# Negele Arsi General Hospital and Medical College

> 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.

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Last updated: 2026-11-04

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Private medical college · Negele Arsi, Oromia · founded 2017 · details checked November 4, 2026

## Contact

- Phone: +251 46 116 2828 (Main line)
- Phone: +251 928 29 99 29 (Vacancy enquiries) — Listed on the college site with a job advert
- Email: info@naghmc.edu.et (General)
- Email: help.naghmc@naghm.edu.et (Help)
- Website: https://naghmc.edu.et
- Address: Kebele 01, Negele Arsi town, West Arsi Zone, Oromia
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064049049640
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/naghmc_/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYTMIiqaQuRz-yc0h3fH2tQ

## Health programmes

- Doctor of Medicine (MD)
- BSc Anaesthesia
- BSc Nursing
- Medical Radiology Technology
- Clinical Nursing
- Medical Laboratory
- Pharmacy

## Health and medical education

Negele Arsi General Hospital and Medical College (NAGHMC) is a hospital and health college built together in a small town in West Arsi Zone, Oromia. Its founder and president is **Dr. Gudata S. Hinika, MD, FACS**, a US-based surgeon. He set up the project through **Ethiopian Health Aid (EHA)**, a non-profit organisation established in California in 2007. EHA dates the hospital and college's grand opening to 2017. A 2018 report by the Santa Clarita newspaper *The Signal* says the hospital opened in July 2017. The World Directory of Medical Schools lists NAGHMC as a private school teaching medicine since **2017**.

### Programmes and fees

The college lists the following programmes. Fees are monthly, as published in 2024:

| Programme | Length | Monthly fee (2024) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Medicine (MD) | 6 years plus a 1-year internship | 5,000 birr |
| Anaesthesia | 4.5 years | 1,250 birr |
| BSc Nursing | 4 years | 1,000 birr |
| Medical Radiology Technology | 4 years | 1,800 birr |
| Clinical Nursing | 4 years | not published |
| Pharmacy | 3 years | not published |
| Laboratory | not published | not published |

On top of tuition, the college charges a 500 birr registration fee twice a year. The college says fees are paid in advance each month or semester, and that it may change them.

The programmes page has separate "degree" and "TVET" tabs, but the saved copy does not show which course belongs to which. Ask whether Pharmacy, Laboratory and Clinical Nursing are degree or diploma (TVET) programmes.

### Entry to Medicine

- **From Grade 12:** applicants need a natural-science background and at least the cut-off score set by the Ministry of Education.
- **Advanced standing:** this route is for graduates with a degree in a natural-science field. They need a CGPA of at least 2.0 (60%), two years' work experience, and a pass in a competency (COC) exam and the college's own entrance exam.
- **International applicants:** they need qualifications that HERQA (now the Education and Training Authority) accepts as equivalent.

### The hospital

Students train at the college's own **Negele Arsi General Hospital**. The Virtue Foundation's VFMatch directory describes NAGHMC as a private teaching hospital with emergency services and **110 beds**. The same listing gives 2009 as the year formed, which does not match the 2017 opening reported by EHA and *The Signal*.

The college's site shows these services:
- an emergency area
- CT scanning and ultrasound
- a clinical chemistry laboratory
- a pharmacy

The site says medical volunteers come from the United States and elsewhere every year, and it advertised free cataract surgery in November 2022. EHA describes the college's aim as "a robust school-to-career pipeline for hundreds of new Medical Professionals in rural Ethiopia where none existed before". That is the organisation's own description.

### Graduates

The college reported that it graduated "around 250 students in different department" in 2022. It held a second-round graduation in October 2022 and its third commencement on 12 October 2023. These are the college's own figures. We found no published results in the medical licensing exam or the exit exam.

### Accreditation and rankings

- **ETA register:** on 4 November 2026, no NAGHMC programme appeared on the Education and Training Authority's online accreditation register. The register is new and lists only 13 certificates so far, all at public institutions. Absence from it does not prove a programme is unaccredited, but ask to see the authority's letter for your programme.
- **Rankings:** NAGHMC is not on EduRank, uniRank or Times Higher Education.

## The institution

The college says it is "envisioning to be a part of Ethiopian Health Aid", and its stated vision is to be "one of the best private academic and healthcare institutions in Ethiopia by 2030". The administration listed on its site includes the founder and president, a chief executive director, a human resources director and an academic vice dean. EHA also runs education projects nearby, including at Gode Primary School, and offers college and medical-school scholarships. NAGHMC's site has a scholarship application page.

The campus is in **Kebele 01, Negele Arsi town**, West Arsi Zone. The college's website, naghmc.edu.et, did not load from our location on 4 November 2026, although web archive copies show it online as recently as July 2026. If it doesn't load, use the phone number, email or Facebook page listed above.

**Admission:** as a private college, NAGHMC admits students directly, not through national placement. The website has an online application page.

## Before you apply

- Ask for the Education and Training Authority's accreditation letter for the exact programme. This matters most for Medicine, which started in 2017.
- Ask for current monthly fees in writing; the figures above are from 2024.
- Ask whether Pharmacy, Laboratory and Clinical Nursing are degree or TVET (diploma) programmes.
- Ask which hospitals students rotate through besides the college's own 110-bed hospital, especially for Medicine's clinical years and internship.
- Ask about scholarships through the college or Ethiopian Health Aid, and what conditions come with them.
- Ask for recent licensing exam and exit exam results by programme.

## Sources

- [NAGHMC official website (live July 2026 capture)](https://web.archive.org/web/20260710114654/http://naghmc.edu.et/)
- [NAGHMC: Contact us (April 2024 capture)](https://web.archive.org/web/20240413225937/http://naghmc.edu.et/Contact.aspx)
- [NAGHMC: Historical background](https://web.archive.org/web/20240413211831/http://naghmc.edu.et/Historical-background.aspx)
- [NAGHMC: Programmes offered](https://web.archive.org/web/20240413221047/http://naghmc.edu.et/Programmes.aspx)
- [NAGHMC: Financial information](https://web.archive.org/web/20240413212625/http://naghmc.edu.et/Financial-information.aspx)
- [NAGHMC: General admission requirements](https://web.archive.org/web/20240413214038/http://naghmc.edu.et/General-admission-requirments.aspx)
- [NAGHMC: Mission and vision](https://web.archive.org/web/20240413222330/http://naghmc.edu.et/Mission-and-vision.aspx)
- [NAGHMC: Clinical services](https://web.archive.org/web/20240413221859/http://naghmc.edu.et/Clinical-services.aspx)
- [Ethiopian Health Aid: 2017 NAGHMC grand opening](https://web.archive.org/web/20181206170923/http://ethiopiahealthaid.org/grand-opening-2017/)
- [Ethiopian Health Aid: Education](https://web.archive.org/web/20220522002617/https://ethiopiahealthaid.org/education/)
- [VFMatch (Virtue Foundation): NAGHMC facility listing](https://vfmatch.org/explore/facilities/66ab9a3cc0a69800151d6211)
- [Signal (Santa Clarita): Local doctors care for Ethiopia; surgeon founds hospital in rural African nation (August 2018)](https://signalscv.com/2018/08/local-doctors-care-for-ethiopia-surgeon-founds-hospital-in-rural-african-nation)
- [World Directory of Medical Schools (WDOMS): Ethiopia search](https://search.wdoms.org/)
- [Bloom Medicine: Top medical schools in Ethiopia (private colleges table, from WDOMS)](/blog/top-medical-schools-in-ethiopia)
- [FDRE Education and Training Authority: Accredited Institutions & Programs](https://accreditation.neta.gov.et)