Welcome to the Faculty of Applied Social Sciences and Humanities

An Overview

The Faculty of Applied Social Sciences and Humanities (FASSH) was established at the onset of the Ethiopian millennium in 2007. In line with the institutional objectives of its home University, the major objectives of the Faculty are set in the areas of training, research, and community and consultancy services.

- With regard to training, the Faculty aims at producing qualified professionals in the areas of journalism and communication, law, sociology, and anthropology who will satisfy the needs and demands of the nation in the aforementioned disciplines.

- The Faculty also aims at initiating and conducting research activities that are relevant to the needs of the nation and that will help alleviate societal problems.

- The other major objective of the Faculty is to provide community services to the surrounding peoples in order to improve the quality of their life, and offer consultancy services to various organizations that are interested to upgrade their performances and services.

Activities: As a newly established faculty, the FASSH is currently involved in staffing and in acquiring the necessary materials and facilities that are essential for producing quality professionals within its domain.

Future Plan: The FASSH envisions to expand its training programs by increasing its enrollment capacity in the existing area of studies while at the same time seeks to open new programs of studies such as folklore, among other.

It is also the Faculty’s ultimate objective to develop the existing departments to the level of faculty and schools so that they will finally start to function independently.

List of Departments

The faculty has four departments under it:

• Law
• Journalism
• Anthropology
• Sociology

Mr. Mesay Birhanu

Dean of the Faculty