AMU is based in South-West Ethiopia. The University was initially founded as the Arba Minch Water Technology Institute (AWTI) and it was officially inaugurated as a full -fledged university in June 2004 and started offering both undergraduate and graduate programs in the following institutes, colleges and schools:
- Arba Minch Institute of water Technology
- Arba Minch Institute of Technology
- College of Agriculture
- College of Business and Economics
- College of Natural Sciences
- College of Medicine and Health Sciences
- College of Social Sciences and Humanities
- School of behavioral and pedagogical sciences
- School of law
- Sawla Campus (a multi-disciplinary Academic areas campus)
AMU is currently working as one of National Research Universities and has more than 24,000 registered students in Remedial, 1st , 2nd and Third Degree programs.
AMU VISION, MISSION, CORE VALUES AND MOTTO
VISION
To become one of the premier research universities capable of addressing national-global needs
MISSION
To empower people and transform lives nationally and globally through excellence in research, transformative higher education, impactful community engagement and university-industry linkage
CORE VALUES
- Academic, Research and Service Excellence
- Academic Freedom and Pursuit of Truth
- Collaboration and Partnership
- Transparency, Integrity and Accountability
- Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
- Community Engagement and Social Responsibility
MOTTO
Spring of Wisdom!
አርባ ምንጭ ዩኒቨርሲቲ ራዕይ፣ ተልዕኮ፣ መሠረታዊ ዕሴቶች እና መሪ ቃል
ራዕይ
ሀገራዊና ዓለም አቀፋዊ ፍላጎቶችን በብቃት ከሚመልሱ ቀዳሚ የምርምር ዩኒቨርሲቲዎች አንዱ መሆን
ተልዕኮ
በላቀ ምርምር፣ ለውጥ አምጪ ከፍተኛ ትምህርት፣ ተፅዕኖ ፈጣሪ የማኅበረሰብ ተሳትፎ እና የዩኒቨርሲቲ–ኢንዱስትሪ ትስስር በሀገርና በዓለም አቀፍ ደረጃ ሕዝቦችን ማብቃትና ሕይወታቸውን መለወጥ
መሠረታዊ ዕሴቶች
- የትምህርት፣ የምርምር እና የአገልግሎት ልህቀት
- የትምህርት ነፃነት እና እውነትን መፈለግ
- ትብብር እና አጋርነት
- ግልጽነት፣ ታማኝነት እና ተጠያቂነት
- ብዝኃነት፣ ፍትሐዊነት እና አካታችነት
- የማኅበረሰብ ተሳትፎ እና ማኅበራዊ ኃላፊነት
መሪቃል
የጥበብ ምንጭ!