The College of Business and Economics provides a high-tech, supportive environment designed to foster learning, research, and collaboration:

• Smart Classroom: Equipped with interactive touch-screen smartboards, high-speed internet, integrated audio-amplification systems, and Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS) for seamless instruction.
• Computer Labs: Fully connected PC rooms for hands-on technical and empirical learning.
• Dual Academic Libraries: Two resource-rich libraries offering extensive physical and digital collections for students and faculty.
• Faculty Offices: Equipped staff offices with reliable high-speed internet to support teaching, research, and student mentorship.

The College of Business and Economics provides a high-tech, supportive environment designed to foster learning, research, and collaboration:

• Smart Classroom: Equipped with interactive touch-screen smartboards, high-speed internet, integrated audio-amplification systems, and Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS) for seamless instruction.
• Computer Labs: Fully connected PC rooms for hands-on technical and empirical learning.
• Dual Academic Libraries: Two resource-rich libraries offering extensive physical and digital collections for students and faculty.
• Faculty Offices: Equipped staff offices with reliable high-speed internet to support teaching, research, and student mentorship.

College Vision

• To become a premier hub for Applied Business and Economic Sciences in Africa by 2042, leading through entrepreneurial talent, market-driven innovation, and sustainable economic solutions.

College Mission

• To cultivate competent professionals and ethical business leaders through applied education, impactful research, and industry partnership—driving regional development and Ethiopia's economic growth.

Geda Jebel (PhD)

Welcome to the College of Business and Economics

As Dean, it is my distinct privilege to welcome you to the College of Business and Economics at Wollega University. Whether you are a prospective student, researcher, industry partner, or alumnus, you are joining a vibrant community dedicated to academic rigor, innovative research, and transformative leadership.

In an evolving global economy, success demands agile thinkers and ethical decision-makers. Our college offers a comprehensive range of undergraduate, postgraduate, and continuing education programs designed to bridge robust theoretical foundations with practical, market-driven skills. Through our core academic departments, we foster a culture of intellectual curiosity where learning extends far beyond the traditional classroom.

We are fundamentally committed to three core pillars:

• Pioneering Research: Generating data-driven insights that solve local and global economic challenges.
• Community Engagement: Connecting academic excellence with real-world societal impact.
• Technology Transfer & Industry Linkages: Building strong corporate and institutional partnerships that drive innovation and career readiness.

Deeply rooted in our academic heritage and aggressively focused on the future, we invite you to collaborate with us in shaping the architects of tomorrow’s economy.

Established in 2007 G.C. with a modest group of pioneering students and instructors, the College of Business and Economics (CoBE) at Wollega University has grown into a premier hub for academic excellence, empirical research, and socio-economic transformation in Ethiopia. Driven by a commitment to become a leading center of applied business and economic sciences in Africa, the college combines rigorous academic instruction with practical skills to prepare ethical leaders, agile managers, and innovative researchers.

Currently operating across 7 core academic departments, the college supports a diverse and comprehensive portfolio of 24-degree programs:

• 9 Undergraduate Degrees (BA/BSc): Comprehensive programs covering foundational business, economic, public sector, and cooperative disciplines.
• 12 Postgraduate Degrees (MA/MSc/MBA): Advanced, market-driven master’s programs tailored for executive leadership, research, and technical specialization.
• 3 Doctoral Degrees (PhD): Research-intensive PhD programs in Management, Development Economics, and Development Studies, generating data-driven solutions for local and global challenges.

Core Departments

• Accounting and Finance
• Commerce
• Cooperative
• Economics
• Management
• Public Administration and Development Management
• Tourism and Hotel Management

Our vibrant academic ecosystem is powered by a dedicated team of educators, administrators, and ambitious scholars:

Wollega University School of Law was inaugurated in 2007 at Main Campus in the beautiful city of western Oromia, Nekemte. The School is one of the law schools engaging in teaching, research and serving the community in Ethiopia. Since its establishment, the school is producing legally competent, trained, skilled, and ethical legal professionals both at undergraduate and graduate levels. It is one of the applied law schools in the country.

Academic Programs

The school runs both undergraduate and graduate programs. At undergraduate level, the school teaches LL.B degree in regular, evening and summer modalities. It takes five years to complete LL.B degree in regular modality and six years in evening and summer modalities.

The School launched its first graduate program LL.M in Criminology and Criminal Justice in 2014 and its second graduate program LL.M in International Business and Economic Law in 2016. The former focuses on producing competent and skilled legal professionals that contribute in reforming the criminal justice system of the country, and the latter focuses on strengthening and modernizing the economic and business laws and policies of Ethiopia in the context of the contemporary global landscape. Besides, the School has launched another graduate program LL.M in Constitutional and Human Rights Law in 2021. So far, the programs have been attracting and bringing together legal professionals from various walks of life, members of academia and practitioners, from within and abroad.

Student Demographics

• Undergraduate (BSc) Program
  • Graduates (2017 E.C, all modalities): 113+
  • Active students (all modalities): 229+
• Postgraduate (MSc) Program
  • Graduates (2017 E.C, all modalities): 8+
  • Active students (all modalities): 25+