can contribute to the country social
and economic growth and to make them innovative and love their country and to cre-
ate ethically developed generation by ensuring quality education

Major aims
• Maintaining Education quality package ensuring quality education
• Serving as center of excellence sharing experience for both government and private
owned schools;
• Conducting researches to find the feasible approaches for teaching science subjects
for empowering students to make them innovative and competent

What the school provide to the students

• Offering quality education with qualified and competent teachers
• Students attend their laboratory session in the Adama Science and Technol-
ogy University STEM centre.
• Students are supported by additional teaching programs, tutorials and work-
sheets.
• Students are given training on different topics by the universities anti-HIV/
AIDS office
• Students conduct educational tours and recreations.

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• Students get life skill experiences from graduating students of the ASTU.

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The School Conducted Colourful Closing Ceremony

On the ceremony the president of the ASTU, Dr. Lemi Guta set the future di-
rections for the school to be done to strengthen the school with facility and
to make more conducive for learning. The president awarded tablets for the
three special students scoring 99 and above.

Students taking award on school closing ceremony

The school has planned to take 180 high scorer students from grade 8 region-
al exams for 2021-2022 G.C by offering entrance exam.

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