Business & Economics

Business and Economics Faculty was one of the four faculties when the University started its work 2011. The faculty started its mission with three departments: Accounting and Finance, Economics, and Management. The main purpose of the faculty is to produce qualified students in the area of business and Economics. Within the faculty, there are different offices that can facilitates the management of the faculty. These are Vice Dean, Department Heads, Research and community Services Coordinator, Registrar Coordinator, and Education and quality assurance Coordinators.

When the faculty was established in 2011, it enrolled 119 students Regular and 77 Extension undergraduate students. By going up its services, currently the faculty is enrolling around 2200 regular undergraguate students, extension undergraduates, and graduate students. The faculty is currently preparing to grow into a college. The faculty is currently staffing with 76 masters and 4 assistant professors. Of the total teachers, 14 percent are women, and 20 percent are studying their master and doctoral degrees at home and abroad.

At this time, the faculty is providing four undergraduate programs and three post-graduate programs in regular and weekend.

The undergraduate programs are:

  1. Accounting and Finance
  2. Economics
  3. Marketing Management
  4. Management

Post-graduate programs

  1. MSc in Development Economics
  2. MSc in Accounting and Finance
  3. MBA

Mission, Vision and Values of the Faculty

Mission

  • To produce the required knowledgeable and skillful man power for the development of our country’s economy.
  • To conduct problem-solving and relevant research focusing on national and environmental benefits.
  • To provide need based community service, training and counseling to increase the economic, social, and political participation of the community.

Vision

To be one of the top ten faculties in Africa Universities by 2020.

Values

  • Quality
  • Customer-oriented approach
  • Result-focused approach
  • Teamwork
  • Participatory leadership
  • Professionalism
  • Good manners
  • Unity in diversity
  • Safety
Mr. Sisay Genanu Mulaw

Contact Person Mr. Sisay Genanu Mulaw

Dean, Faculty of Business and Economics

Email: sisaygenanu@wldu.edu.et

Tel: +251335400678 Mob: +251975824569

Office: AD-3, G+2, Room: 02 P.O.Box: 400, Woldia University Woldia, Amhara Region, Ethiopia