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I. Introduction

Arba Minch University has been evaluating the processes of its teaching-learning performance to take necessary measures in order to continuously improve the production of quality manpower which can contribute to the overall development endeavors of the country. Currently, the university is accomplishing its teaching and learning mission with 42 undergraduate and 35 graduate programs. However, some irregularities regarding graduate course offering, thesis proposal writing and defense; and conduction of actual research work and its evaluation are repeatedly noticed. Many students fail to complete their course work and their subsequent thesis projects as per the schedule of the program. For this reason, the School Graduate Studies (SGS) found it necessary to design and implement some specific guidelines that direct and improve the various activities of the school. The guidelines are designed in such a way that they comply with the university senate legislation and are presented next.

II. Specific guidelines

1. Special or project sponsored graduate programs should be administered and implemented by SGS following similar procedures of formal graduate programs.
2. A curriculum of graduate program is implemented by SGS after the curriculum is approved by the senate.
3. Depending on the existing situations of a department, a team consisting of 3-7senior instructors providing graduate courses (members), college/institute graduate school coordinator (secretary) and head of the department hosting a graduate program (chairperson) should be established to form Department Graduate Council (DGC). If a department has many graduate programs, attempts should be made so that each program has a representative in the DGC. The council shall handle issues of graduate students forwarded by the college/institute graduate coordinators to the council. The department will assign other instructors to replace the senior instructors when any of the member instructors fails to attend the DGC meeting. The scientific director and the college deans have the mandate to follow up the activities of the DGC, and provide necessary support to the council. Issues failing to get appropriate solution at DGC level will be directly forwarded to and handled by the university graduate council (GC).
4. The graduate course assignment should be done by the DGC in a transparent and participatory way. It should be done in such a way that it does not create a big burden on a few instructors. Accordingly, while a normal staff member should supervise the maximum of 5 students, a staff holding an administrative position needs to supervise a maximum of 3 students per semester. However, under circumstances where it is difficult to find other (internal & external) advisors, the staff members may advise more than the stated number of students. But to maintain quality of the theses/dissertations, position holders should be assisted by co-advisors. The course assignment should be communicated to individual advisors and co-advisors through the college/institute graduate coordinators in time.
5. A department hosting a graduate program has a responsibility of searching and availing guest instructors; initiating, developing and revising curricula; assigning course instructors and thesis advisors, examiners and chairpersons; preparing, administering and correcting entrance exams; preparing and distributing class schedules to course instructors and to college/institute graduate coordinators.
6. A college/institute graduate coordinator is responsible to follow up and monitor department graduate activities; prepare and sign on students’ registration slips, send students to the registrar to get registered every semester, collect and document the slips; follow up each student’s academic status and take necessary actions;  follow up the cases of individual graduate students; facilitate graduate teaching learning process (eg. making instructional materials available for guest instructors particularly for guests, processing accommodation and payment of instructors), collect students thesis proposals and final results, check the match between thesis proposals and thesis reports, check whether students’ theses are in line with the agreed format of the SGS;   and   liaise between department/college/institute and SGS (take issues of graduate students to DGC and back to SGS).
7. After the students’ grades are processed by the registrar, the grade reports are properly placed in the student file at the registrar, at the college/institute graduate coordination office, at the student’s department and with the student. Accordingly, graduate students slips and grade reports are prepared in four copies.
8. After getting admission to a graduate program, new students are immediately informed the total amount they are required to pay to cover their study. Then, self-sponsored students will sign an agreement to pay the fee in four installments (at the start of each semester). Government/organization-sponsored students will take an agreement form to their respective sponsors and get the form signed by the sponsors. The agreement will enforce the sponsors to pay the total amount once before the end of the first semester the candidate has begun the study.  For the remaining semesters, the student will register each semester bearing the receipt verifying that his/her payment is already made.
9. If a graduate student remains with two or more courses after the time allotted for the course work is over, the student will  complete the remaining courses during the following semester; and will carry out his/her research in the other semester.
10. Graduate students are expected to submit their research proposal titles to their respective departments through college/institute coordinators during second semester for programs with two semester course work; and during third semester for programs with three semester course work. Then, the assignment of advisors is executed under the guidance of department graduate council (DGC) and in the presence of the college/institute graduate coordinator and the institute scientific director or college dean. During this process, the college/institute graduate coordinators will avail students’ choice of advisors plus the list of experienced and competent advisors inside and outside of the university. Then, the advisors assignment is done in a participatory manner and in a way that the work (advisorship) does not put a large burden on a few instructors.
11. An advisor shall sign a contract agreement with the University School of Graduate Studies (SGS) to let his/her advisee complete and defend the thesis on time. The advisor will receive the money specified in the agreement when the advisee completes his/her thesis on time and successfully defends it.
12. A graduate student shall defend his/her thesis proposal after the proposal is properly evaluated and approved by his/her advisor around the end of second semester for two semester course work program; and  around the end of third semester for three semester course work program. An open defense session, where all the college/institute management (dean or scientific director & department heads), instructors and all graduate students are available, should be arranged to create an academic environment where the defending candidate and other participants obtain important lessons.
13. After the proposal of a graduate student is successfully defended and approved, the student proceeds to undertake his/her research. However, the student needs to make progress work report to his/her advisor as well as to the respective college/institute graduate coordinator.
14. Three different thesis defense sessions, which allow graduate students to complete and defend their theses at different times during their final study year, shall be arranged every year. The first session will be conducted around the end of June; and the second session organized around the beginning of October to provide an opportunity for students who have failed to complete their research during the first session. The third session will be arranged around the beginning of February to offer additional chance for students who still fail to finalize their research during the second session. These defense sessions will be approved by the university registrar and made part of the university calendar.
15. After receiving graduate students’ theses, DGC shall appoint an examining board including internal and external examiners and a chairperson for each thesis to evaluate the theses. The external examiner, the internal examiner and the chairperson will respectively grant points of 50%, 35% and 15% of the total marks. All the members (including the chairperson) of the examining board should be from the discipline that the topic of the thesis comes and all of them need to read the thesis in advance and comment on all aspects of the thesis. In case disagreements arise among the members, the external examiner’s decision shall play a decisive role in determining the final result of the thesis.
16. If a work (thesis or dissertation) of graduate student is found to be plagiarized (partially or fully copied from other sources), the work is automatically rejected and the student will be asked to redo the thesis, following all necessary procedures (selection of title, defense of proposal & conduction of the thesis). The candidate also needs to pay the fee required for thesis supervision (5,000 birr for a Master’s project at the time of writing these guidelines).
17. The institute scientific director/college dean, department head, all staff members of the respective department and graduate students are required to participate in the defense session of graduate students. The session needs to create an academic environment from which the participants can draw useful lessons.
18. The director of School of Graduate Studies will oversee, coordinate and lead all the aforementioned activities. In addition, he/she will follow up and monitor the proper implementation of the activities and take necessary actions where needed.

The guidelines are made effective as of July 3, 2014.

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Arba Minch Institute of Technology of Arba Minch University in collaboration with Ethiopian Road Authority (ERA) is going to run postgraduate program in the following Engineering specialization areas during 2006E.C academic year. The MSc program is sponsored by Ethiopian Road Authority (ERA).

• MSc in Hydraulic Engineering
• MSc in Environmental Engineering

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Arba Minch University’s School of Graduate Studies (SGS) came into being in 2002 with an aim of creating qualified professionals in the area of water resources and other disciplines. Currently it runs various multi-disciplinary & need-based academic programs that cater to the emerging needs of the market thus contributing significantly for the sustainable development of Ethiopia and East Africa.

Vision

The School aspires to be the paramount seat of qualitative, cutting-edge learning and innovative research thus creating impact globally and to be a catalyst in socio-economic transformation.

Mission

The School aims to contribute to the educational, economic, social and cultural advancement of Ethiopia by offering potential programs, kindling profound scholarly pursuit for pioneering basic, applied research, creative undertakings; and finally merging intellectual resources with public curiosities that will reinvigorate national economic development and foster educative minds.

Academic Programs

SGS, through established colleges/institutes and departments offer programs i.e. Master of Arts,  Master of Sciences, Doctor of Philosophy and other Master degrees. Currently it’s running 83 Master and 13 PhD programs. Click here to see the list of programs.

Application procedures:

SGS and registrar office jointly announce for programs every semester on Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation (EBC) where applicants can get necessary information and visit AMU website (www.amu.edu.et)

Admission procedures (documents submission)

1. Original and three copies of their first or second degree certificate

2. Original and three copies of their academic transcript

3. Three passport size photos and official transcript

4. Sponsorship letter for those sponsored

5. Two recommendation letters either from immediate supervisors or previous instructors

6. Work experience (if needed)

Study duration: MSc program is of two years duration (1-year course and remaining year for thesis research work; while, PhD program is 1-year course and 3-years research work).

Eligibility criteria: Candidates for Masters and PhD programs should have successfully completed  their BSc/BA and Masters studies from any recognized higher education institutions in related fields to program they are applying for. The candidate is also expected to pass entrance exam for the program.

Contact Us

School of Graduate Studies

Tel: +25146881 4065, +25146881 3979

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Website: http:// www.amu.edu.et

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Mon, 16 June 2014 11:15 am

Arba Minch Institute of Technology of Arba Minch University in collaboration with Ethiopian Road Authority (ERA) is going to run postgraduate program in the following Engineering specialization areas during Summer 2006E.C academic year. The MSc program is sponsored by Ethiopian Road Authority (ERA).

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Mon, 03 October 2016 12:07 pm

Result of candidates for 2009 E.C. Post Graduate Regular program on Structural Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering and Road & Transport Engineering. Click the link below to download the results.

• Geotech-ERA
• Geotech-MOE
• Road-ERA
• Road-MOE
• Structural-MoE
• Structural-ERA

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ለ2007 ዓ. ም የክረምት መርሃ-ግብር አዲስ የድህረ-ምረቃ ትምህርት ለመከታተል ያመለከታችሁ የመግቢያ ፈተና ሰኔ 12 ቀን 2007 ዓ.ም ሊሰጥ የነበረው ወደ ሰኔ 23 ቀን 2007 ዓ. ም የተዛወረ መሆኑን እናሣውቃለን!!

ሬጅስትራርና አል/ዳ/ጽ/ቤት

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Director, School of Graduate Studies

Director: Abera Uncha Utallo (PhD)

Assistant Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies

Department of Geography and environmental studies

PhD in Geography and Environmental Studies

MA in Economic Geography

Tel. +251 916 344 044 (Mobile), +251 468813 596 (Res)

Coordinator, School of Graduate Studies, Institute of Technology (Water Sector)

Demelash Wondimagegnehu Goshime
Lecturer at Arba Minch Univeristy (AMU)
Department of Water Resources and Irrigation Engineering (WRIE)
MSc in Hydraulic and Hydropower Engineering
P.O.Box 21, Arba Minch, Ethiopia
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Tel:-+251-0923474480/0912847827

Coordinator, School of Graduate Studies, Institute of Technology (Engineering Sector)

Silenat D. Balcha
Lecturer at Arba Minch University
Institute of Technology (AMiT)
Department of Civil Engineering
Masters of Technology in Structural Engineering
P.O.Box 21, Arba Minch, Ethiopia
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Tel:-+251-468811111

Coordinator, School of Graduate Studies, College of Natural Sciences

Mergia Balcha  Wakjira (PhD)
Department of Mathematics (CNS)
Assistant Professor of mathematics   at Arba Minch University
PhD in Mathematical modeling (Teaching Engineering Mathematics)
MSc in Functional Analysis 
P.O. Box 21, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia  
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Tele: +251 912009140(mobile)

Coordinator, School of Graduate Studies, College of Business and Economics

Afework Berhanu
Lecturer at Arba Minch University
Department of Economics
MSc in International & Development Economics
Bsc in Economics
B.Ed in History
Mobile: +251 913 220525
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P.O. Box 21, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia  

Coordinator, School of Graduate Studies, College of Social Science & Humanities

Abera Uncha Utallo (PhD)
Assistant Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies
Department of Geography and environmental studies
PhD in Geography and Environmental Studies
MA in Economic Geography
Tel. +251 916 344 044 (Mobile), +251 468813 596 (Res)

Coordinator, School of Graduate Studies, College of Medicine and Health Science

Mesfin Kote Debere
Department of Public Health
Lecturer at Arba Minch University
MPH in Epidemiology and Biostatstics
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Tel. +251 911005626

Coordinator, School of Graduate Studies, College of Agricultural Sciences

Solomon Yigrem
Lecturer at Arba Minch University
P.O. Box 21, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia  
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Tele: 0926023674 (mobile)

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