Biology Addis Ababa University

Overview

It provides for students the opportunity to explore life in all complexity and diversity, and helps to develop each student’s the ability to acquire and critically interpret knowledge of basic facts and theories of biology.

Key features

Specific objectives of the Biology program at Addis Ababa University are to:

• enable students acquire practical and technical skills required for utilizing biological tools;
• produce responsible graduates that are committed to their profession;
• train students who can design and apply the principles of biology to identify and solve societal problems related to environment, agriculture, health, industry and teaching;
• produce candidates for teaching biology in high schools and higher learning institutions of the Country after taking the necessary pedagogical training;
• lay the foundations for a tradition of research oriented and practical system of biology education in the country;
• produce trainable manpower for advanced biological and related fields of study;
• produce graduates capable of analyzing and interpreting biological data, and presenting scientific reports in the form of articles, posters or oral presentations;