Vision

“Wollega University aspires to be one of the top 25 universities in Africa in 2025 EC”

Mission

To produce competent and innovative professionals in various disciplines through practical, lifelong learning; engaging in research, technology transfer and community services and promote good governance to the development endeavors.

Values of the University

Success in the vision and mission of the university is believed to add several values to the university. Innovation and Creativity, which is accompanied by quality, will make the university an excellence centre. Workers’ academic freedom, stewardship, commitment and Empowering will provide the university with high institutional respect. Democratization, diversity, and team spirit will be other values added to the university. 

Goals of the University

The goal to be achieved by Wollega University is multifarious. It works to increase the satisfaction level of concerned stakeholders by providing accessibility and equity of education, research outputs, and community services. It also works towards improved optimum diversification, generation and utilization of financial resources. It is to improve quality of students’ academic and Social Services. The university works to improve participation and transparency in service processes by promoting communication and networking with partners and community. Furthermore, it enhances reform implementation, grievance handling, legal and anticorruption activities. The university also deserves to improve infrastructure, facilities and enhance staff and leadership capacity development and retention, and improve working environment and culture.                             

Strategic Issues of the University

To implement its vision, mission and goals, The University follows the next strategies.

 ·         Conducive working environment

 ·         Relevance and quality Education

 ·         Research and Extension

 ·         Enrolment and success

 ·         Partnership and Alliance with stakeholders

 ·         Community service -“We are for the community”

 ·         Resource Mobilization and Cost Effectiveness

 ·         Gender equality

WU Academic Vice President Office is answerable to the President

 Major function

 As a major function, the Academic Vice President at WU provides the executive leadership in assisting the President in the overall planning, organizing, and controlling of the academic programs.

 Duties and responsibilities

• Coordinate, direct and lead, the different academic programs: graduate and undergraduate academic programs, continuing and distance education programs, academic staff affairs, office of the registrar, library, and  academic quality and assessment Directorates;
•  Provide leadership in planning and executing  the development of programs, faculty recruitment and development, and manages  the academic initiatives;
• Advise, assist and support the president in his endeavor to discharge his responsibilities on academic affairs;
• Provides leadership in creating and maintaining academic standards and policies
• Devise strategies which help to follow and ensure the implementation of policies,  plans, rules and regulations, legislation  and other guidelines governing academic  programs, academic and technical staff,  and students; 
• Works closely and collaboratively  with other Vice Presidents for effective and efficient use of resources and manages the activities of the University’s broad academic directions/vision, priorities and  policies;
• Supervises the deans of the colleges/Schools/Institutes at WU and the directors of Library, Academic Staff Affairs, Postgraduate and Undergraduate programs, Registrar, and Quality and Assessment Directorates, evaluating and approving their recommendations for different activities.
• The office of AVP is responsible to  establish programs, policies, procedures, and standards in selection, evaluation, promotion and supervises staff development programs; Ensure the employment and promotion of academic staff is in consistent with the University’s rules and procedures;

The college of Medical and Health Sciences was established as a College in 2007, having three departments namely department of Nursing, department of Public Health and department of Pharmacy. In 2010 the College is then separated into Faculty of Health Sciences (under which there is department of Nursing, Midwifery and Public Health) and Faculty Medical Sciences (under which there is department of Pharmacy, Medical Laboratory Sciences, and Medicine).

Currently the college is running six undergraduate programs (Public Health Officer, Nursing, Midwifery, Pharmacy, Medical Laboratory Science and Innovative Medicine) and its first cohort three different specialty postgraduate programs (Masters of Public Health; in General Public Health, Reproductive Health and Medical Parasitological). The programs mentioned above are delivered in regular, evening and weekend basis. The programs have their own demonstration an skill laboratories. The college has colorfully graduates its third batch 356 students in 2013 G.C in the main campus, more than quadruple as compared to first and second batch graduates. There are more than 1300 regular undergraduate and 48 graduate program students in the college.