# Ethiopian Health Schools Directory > Universities and colleges in Ethiopia training doctors, nurses, midwives, public health workers and pharmacists, with programmes, teaching hospitals, rankings and contacts. Source: https://www.medicine.et/schools Site: Bloom Medicine — https://www.medicine.et --- ## Public universities - [Addis Ababa University](https://www.medicine.et/schools/addis-ababa-university) — Addis Ababa. Ethiopia's oldest university and home of its first medical school (1964). Its College of Health Sciences teaches medicine, dentistry, nursing, midwifery, pharmacy, public health and allied health at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, the country's largest specialised hospital. - [Ambo University](https://www.medicine.et/schools/ambo-university) — Ambo. One of Ethiopia's oldest higher-learning institutions, which began as an agricultural school in the 1940s, became a university in 2009, and opened a College of Medicine and Health Sciences that now runs seven undergraduate departments, four medical specialties and a teaching referral hospital. - [Arba Minch University](https://www.medicine.et/schools/arba-minch-university) — Arba Minch. A public research university in Arba Minch whose College of Medicine and Health Sciences, on Nech Sar Campus, has trained doctors since about 2010. In July 2024 it opened its own Teaching and Comprehensive Specialized Hospital. Its MD and midwifery programmes are provisionally accredited on the ETA register. - [Bahir Dar University](https://www.medicine.et/schools/bahir-dar-university) — Bahir Dar. A large public research university in Bahir Dar whose College of Medicine and Health Sciences (founded 2007) runs 53 programmes and teaches at Tibebe Ghion Specialized Hospital, a 500-plus-bed referral hospital opened in 2018. - [Debre Berhan University](https://www.medicine.et/schools/debre-berhan-university) — Debre Berhan. A public university 130 km north-east of Addis Ababa whose health programmes sit on the separate Asrat Woldeyes Health Science Campus. In the ETA's new online register it holds more programme accreditations (four, including medicine) than any other institution. - [Debre Markos University](https://www.medicine.et/schools/debre-markos-university) — Debre Markos. A younger public university in East Gojjam. Its Health Campus runs nine undergraduate health degrees and a range of MPH and MSc programmes. Its School of Medicine trains doctors with clinical placements at Debre Markos Referral Hospital. - [Debre Tabor University](https://www.medicine.et/schools/debre-tabor-university) — Debre Tabor. A public university in South Gondar whose College of Health Sciences, opened in 2013 with medicine, anaesthesia and midwifery, pioneered a 'hybrid innovative' competency-based curriculum with clinical exposure from the first year. - [Defence University College of Health Sciences](https://www.medicine.et/schools/defence-university-college-of-health-sciences) — Bishoftu. The health sciences college of the Ethiopian Defence University, based in Bishoftu and teaching at the Armed Forces Comprehensive Specialized Hospital in Addis Ababa. It trains military doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other health professionals for the national defence forces. Civilian applicants must agree to join the army. - [Haramaya University](https://www.medicine.et/schools/haramaya-university) — Haramaya. One of Ethiopia's oldest universities, founded as an agricultural college. Its College of Health and Medical Sciences, on a separate campus in Harar, teaches at Hiwot Fana Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, a referral hospital for eastern Ethiopia, and runs the Kersa health and demographic surveillance site. - [Hawassa University](https://www.medicine.et/schools/hawassa-university) — Hawassa. A large public university in Hawassa whose College of Medicine and Health Sciences grew out of a health faculty at Dilla in the 1990s. It now runs 41 programmes for about 2,644 students and teaches at Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, a referral centre for southern Ethiopia. - [Jimma University](https://www.medicine.et/schools/jimma-university) — Jimma. A large public university in south-west Ethiopia that grew out of the Jimma Institute of Health Sciences (1983). Its Institute of Health is known for community-based education and teaches at Jimma University Medical Center, the only teaching and referral hospital in the region. - [Mekelle University](https://www.medicine.et/schools/mekelle-university) — Mekelle. The main public university in Tigray. Its College of Health Sciences runs medicine, dentistry, nursing, midwifery, pharmacy, public health and specialist training with the 500-bed Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, but the 2020–2022 war and a 2026 halt on new student placements have disrupted teaching. - [University of Gondar](https://www.medicine.et/schools/university-of-gondar) — Gondar. Ethiopia's oldest health training institution, founded in 1954 as the Public Health College and Training Centre. Its College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Institute of Public Health and 960-bed comprehensive specialized hospital make it one of the country's largest health-education centres. - [Wollega University](https://www.medicine.et/schools/wollega-university) — Nekemte. A public university in Nekemte, western Oromia, whose Institute of Health Sciences owns its own comprehensive specialized hospital and now trains specialists. It sits in EduRank's Ethiopian top ten for nursing, medicine, public health, OB-GYN and pharmacology research. - [Wollo University](https://www.medicine.et/schools/wollo-university) — Dessie. A public applied-sciences university in Dessie whose College of Medicine and Health Sciences, on a separate Tertiary Care Campus, runs one of the widest health programme lists outside the older universities, from the MD and five specialties to the MSc in Clinical Midwifery. ## Public medical and health colleges - [Adama Hospital Medical College](https://www.medicine.et/schools/adama-hospital-medical-college) — Adama. A public hospital-based medical college in Adama, established by Oromia Regional State proclamation in 2011 around a hospital founded in 1946. It runs schools of medicine, health sciences and public health, and teaches at a 520-bed comprehensive specialised hospital. - [Menelik II Medical and Health Science College](https://www.medicine.et/schools/menelik-ii-medical-and-health-science-college) — Addis Ababa. A public health science college run by the Addis Ababa City Administration Health Bureau. It dates to 1949 and today teaches nursing, midwifery, allied health and MPH programmes to about 2,500 students. Despite the word "Medical" in its name, we found no Doctor of Medicine (MD) programme. - [St. Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College](https://www.medicine.et/schools/st-pauls-hospital-millennium-medical-college) — Addis Ababa. A public hospital-based medical college under the Federal Ministry of Health, built around St. Paul's Hospital in Gulele, Addis Ababa. It trains doctors, nurses and public health professionals and runs residencies and fellowships, and it picks its undergraduates through its own exam and interview rather than national placement. - [Yekatit 12 Hospital Medical College](https://www.medicine.et/schools/yekatit-12-hospital-medical-college) — Addis Ababa. A public hospital-based medical college at Sidist Kilo, Addis Ababa, built around one of the city's oldest hospitals (1923). Its Doctor of Medicine programme is so far the only Addis Ababa MD on the Education and Training Authority's new accreditation register (provisional, 2025–2028). ## Private colleges and universities - [Adama General Hospital and Medical College](https://www.medicine.et/schools/adama-general-hospital-and-medical-college) — Adama. A private hospital and medical college in Adama that has taught medicine since 2013, according to the World Directory of Medical Schools. It is a different institution from the public Adama Hospital Medical College, and it publishes very little about itself online. - [Addis Continental Institute of Public Health](https://www.medicine.et/schools/addis-continental-institute-of-public-health) — Addis Ababa. A private institute for public health training and research in the Ayat area of Addis Ababa, founded in 2006. It runs a licensed Master of Public Health programme, short research-methods courses and a research centre in Bahir Dar. - [Africa Medical College](https://www.medicine.et/schools/africa-medical-college) — Addis Ababa. A private health college near Addis Ababa Stadium, founded in 2005, that runs a Doctor of Medicine (since 2011) alongside dental medicine, nursing, pharmacy, laboratory, radiology and public health programmes. It publishes its own exit-exam results and licence documents. - [Bethel Medical College](https://www.medicine.et/schools/bethel-medical-college) — Alemgena (west of Addis Ababa). A private medical college at Alemgena, about 15 km west of Addis Ababa, teaching the Doctor of Medicine since 2009 alongside nursing and public health. It shares a founder and parent company with Bethel Teaching General Hospital. - [Gamby Medical and Business College](https://www.medicine.et/schools/gamby-medical-and-business-college) — Bahir Dar. A private college in Bahir Dar that teaches medicine, nursing, public health, pharmacy and laboratory science alongside business. It belongs to GAMBY PLC and shares a campus with its own teaching hospital, GAMBY Teaching General Hospital. - [Hayat Medical College](https://www.medicine.et/schools/hayat-medical-college) — Addis Ababa. A private medical college in Bole, Addis Ababa, teaching the six-year Doctor of Medicine since 2005. It describes itself as the first private college in Ethiopia to produce medical doctors. - [Lorcan Medical College](https://www.medicine.et/schools/lorcan-medical-college) — Addis Ababa. A young private medical college in the CMC area of Addis Ababa, founded in 2020 by academics and physicians. It runs a 6.5-year Doctor of Medicine and a 6.5-year Doctor of Dental Medicine, and is listed in the World Directory of Medical Schools. - [Myungsung Medical College](https://www.medicine.et/schools/myungsung-medical-college) — Addis Ababa. A private Christian medical college opened in 2012 on the compound of its own hospital, MCM Comprehensive Specialized Hospital (the "Korean Hospital"), in Bole Sub-City. It runs the six-year MD and residencies in internal medicine, general surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology, and radiology. - [Negele Arsi General Hospital and Medical College](https://www.medicine.et/schools/negele-arsi-general-hospital-and-medical-college) — Negele Arsi. A private hospital and medical college in the town of Negele Arsi, West Arsi Zone. It was started by a US-based Ethiopian surgeon through the California non-profit Ethiopian Health Aid, opened in 2017, and teaches medicine, anaesthesia, nursing, radiology and other health programmes next to its own hospital. - [Pharma College](https://www.medicine.et/schools/pharma-college) — Hawassa. A private college headquartered in Hawassa with branch campuses in Shashemene, Wolaita Sodo, Bule Hora and Adola. It teaches pharmacy, nursing and public health degrees, MPH programmes and health TVET diplomas, alongside business courses. - [Pioneer College](https://www.medicine.et/schools/pioneer-college) — Addis Ababa. A new private health-sciences college on Ring Road near German Square in Addis Ababa, set up in 2023. It advertises a six-year Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Dental Medicine, Pharmacy and Medical Laboratory Science, but its MD is not in the World Directory of Medical Schools or on the ETA's online accreditation register. - [Rift Valley University](https://www.medicine.et/schools/rift-valley-university) — Adama. One of Ethiopia's oldest and largest private higher-education institutions, founded in Adama in 2000 and now running dozens of campuses. Its Adama campus teaches medicine (listed in the World Directory of Medical Schools since 2017), and many branch campuses teach nursing and pharmacy. - [Santé Medical College](https://www.medicine.et/schools/sante-medical-college) — Addis Ababa. A private medical college at Bisrate Gebreal (Sarbet), Addis Ababa, teaching the Doctor of Medicine since 2014, plus dental medicine, medical laboratory science and master's degrees in public health. ## Non-profit colleges - [Ethiopian Catholic University of St. Thomas Aquinas](https://www.medicine.et/schools/ethiopian-catholic-university-of-st-thomas-aquinas) — Addis Ababa. The Catholic Church's higher-education institution in Ethiopia, now styled ECUSTA Higher Learning Institute and run by the De La Salle Brothers. Its School of Medicine in Nifas Silk-Lafto runs a 6.5-year MD, with clinical rotations at St. Paul's, ALERT, Zewditu and Yekatit 12 hospitals. - [Hamlin College of Midwives](https://www.medicine.et/schools/hamlin-college-of-midwives) — Burayu (near Addis Ababa). A small, scholarship-funded midwifery college run by the non-profit Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia, about 10 km outside Addis Ababa. It recruits young women from rural areas, trains them to international standards and sends them back to staff rural midwifery clinics, with the aim of preventing obstetric fistula.