Faculty of Social Sciences, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia

12/10/2026

30/09/2026

📢 Faculty of Social Sciences conducted 2018 E.C Performance Report and 2019 E.C Annual Plan
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The Faculty of Social Sciences at Bahir Dar University held its 2018 E.C. annual report and 2019 E.C. annual plan meeting with academic staff and Top Management. The session brought together 92 academic staff members and members of the top management.
2018 E.C. Annual Report
Dr. Ayele Tariku , Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, presented a detailed report covering:
✅ Student and academic staff statistics
✅ Key deliverables in teaching and academic growth
✅ Research and community engagement performance
✅ the challenges encountered during the academic year and the way forward
2019 E.C. Annual Plan
Following the report, Dr. Ayele presented the 2019 E.C. plan, aligned with the key performance indicators cascaded from Bahir Dar University.
Open Discussion
Based on the report and plan, participants raised a range of questions and suggestions for the faculty leadership and the university management. Two senior officials responded directly:
🔹 Professor Delele Worku, Executive Dean for the School of Graduate Studies addressed questions on postgraduate student intake, postgraduate student’s promotion, the role of advisor ship, and expected deliverables.
🔹 Dr. Taye Demissie Beshi , Executive Director for Administration and Business Process, responded to questions relating to his office.
The session reflected the faculty's commitment to transparency, shared accountability, and continuous improvement v in vgy teaching, research, and community engagement.

25/09/2026

PhD Viva-Voce
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You are cordially invited to attend the PhD defense and viva voce examination of Mrs. Helen Mesel, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies.

Dissertation Title
"Role of Integrated Watershed Management in Addressing the Impact of Climate Change on Sustainable Livelihood Assets: Case Study, Lake Tana Basin, Ethiopia"

Event Details
Date: 18/01/2019 E.C. (September 28, 2026)
Time: 8:00 LT (Local Time)
Venue: Room 10
Virtual Link: https://meet.jit.si/Helen_Mesel_PhD_Dissertation_Defense



For further details regarding the schedule, please refer to the attached flyer.

We look forward to your presence.

19/09/2026

🎓 Congratulations, Yideg Munana Negash!

The Department of Political Science and International Studies (DPSIS), Bahir Dar University, congratulates Yideg Munana Negash, here after Dr. Yideg, on the successful defense of his PhD dissertation entitled:

“Challenges of Nation-Building in Ethiopia: Focusing on Four Successive Regimes.”

Dr. Yideg successfully defended his dissertation on Meskerem 8/2019 E.C, and the Board of Examiners awarded him an "Excellent" result in recognition of his scholarly work.

His achievement is a source of great pride for the Department and reflects the commitment of our academic community to advancing rigorous research and scholarship in Political Science and International Studies.

We wish him continued success in his scholarly journey. 🎓👏

Department of Political Science and International Studies
Faculty of Social Sciences | Bahir Dar University

10/09/2026

መልካም አዲስ ዓመት (፳፻፲፱ ዓ.ም)!
🌻 እንቁጣጣሽ 🌻

«እንኳን ከዘመነ ማርቆስ ወደ ዘመነ ሉቃስ በሰላም አሸጋገረን!»
«እዮሃ አበባዬ መስከረም ጠባዬ፤ መስከረም ሲጠባ አደይ ሲፈነዳ፤ እንኳን ሰው ዘመዱን ይጠይቃል ባዳ»

ለመላው የዩኒቨርሲቲያችን ማህበረሰብ፣ አጋሮቻችን እና ወዳጆቻችን እንኳን ለአዲሱ ዓመት በሰላም አደረሳችሁ!

አዲሱ ዓመት ፳፻፲፱ ዓ.ም የደስታ፣ የጤና፣ የፍቅር፣ የሰላም፣ የበረከት፣ የአንድነትና የስኬት ዓመት እንዲሆንልን የባሕር ዳር ዩኒቨርሲቲ አመራር መልካም ምኞቱን ያስተላልፋል። ፈጣሪ ለሀገራችን ሰላምን፣ ፍቅርንና አንድነትን ሰጥቶ ክፉውን ነገር ሁሉ ጠራርጎ በማስወገድ የሰላም ዘመን ያድርግልን!

ባሕር ዳር ዩኒቨርሲቲ ወደ ራስ-ገዝነት በሚያደርገው የሽግግር ጉዞ የመጨረሻው ምዕራፍ ላይ ይገኛል። በአዲሱ ዓመት ሙሉ የራስ-ገዝነት እውቅናውን በመቀበል፣ በሀገራችን የከፍተኛ ትምህርት ታሪክ አዲስ ምዕራፍ የሚከፍት የመጀመሪያው ትውልድ ራስ-ገዝ የምርምር ዩኒቨርሲቲነቱን አረጋግጦ ለመቀጠል በታላቅ ዝግጅት ላይ ይገኛል።

ይህ ወሳኝ የሽግግርና የስኬት ምዕራፍ እውን እንዲሆን ከጎናችን ለቆማችሁ፦
🌻 ለሀገር አቀፍና ዓለም አቀፍ አጋር ድርጅቶቻችን፣
🌻 ለክቡራን ፕሮፌሰሮቻችን፣ መምህራኖቻችንና ተመራማሪዎቻችን፣
🌻 ለመላው የዩኒቨርሲቲያችን አስተዳደርና ድጋፍ ሰጪ ሠራተኞች፣
🌻 በዓለም ዙሪያ የምትገኙ የቀድሞ ተማሪዎቻችንና ባለድርሻ አካላት፣
🌻 ለዓባይና ጣና ፈርጥ ለሆነችው ውቢቷ ባሕር ዳር ከተማ ማህበረሰብና አመራሮች፣
🌻 ለአማራ ብሔራዊ ክልላዊ መንግሥት የመስተዳድር አካላት፣
እንኳን ለ፳፻፲፱ ዓ.ም አዲስ ዓመት በሰላምና በጤና አደረሳችሁ!
ባሕር ዳር ዩኒቨርሲቲ ለማህበረሰብ በጎ ለውጥ የሚተጋ፣ የዕውቀትና የክህሎት ማዕከል በመሆን ጥበብን ለሚሹ ሁሉ ተደራሽ የሚያደርግ ተቋም ነው። ከአማራ ክልል የተለያዩ የመስተዳድር ዘርፎችና ማህበረሰብ አካላት ጋር በመቀናጀት ለሕዝባችን ልማትና ልህቀት በትጋት መስራታችንን አጠናክረን እንቀጥላለን።

ውድ በመላው ዓለም የምትገኙ አጋሮቻችን፣ ኢትዮጵያውያንና ትውልደ ኢትዮጵያውያን!

ዩኒቨርሲቲያችን አሁን ከደረሰበት የልህቀት፣ የፈጠራና የቴክኖሎጂ ሽግግር ተልዕኮ ባሻገር በላቀ አቅምና ጉልበት ወደፊት ይገሰግስ ዘንድ በአጋርነትና በባለቤትነት አብራችሁን እንድትሠሩ ጥሪያችንን እናስተላልፋለን።

መልካም አዲስ ዓመት!
ባሕር ዳር ዩኒቨርሲቲ
ከዓባይ ጓዳ ጥበብ ሲቀዳ!
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07/08/2026

A well deserved recognition!

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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