Hayat Medical College

Health and medical education

Hayat Medical College (HMC) is a single-programme private medical school. On its website it calls itself "the first private medical college to produce medical doctors in Ethiopia". A 2020 history of medical education in the Ethiopian Medical Journal lists Hayat among the country's first private medical schools.

The Doctor of Medicine

Medicine is the only programme the college currently offers. According to the World Directory of Medical Schools (WDOMS), the six-year Doctor of Medicine (MD) has been taught since 2005 in English. The directory's sponsor notes say that Hayat graduates are eligible to apply for ECFMG certification (the US route), with graduation years listed as "2005 – Current". They also say its medical degrees are acceptable to Canada's provincial medical regulators, unless stated otherwise. A WDOMS listing confirms that the school exists and teaches medicine. It is not an Ethiopian accreditation.

The website's Departments section lists medicine as active. It marks a Master of Public Health, a Master of Nutrition, a Master of Reproductive Health, Nursing and Dental Medicine as "Coming Soon". Treat those as plans, not running programmes, until the college confirms otherwise in writing.

Facilities the college describes

• Two teaching laboratories, a general-purpose lab and a microbiology/parasitology lab, used for preclinical courses such as histology, biochemistry, microbiology and pathology.
• A clinical skills lab, set up in 2015, where students practise physical examination and procedures on manikins and with devices such as BP apparatus and otoscopes.
• A computer lab, used for the pre-medical computer course and for access to e-books and e-journals.
• A library that seats 200 students, with print and electronic books.
• A computerised registrar's office.

Teaching hospital

Neither the college website nor any other source we found names the hospital where Hayat's clinical-year students and interns train. Hayat Hospital, a private hospital in Bole, shares the name, but no source we found describes it as the college's teaching hospital. Ask the college directly where clinical rotations and internship take place.

Accreditation and outcomes

Hayat does not appear on the Education and Training Authority's (ETA) new online accreditation register. As of November 2026 that register lists only 13 programme accreditations, none of them at a private college. That does not mean Hayat is unlicensed: most institutions have not yet gone through the new process. It does mean you should ask for the current licence or accreditation letter for the MD. The college does not publish national exit-exam or licensing-exam results.

Student life

Medical students run an active chapter of the Ethiopian Medical Students' Association, EMSA-HMC, founded in December 2022. Its Telegram channel posts workshops, research events and blood-donation drives. One of its posts gives a venue as "HMC New Campus, next to celavie", which suggests the college uses more than one site in Bole. Confirm the campus addresses with the college.

The institution

Hayat Medical College is privately owned and has been teaching medicine since 2005. Its website says the college "has a good reputation for planning and execution of its regular academic and administrative activities". It does not publish student numbers, staff numbers or tuition.

Location. The college gives its address only as Bole, Addis Ababa. WDOMS lists P.O. Box 15836, Addis Ababa. Its Facebook page, which the website links to, also says Bole sub-city.

Contacts. The website lists two landlines and two email addresses: a college-domain address and a Yahoo address. The college's Facebook page (about 130 followers in November 2026) adds a mobile number. WDOMS holds a third address on Ethionet. If one address doesn't get a reply, try the others, or call.

Admissions. Admission to the MD in Ethiopia follows the national higher-education entrance results. Private colleges also take fee-paying applicants who meet the Ministry of Education's cut-off. The college's admission page was not loading when we checked (November 2026), so ask the registrar for the current criteria and fee schedule.

Rankings. Hayat does not appear in EduRank's medicine ranking for Ethiopia, and we found no other credible ranking.

Before you apply

• Ask for the current Ministry of Education/ETA licence or accreditation letter that covers the Doctor of Medicine specifically. Hayat is not yet on the ETA's online register.
• Ask which hospital(s) you would train in during the clinical years and internship. The college does not name a teaching hospital publicly.
• Treat the nursing, dental and master's programmes shown as "Coming Soon" as unavailable unless you see a licence for them.
• Ask for the MD class's results in the national exit exam and licensing exam for recent years. None are published.
• Confirm which campus you would attend. Student posts mention a "new campus" in Bole.
• Get the full fee schedule, including internship-year costs, in writing.