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Wachemo University is one of the Higher Education Institutions of Ethiopia which is found in South West of South Nations Nationalities and Peoples regional state in Haddiya Zone, Hossana town which is 232Km far from Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia. Its foundation was laid in its current location in 2009 G.C. For the first time, the university inaugurated teaching and learning process with its first batch of 538 (five hundred thirty eight) students in four faculties and twelve departments. However, in the past few years, WCU made astonishing progress in program extensions and various campus expansions. Therefore , currently the university is running its teaching and learning programs in three campuses such as WCU main campus , Durame campus which is located at ‘Kemebata Temebaro Zone ‘, and Nigist Elleni Mohamed Memorial Comprehensive Specialized Hospital campuses in Hossana town. Now, in WCU there are 58 (fifty eight) undergraduate programs and 44 (fourty four ) graduate programs, 2 (two) Ph.D programs in Soil Sciences and Educational Leadership and Policy Studies in six colleges and two schools. Currently, in total including evening, weekend and summer students, there are around 34,000 (thirty four thousand students).