University of Gondar

De University of Gondar, til 2003 na dem know am as de Gondar College of Medical Sciences, be de oldest medical school insyd Ethiopia. Dem establish am as de Public Health College insyd 1954, e dey locate insyd Gondar, insyd Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Insyd 2010, de university offer 42 undergraduate den 17 postgraduate programs.

As of 2016, de university dey offer 56 undergraduate den 64 postgraduate programs. Dem dey organise dese under de College of Medicine den Health Sciences, College of Business den Economics, College of Natural den Computational Sciences, College of Social Sciences den Humanities, den Faculty of Veterinary Medicine den Faculty of Agriculture, den three schools (School of Law, School of Technology den School of Education).Research and Community Services Core Process, University of Gondar website (accessed 3 March 2011) De current presido of de university be Dr. Asrat Atsedeweyn.

 History 

Na dem establish de Public Health College dey follow agreement dem sign by de acting Ethiopian minister of public health, Marsae Hazan Wolde Qiros, den de government of de United States insyd April, 1954. De Ethiopian government sign similar agreement plus de World Health Organization September of dat year. Dese agreements specify say de college go consist of four parts: training school, hospital, den awraja (regional district) den municipal health departments.Solomon Getahun, History of the City of Gondar (Trenton, Red Sea Press, 2005), p. 131 As result, de college play significant role insyd make dem dey improve public health insyd Gondar over de next few years.Solomon, History, pp. 132-6

Na de training school ein mission be make e supply middle-level health professionals wey go would operate network of health centers dem distribute across de country. Dem go staff each center by health officer, community nurse, sanitarian den laboratory technician, wey na dem dey expect make e care give about 50,000 people. Dem build de first health centers around Gondar, buh as de Public Health College cam be responsible give de public health of Begemder Province as well, na dem force dem make dem build fresh centers ever further away.Asrat Woldeyes, "The Postliberation Period (1941-1971)", in Richard Pankhurst, An Introduction to the Medical History of Ethiopia (Trenton: Red Sea Press, 1990), pp. 246
One of de results of dem sign fresh treaty between de United States den Ethiopia insyd June 1960 na ebe de upgrade of de Public Health College to full college status.Solomon, History, p. 139 However, wen Haile Selassie University (dem since rename am Addis Ababa University) cam turn charter institution, e receive de responsibility for all higher education insyd de country, wey na dem make de Public Health College part of de university. Ein innovative program dey base for field work, den ein work make e improve public health insyd Gondar den Begemder province wey na dem replace am by emphasis for academic coursework top wich lead to Bachelor of Science insyd Public Health.Asrat Waldeyes, "The Postliberation Period", pp. 255f

While part wey remain of Addis Ababa University, de former Haileselassie University Gondar College na dem reorganize am plus de help of Karl Marx University insyd East Germany (now dem know am as Leipzig University) insyd 1978; insyd 1992, de college regain ein autonomy. De subsequent creation of Faculty of Management Science den Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences den Humanities den Faculty of Applied Natural Sciences enable de college make e grow into University College insyd 2003; de year wey dey follow dem rename de institution de University of Gondar.Brief History of the University, University of Gondar website (accessed 3 March 2011)

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