Dear visitors

Ethiopian Defense University College of Health Science  is one of the three colleges under Ethiopian Defense University. It has evolved through a series of historical milestones and reforms process to reach the current status and provide quality education and services to the defense community and the society at large. Our staffs are working in harmony towards the achievement of the set vision and missions of the college. As we aspire to be one of  the top in education; health training and research in East Africa Military Universities by the year 2030 throughout producing competent military health professionals.

We are also committed to deliver our mission of producing Military Health Professionals who are competent through provision of quality health care services to the Army, its families and the society at large and enhance mission accomplishment capability of the Ethiopian Defense Force.

To achieve that, currently our college is running 21 health programs and conducting training, research and community services in three different campuses that are based in Bishoftu, and Armed Force Teaching Hospital /AFRTH/ and Bella (Addis Ababa) respectively. From these programs, 13 of them are undergraduate, while 02 Post-graduate and six are diploma /TVET / programs.

These programs include Medical Doctors, Public Health Officers, Clinical Nurses, Diagnostic Medical Laboratory and Radiology, Clinical Pharmacy, Environmental Health, Emergency Surgery (IESO), as well as in Midwifery, Physiotherapy, Dental Medicine, Operation Theatre Nurse, Anesthesia and Psychiatric Nursing programs.

For new students anticipated to join our college: it is a greater opportunity to become Military health professional in this 21st century where you can serve your country. I can assure you that during your stay here at Ethiopian Defense University, College of Health Science, we will equip you with the appropriate knowledge and skills to successfully fit in the rapidly changing global environment through our scholarly teaching programs coupled with practical activities, research and community engagement.

We invite you to explore our website to learn more about the defense University College of Health Science, our highly-experienced academic staffs, our research activities, and our competitive degree programs. Please feel free to contact us personally if you have further questions or if you would like to visit the office.

The Office of Academic Dean is one of the three Deans in the Defense University College Health Science that is in charge of leading and coordinating the overall academic wing of the learning and teaching activities.

The followings are Major duties and responsibilities of the Office:

  1. Conducting and monitoring the provision of standard Undergraduate and Postgraduate teaching and learning at the college level
  2. Opening of new academic programs based on defense needs and gaps
  3. Supervising educational units/departments as well as coordinating and controlling, investigating and deciding student academic matters
  4. Ensure and monitoring that the courses and exams offered by the departments are up to standard;
  5. To enable academic staffs are benefited  from  Continue professional development trainings and keep up-to-date ;
  6. Leading and supervising curriculum design and revision tasks at the college level
  7. Submitting and requesting the academic promotion of academic staffs  to the academic commission for  approving

Col. Belachew Kahsay

 Academic Dean