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Descriptions

Kotebe College of Teacher Education was set up within the Haile Selassie I University (HSIU) in 1959 under the simple name College. In July 1968,The University, The Ministry of Education and UNESCO reached an agreement to phase the junior secondary teacher training programme of the University. Thus, the College left HSIU in 1969 and went to currently known as Addis Ababa technical and Vocational College where it came to be known as Teacher Training College. Later the name was changed to Addis Ababa College of Teacher Education. It was in 1976, the College transferred to the present site and got its name, Kotebe College of Teacher Education. The year 2014 ushered a major landmark in the history of Kotebe College of Teacher Education When Addis Ababa City Government granted it the status of a University College by the decree of Addis Ababa City Government Regulation Number56/2013. Another milestone in the history of the institution occurred on December 15, 2016, when Kotebe University College is upgraded to a full-fledged Metropolitan University by the Addis Ababa City Government. Following this, KMU is restructured into 8 units. These are College of Education and Behavioral Sciences, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Faculty of Languages and Humanities, Faculty of Urban Development Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Faculty of Business and Economics, Sports Science Academy, and Science and Technology Innovation Center. At present, the University runs certificate, diploma, undergraduate and graduate studies in its regular, evening extension and summer programs. The number of KMU staff accounts about 710 of which 299represents the academic staff.