Jimma University

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Jimma University
Established: 1999
President: Dr. Kaba Urgessa
Location: Jimma, Ethiopia
Website: http://www.ju.edu.et/


Jimma University is an institution of higher education located in Jimma, Ethiopia. It offers programs towards degrees and in post-graduate research. The campus of the University is next to the former palace of the kings of Kingdom of Jimma. The University publishes the biannual Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences. It also launched the publication of Jimma University Journal of Law in October 2007.

The University was created in December 1999 with the amalgamation of the Jimma College of Agriculture (founded in 1952) and the Jimma Institute of Health Sciences (founded in 1983). Since 1996 the University has added new faculties, departments and schools, particularly the Faculty of Law and graduate programs.

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