4187 Students graduated from Hawassa University
On the graduation ceremony held for two days, convocation for the main campus graduate and for Agricultural and Medicine College together held on July 14 and15/2012 respectively. Dr. Yoseph Mamo president of Hawassa University noted that of the total graduates, 488 were masters’ degree holders and 83 were doctorate degree holders. He also underscored the immense progress in increasing the number and level of academic programs in the university. He said the number of academic programs which were 8 at the beginning of the establishment, now multiplied incredibly, i.e. 64 1 st degree programs, 43 2 nd degree programs and 4 PhD programs. Honorary guest of the occasion Mr. Shiferaw Shigute, President of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region on his part emphasized how hard the government is working in getting access of tertiary education to the majority of the people. He said the number of higher institutions which were 4 and 5 in number fifteen