Faculty of Social Sciences, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia

08/06/2026

07/06/2026

Curriculum Validation Workshop
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07/06/2026

Message of Condolence
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04/06/2026

📢 Happening Tomorrow!

​We are excited to kick off The 13th Annual International Social Sciences Conference on Conflict and Social Crisis in Ethiopia. Join us as we bring together leading experts, researchers, and policymakers to discuss critical insights and pathways forward.

​We are honored to host our distinguished keynote speakers:

📂Emeritus Professor Bahru Zewde (President, Association of Ethiopian Historians)
📂 Dr. Desalegn Amsalu (Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa University)

​🗓 Date: June 5–6, 2026
📍 Venue: PEDA Auditorium
⏰ Time: 8:30 AM
​Check out the full details in the attached poster.
Don't miss out on these vital discussions!

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30/05/2026

የማህበራዊ ሳይንስ ፋኩልቲ የቅድመ-ምረቃ ተማሪዎች የምርምር ሴሚናር አካሄደ
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በባህር ዳር ዩኒቨርሲቲ የማህበራዊ ሳይንስ ፋኩልቲ፣ የቅድመ-ምረቃ ተማሪዎች የምርምር ሴሚናር ግንቦት 20 ቀን 2018 ዓ.ም አካሂዷል። ሴሚናሩ “የቅድመ-ምረቃ ምርምርን ማሳደግ ለማህበረሰባዊ ለውጥ” በሚል መሪ ቃል የተዘጋጀ ነበር።
ሴሚናሩ በማህበራዊ ሳይንስ ፋኩልቲ ዲን በዶ/ር አየለ ታሪኩ የመክፈቻ ንግግር የተከፈተ ሲሆን፣ እርሳቸውም ለማህበረሰባዊ ችግሮች በማስረጃ ላይ የተመሰረቱ መፍትሄዎችን ለማመንጨት የቅድመ-ምረቃ ምርምር ያለውን ከፍተኛ ጠቀሜታ አፅንዖት ሰጥተው አብራርተዋል ።

ይህ መርሃ-ግብር ከፋኩልቲው ዘጠኝ የአካዳሚክ ፕሮግራሞች የተመረጡ ምርጥ የቅድመ-ምረቃ ተመራማሪዎችን በአንድ ላይ ያገናኘ ነበር። ዘጠኝ የምርምር ስራዎች ከየትምህርት ክፍሉ የቀረቡ ሲሆን፤ እነሱም የፖለቲካ ሳይንስና ዓለም አቀፍ ግንኙነት፣ የፍልስፍና፣ የሥነ-ዜጋና ስነ-ምግባር ጥናት፣ የሶሺዮሎጂ፣ ሶሻል አንትሮፖሎጂ፣ ጂኦግራፊና አካባቢ ጥናት፣ ታሪክና ቅርስ አስተዳደር፣ ሥርዓተ-ፆታና ልማት ጥናት፣ እንዲሁም ሶሻል ወርክ ፕሮግራሞችን የወከሉ ናቸው።

የቀረቡት የምርምር ስራዎችም የተለያዩ ወቅታዊ ጉዳዮችን የዳሰሱ ነበሩ፡፡ ከእነዚህም መካከል አርቴፊሻል ኢንተለጀንስ (AI) የሚያስከትላቸው የስነ-ምግባር ተፅዕኖዎች፣ የአገር በቀል ግጭት አፈታት ስልቶች፣ የኢትዮጵያ የቀይ ባህር በር ጥያቄ፣ የንፁህ መጠጥ ውሃ አቅርቦት ችግሮች እና የዘመናዊ ትምህርት ታሪክ ይገኙበታል። እነዚህ ጥናቶች የቅድመ-ምረቃ ተማሪዎች አካዳሚያዊ ምርምር በማድረግ አካባቢያዊ፣ ሀገራዊ እና አለም አቀፋዊ ጉዳዮችን በንቃት የመተንተን አቅም እንዳላቸው ያሳዩ ናቸው።

መርሃ-ግብሩ ለሁሉም አቅራቢዎች የምስክር ወረቀት በመስጠት በመስጠት ተጠናቋል።

27/05/2026

Invitation to the 13th International Social Science Conference
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Faculty of Social Science will host 13th International Social Science Conference
From June 5_6,2026,the Faculty of Social Science cordially invited all the academic Community to participate in the important academic and Policy relevant event.
Date: June 5_6 2026
Venue:Peda Auditorium
Time: 8:30 AM

18/05/2026

PhD Viva Voce, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies
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11/05/2026

ባሕር ዳር ዩኒቨርሲቲ ለስምንት አንጋፋ ምሁራኑ የሙሉ ፕሮፌሰርነት ማዕረግ ሰጠ!

የባሕር ዳር ዩኒቨርሲቲ ሥራ አመራር ቦርድ ግንቦት 3 ቀን 2018 ዓ.ም ባካሄደው መደበኛ ስብሰባ፤ በምርምር፣ በመማር ማስተማር እና በከፍተኛ የማህበረሰብ አገልግሎት ዘርፍ ላቅ ያለ አስተዋፅኦ ላበረከቱ 8 (ስምንት) ምሁራን የሙሉ ፕሮፌሰርነት (Full Professorship) ማዕረግ እድገት መፍቀዱን በታላቅ ደስታ ይገልጻል።

እነዚህ ምሁራን ለዓመታት በእውቀት ሽግግር እና በሳይንሳዊ ምርምር ዘርፍ ላሳዩት ትጋትና ለሀገራዊ ዕድገት ላበረከቱት የማይተካ ሚና ይህ ከፍተኛ የአካዳሚክ ማዕረግ የሚገባቸው መሆኑ በቦርዱ ተረጋግጧል።

የሙሉ ፕሮፌሰርነት ማዕረግ ያገኙ ምሁራን ዝርዝር፡
1. ፕሮፌሰር አባይነህ ሙንሼ አብተው – በባዮሜዲካል ሳይንስ (Biomedical Sciences)
2. ፕሮፌሰር አያሌው ወንዴ መለሰ – በውሃ አካላት ኢኮሎጂ እና አስተዳደር (Wetland (Aquatic) Ecology and Management)

3. ፕሮፌሰር ዳዊት አስራት ጌታሁን – በ Educational Psychology
4. ፕሮፌሰር ደሳለኝ እጅጉ ብርሐኔ – በዱር እንስሳት ኢኮሎጂ እና ጥበቃ (Wildlife Ecology & Conservation)

5. ፕሮፌሰር ፍቅረሰላም ጋረድ መንግሥቱ – በኮሙኒኬሽን ኢንጂነሪንግ (Communication Engineering)
6. ፕሮፌሰር ጌታሁን የማታ ሉሌ – በዕፅዋት ኢኮፊዚዮሎጂ (Plant Ecophysiology)

7. ፕሮፌሰር ጌትነት ታምሩ ጥግነህ– በ Inorganic Chemistry
8. ፕሮፌሰር ማተብ ታፈረ ገድፈው – በትምህርት ፖሊሲ እና አመራር (Education Policy and Leadership)

ዩኒቨርሲቲያችን ለተከበራችሁ ፕሮፌሰሮች፣ ለቤተሰቦቻችሁ እንዲሁም ለመላው የዩኒቨርሲቲው ማህበረሰብ "እንኳን ደስ አላችሁ" እያለ፤ ወደፊትም በምርምርና በፈጠራ ስራዎቻችሁ የዓባይ ጓዳ የሆነችውን እናት ዩኒቨርሲቲያችሁንና ሀገራችሁን በበለጠ እንድታገለግሉ ይመኛል።

ከዓባይ ጓዳ ጥበብ ሲቀዳ!
ባሕር ዳር ዩኒቨርሲቲ

The Bahir Dar University board, in its meeting held on May 11, 2026, has approved the promotion of eight researchers from Associate Professor to Full Professor.
Congratulations to our esteemed academic staff on your well-deserved promotion to Full Professor. This achievement recognizes years of effective teaching, dedicated research, and outstanding contributions to your university and the broader community.
1. Dr. Abaineh Munshea Abitew: Professor of Biomedical Sciences
2. Dr. Ayalew Wondie Melese: Professor of Wetland (Aquatic) Ecology and Management
3. Dr. Dawit Asrat Getahun: Professor of Educational Psychology
4. Dr. Dessalegn Ejigu Berhane: Professor of Wildlife Ecology & Conservation
5. Dr. Fikreselam Gared Mengistu: Professor of Communication Engineering
6. Dr. Getahun Yemata Lule: Professor of Plant Ecophysiology
7. Dr. Getinet Tamiru Tigineh፡ Professor of Inorganic Chemistry
8. Dr. Mateb Tafere Gedifew: Professor of Education Policy and Leadership

Congratulations

02/04/2026

Call for Papers

13th International Social Sciences Conference
The Faculty of Social Sciences invites scholarly contributions for the 13th International Social Sciences Conference, a platform dedicated to rigorous academic inquiry into Ethiopia’s contemporary socio-political landscape.

🌍 Conference Theme

Conflict, Social Crisis, and the Pursuit of Peaceful Transformation in Ethiopia

🎯 Thematic Areas for Submission

Conflict & Peacebuilding
Root causes, state fragility, and indigenous peace infrastructures.

Gender & Youth
GBV contexts, women in leadership, and youth radicalisation/empowerment.

Migration & Displacement
Internal displacement, refugee-host dynamics, and livelihood recovery.

Governance & Democracy
Electoral integrity and the prevention of political violence.

Social Cohesion
Resilience, social capital, and trust-building in fragile settings.
Sustainability: Climate-induced conflict and environmental stress on livelihoods.

Historiography
State-building lessons from imperial, socialist, and federal frameworks.

📌 Critical Deadlines

Abstract/Paper Submission: April 12, 2026
Notification of Acceptance: April 17, 2026
Final Manuscript Submission: April 22, 2026
Conference Dates: May 4–5, 2026

📖 Publication & Submission

Peer Review: Selected high-impact papers will be published in a Special Issue of the Ethiopian Journal of Faculty of Social Sciences, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia.

Requirements:
Submissions must be original, unpublished, and not under concurrent review.

Contact:
Direct all manuscripts to [email protected]

06/03/2026

🎉 Congratulations!

The College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bahir Dar University, proudly announces that the Anesthesia Undergraduate Program has officially received accreditation from the Education and Training Authority (ETA).

This recognition reflects the university’s strong commitment to quality education, academic excellence, and the continuous improvement of teaching, learning, and healthcare training.

👏 Congratulations to the faculty, leadership, and staff whose dedication made this achievement possible. Together, we continue advancing excellence in medical education and service to the community.