Expansion Project Underway inMekelleUniversity

MekelleUniversityhas started the construction of its new campus during the current fiscal year, as part of its expansion program, forInstituteofTechnologylocated at Quiha town, south of Mekelle with a total cost of one billion Birr.

During the current fiscal year, the construction of the fifth campus is undertaken with 400 million Br, according to Kindeya Gebrehiwot (PhD), academic vice president of the University. When the construction is completed, the Institute will accommodate close to 15,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Mekelle university at present hosts around 28,000 students in regular, evening, summer and distance education colleges in 51 Bachelor, 26 Masters Degree and PhD programme under its four campuses, which encompasses seven colleges and seven institutions and one referral hospital.

“The campus is going to be named as Melles Zenawi Campus, after the late Prime Minister” Kindeya told Fortune.


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