# Debre Markos University

> 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.

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Last updated: 2026-11-04

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Public university · Debre Markos, Amhara · details checked November 4, 2026

## Contact

- Phone: +251 58 178 0033 (Main line (Public and International Relations))
- Phone: +251 58 171 6770 (Registrar Directorate)
- Phone: +251 58 178 0043 (Registrar Directorate (fax))
- Phone: +251 910 57 19 94 (College of Health Sciences (dean))
- Phone: +251 921 64 19 50 (College of Health Sciences (vice dean))
- Phone: +251 58 771 6325 (Debre Markos Hospital) — Listed on the university's hospital page; it says the hospital is not officially part of the university.
- Email: prcd@dmu.edu.et (Public and International Relations (general))
- Email: registrar_office@dmu.edu.et (Registrar)
- Email: registrar@dmu.edu.et (Registrar (as listed on the Health Campus site))
- Email: asmamaw_getnet@dmu.edu.et (College of Health Sciences (dean))
- Website: https://www.dmu.edu.et
- Address: Health Campus, Debre Markos University, Debre Markos, East Gojjam
- P.O. Box: P.O. Box 269, Debre Markos
- Facebook: https://web.facebook.com/dmu.edu
- Telegram: https://t.me/Debre_Markos_University
- X: https://x.com/dmu_ethiopia
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dmu_ethiopia/

## Health programmes

- Doctor of Medicine (MD)
- BSc Nursing
- BSc Pediatrics and Child Health Nursing
- BSc Midwifery
- Bachelor of Pharmacy (B.Pharm)
- BSc Medical Laboratory Science
- BSc Public Health
- BSc Human Nutrition and Food Science
- BSc Health Informatics
- BSc Environmental Health
- General MPH; MPH in Epidemiology, Reproductive Health, Nutrition, Environmental Health, Biostatistics
- MSc Adult Health Nursing, MSc Maternity (and reproductive health) Nursing, MSc Integrated Clinical and Community Mental Health
- MSc Medical Microbiology, MSc Medical Parasitology
- MSc Pharmacology
- MSc Medical Anatomy

## Health and medical education

Debre Markos's health training is run by the **College of Health Sciences** on the university's **Health Campus**. The college says it started in **2007/08** with two departments, nursing and public health, and 91 students. Midwifery and a public health master's (regular and extension) followed in 2011. Pharmacy and medical laboratory science were added in 2015, and health informatics and human nutrition in 2016. Paediatrics and child health nursing and environmental health came next.

### Medicine

The university's news pages describe a **School of Medicine**. One graduation report says it was graduating its **second batch** of doctors, 39 graduates including 6 women, from what it called the "New Innovative Medicine" programme. The report is undated. Wikipedia says 126 doctors had graduated over three rounds, but that figure is uncited. Before their clinical internship, fifth-year students must pass a **comprehensive qualification exam**, set by school staff and outside physicians. Students who fail one subject repeat it over seven weeks; those who fail more repeat the year's subjects. The university says it works with **Debre Markos Referral Hospital** for clinical attachments and internships, and that more than 40 doctors had received scholarships for specialty training. We did not find a current official page listing the medical school's departments or any residency programmes. Ask the university directly.

### Undergraduate health degrees

The Health Campus lists **nine undergraduate programmes**: **nursing, paediatrics and child health nursing, midwifery, pharmacy (B.Pharm), medical laboratory science, public health, human nutrition and food science, health informatics and environmental health**. Some department dates are given in two calendars, such as "2008/2015" for pharmacy. Read these as Ethiopian/Gregorian years. Pharmacy opened in about 2015/16 and offers a regular programme only. When its page was written it had 40 academic staff and was working towards an MSc in pharmacology and a post-basic pharmacy degree. Health informatics took its first 34 students in 2009 E.C. (about 2016/17).

### Postgraduate programmes

The college's postgraduate page lists a **general MPH** and MPH tracks in **epidemiology, reproductive health, nutrition, environmental health and biostatistics**. It also lists MSc programmes in **adult health nursing, maternity nursing, integrated clinical and community mental health, medical microbiology, medical parasitology, pharmacology and medical anatomy**. The college's PhD page was empty when we checked. The public health department, founded in 2001 E.C. (2008/09), reported teaching about 897 students.

### Teaching hospital

The university's hospital page describes **Debre Markos Hospital** as a key facility for the Amhara Region. It says the hospital is **not officially part of the university** but works with the College of Health Sciences on training, research and outreach. University news calls it Debre Markos Referral Hospital. Recent research papers also call it Debre Markos Comprehensive Specialized Hospital. We did not find a bed count.

### Accreditation and rankings

None of Debre Markos's programmes appeared on the Education and Training Authority's online accreditation register when we checked. The register had only 13 entries nationwide. We could not check the World Directory of Medical Schools, which blocked automated access.

Debre Markos does better on research rankings than its age would suggest. EduRank puts it **5th in Ethiopia for critical-care research**, ahead of Bahir Dar, Haramaya and Hawassa. It is 7th for nursing, 8th for medicine and pharmacology, and 9th for public health. Overall it is 11th on EduRank and 19th on uniRank.

## The institution

Debre Markos University is in **Debre Markos**, the main town of East Gojjam in the Amhara Region, near the Choke Mountains. Its founding date is unclear. Wikipedia gives January 2005 (inaugurated November 2007), and the university's registrar says teaching began in 2006/07 with **760 students** in one college and eight departments. It was not among the 2020 research universities.

The university has a main campus in Debre Markos, a **Health Campus**, a campus at **Burie**, and a registrar branch at the Belay Zeleke campus in Bichena. Regular undergraduates are placed through the national system after the entrance exam.

## Before you apply

- Health programmes are on the **Health Campus**, not the main campus. Confirm where first-year students live.
- Ask whether there are any **residency (specialty) programmes**. We found none listed.
- The teaching hospital is not run by the university. Ask how clinical placements and internships are organised and supervised.
- Several department pages on the Health Campus site look years old. Confirm current programmes with the registrar (+251 58 171 6770) before you choose.
- Ask for the ETA accreditation letter for your programme.

## Rankings

- EduRank Medicine (Ethiopia / Africa / world): 8 / 99 / 2,240 (https://edurank.org/medicine/et/)
- EduRank Critical Care (Ethiopia / Africa / world): 5 / 61 / 1,414 (https://edurank.org/medicine/critical-care/et/)
- EduRank Nursing (Ethiopia / Africa / world): 7 / 45 / 1,025 (https://edurank.org/medicine/nursing/et/)
- EduRank Public Health (Ethiopia / Africa / world): 9 / 58 / 1,169 (https://edurank.org/medicine/public/et/)
- EduRank Pharmacology (Ethiopia / world): 8 / 2,669 (https://edurank.org/medicine/pharmacology/et/)
- EduRank overall (Ethiopia / Africa / world): 11 / 280 / 6,585 (https://edurank.org/uni/debre-markos-university/)
- uniRank 2026 (Ethiopia): 19 (https://www.unirank.org/et/ranking/)

## Sources

- [Debre Markos University home page (contacts)](https://www.dmu.edu.et/)
- [DMU Health Campus home page](https://health.dmu.edu.et/)
- [Health Campus: about the college](https://health.dmu.edu.et/?page_id=599)
- [Health Campus: contact us](https://health.dmu.edu.et/?page_id=607)
- [Health Campus: undergraduate programmes](https://health.dmu.edu.et/?page_id=651)
- [Health Campus: postgraduate programmes](https://health.dmu.edu.et/?page_id=653)
- [Health Campus: Department of Pharmacy](https://health.dmu.edu.et/?page_id=562)
- [Health Campus: Department of Public Health](https://health.dmu.edu.et/?page_id=570)
- [Health Campus: Department of Human Nutrition](https://health.dmu.edu.et/?page_id=574)
- [Health Campus: Health Informatics](https://health.dmu.edu.et/?page_id=582)
- [Health Campus: Pediatrics and Child Health Nursing](https://health.dmu.edu.et/?page_id=587)
- [Health Campus: Environmental Health](https://health.dmu.edu.et/?page_id=595)
- [DMU: Hospital](https://www.dmu.edu.et/?page_id=1283)
- [DMU: About Registrar](https://www.dmu.edu.et/?page_id=1476)
- [DMU Medicine students take Comprehensive Exit Exam](https://www.dmu.edu.et/?p=4333)
- [DMU Graduates 39 Medical Doctors](https://www.dmu.edu.et/?p=4379)
- [Wikipedia: Debre Markos University](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debre_Markos_University)
- [EduRank: Debre Markos University](https://edurank.org/uni/debre-markos-university/)
- [uniRank Ethiopia 2026](https://www.unirank.org/et/ranking/)