History Addis Ababa University

Overview

This program provides students with a thorough understanding of historical events and methodologies, enhances their pedagogical skills to create engaging and inclusive learning environments, and promotes critical thinking for analyzing and interpreting historical contexts.

Key features

Objectives of the History program at Addis Ababa University:

• To train full-fledged researchers committed to the discipline of history so as to tackle the problems of the society using the potentials and possibilities embedded in the profession of history.
• To produce skilled personnel and professionals who can carry out research in the political, economic, social and cultural history of Ethiopia.
• To produce professionals who are well versed in various aspects of the past, especially of Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa (environmental, political, economic, social, ethnographic, dynamics and intricacies in the region).
• To produce scholars with the tradition of tolerance and positivity towards the ethnic and cultural diversity of the country.
• To create professionals with a clear world view and ability to relate their profession with local, regional, national and international dynamics and realities;
• To prepare students to serve national needs and pursue careers in the public and private sectors in all areas in which verbal, writing and analytical skills are required; and
• To train well-qualified teachers of History for secondary-level educational institutions.