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History of Mekelle UniversityMekelle University is found in the town of Mekelle in Tigray region of Northern Ethiopia, at a distance of 783 Kilometers from the Ethiopian capital. The merger of the two former colleges: Mekelle Business College and Mekelle University College established the University in May 2000 by the Government of Ethiopia (Council of Ministers, Regulations No. 61/1999 of Article 3) as an autonomous higher education institution.
The two colleges have their own historical developments after beginning from scratch and have also experienced exhausting ascends and descends, with voluminous relocations from place to place. Mekelle Business CollegeMekelle Business College was first established as a school of Economics in 1987 by the Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) in one of the then liberated areas of Tigray- Dejena (in Western Tigray).
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32,500
Type
Non-profit
Funding
Public-private partnership
Languages
English
Acceptance rate
85%
Highest Degree
Doctorate
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