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Jimma University (JU) is a public higher educational institution established in
December 1999 by the amalgamation of Jimma College of Agriculture (founded in 1952),
and Jimma Institute of Health Sciences (established in 1983).The two campuses are
located in Jimma city 335 km southwest of Addis Ababa with an area of 167 hectares.
Ambo College of Agriculture (1931), located at Ambo town, 125 km west of the capital
Addis Ababa, is also affiliated to JU as of May 2003.
JU is Ethiopia's first innovative Communisty Oriented Education
Institution of higher learning. The University adopted the city's name for logically
sound reasons. For one thing, Jimma is one of the biggest cities in the country
noted for its coffee production. Secondly, Jimma was the seat of the King of the
Five Gibe States during the 19th century. The Main Campus is situated in the
neighborhood of the ex-palace of Aba Jifar, now an open museum. Jimma is known
among other things for its year round green attractive landscape scenery and coffee
production as mentioned above.
People in Jimma and its surrounding are naturally friendly and more so for the JU
community (staff and students). One can easily walk out to the nearest community and
get an enthusiastic welcome.
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