Mission, Vision, Values
Rift Valley University Today
Rift Valley University is the largest Private Higher Learning Institution in Ethiopia. Being founded and situated in a multi-cultural, dynamic community, and business city, the University has managed to deliver quality education to the Ethiopian citizens and foreigners for the last two decades. As a university with many branches and diversified fields of studies, it attracted some students from the neighboring countries. Our University, among others, is known for delivering quality education and creating access for students. Besides, our different modalities suit our students’ interest and busy schedule. Furthermore, the accessibility, the diversity, and the quality of our resources, i.e., human and physical catch the attention of our applicants. As a result, RVU remains reputable and reliable destination of many students every academic year. The friendly atmosphere and conducive learning-teaching environment here at Rift Valley enable students to easily mix and feel at home. The ultimate target of our University is to cultivate our learners to cope up with the newly emerging Sciences and Technology by delivering quality education and practically important life skills. Although RVU has always been shattered by stereotypes about the private universities, in the real Ethiopian academic context, the tremendous efforts exerted by the stakeholders and the University Community have enabled Rift Valley University to stand on the peak of the sector not as “just another climber”, but with objectively observable differences in delivering quality education.
Mission
RVU aspires to be one of the tope 10 private universities in teaching, research and community engagement in Africa by 2030.
Vision
RVU exists to produce competent, ethical and committed citizens. It also engages in innovative and problem-solving research. Moreover, RVU is missioned with delivering sustainable community services.
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
In order for RVU to realize its vision and accomplish its mission, a number of strategic issues have been identified and strategies that would help address these issues have also been set. Accordingly, the strategies adopted by RVU for the next five years are categorized into the following core strategic objectives:
RVU has the following strategic objectives:
- enhances excellence in teaching by providing students with an innovative and highest quality education and training;
- diversifies education and training programs;
- promotes University research culture and community engagement;
- realizes management systems that promote excellence;
- attracts qualified staff and leaders to meet customers’ needs ;
- retains qualified staff and leaders to sustain business;
- ensures opportunities for professionals/leaders career development for staff;
- ensures efficiency in resource utilization; and
- maximizes competitive advantage to sustain in the sector.
CORE VALUES
- Quality and Excellence
- Responsiveness to Customer Needs
- Good Governance
- Professionalism and Academic Freedom
- Team Spirit
- Professional Integrity and Ethical Practices
- Creativity and Innovativeness
- Commitment to Community Services
- Recognition of Diversity and Gender Sensitiveness
- Social Responsibility
PARTNERSHIP
Rift Valley University anticipates to establish and encourage mutually beneficial scientific, technological, educational and other relations which may entail some of the activities listed herein under:
- Exchange of academic staff members for research, teaching and the presentation of special courses in their fields of specialization;
- Student exchange and study abroad programs;
- Establishment of joint research programs;
- Exchange of postgraduate students in respect of specific research projects or courses of interest and importance;
- Exchange of scientific and educational literature produced by either or both parties, as well as the exchange of materials on the most relevant and topical research by researchers at both parties; and
- Organization of conferences, seminars and symposia of mutual interest to the institutions.
CORE ENGAGEMENTS
RVU’s major engagements are categorized into curricular and extra-curricular. Curricular wise, RVU is fully engaged in teaching-learning, research and publications, and community engagement.
TEACHING- LEARNING
Teaching-learning at RVU, is being run at three levels: Technical and Vocational Education Training Level I-IV (TVET), undergraduate and graduate programs levels in its campuses and colleges found in all most all regions of the country.
RVU CAMPUSES AND COLLEGES
Abichu | Bishoftu | Gelan | Jigjiga | Modjo | Sidist Kilo |
Adama | Bule Hora | Ginchi | Jimma | Negelle Borena | Sululta |
Adama TVET | Burayu | Ghimbi | Kality | Nekemte | Tullu Bollo |
Ambo | Chiro | Gullele | Kara Alo | Nekemte TVET | Walaita Sodo |
Asella | Dembi Dollo
| Hachalu Hundessa | Kemise | Sebeta | Woliso |
Bahir Dar | Dire Dawa | Harar
| Lebu Lafto | Sendafa | Hargeisa (Somaliland) |
Bale Robe | Fiche | Hawassa | Metehara | Shambu |
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Batu | Gada | Hossana | Mettu | Shashemene |
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FACULTES AND ACADEMIC PROGRAM PROFILE
RVU is the largest institute offering diversified Technical and Vocational, Education Training (TVET), Bachelor’s Degree, and Master’s Degree in under its three Faculties: Business and Social Sciences, Technology and Engineering, and Medical and Health Sciences. Availing access to education in conjunction with quality education to the community makes our university the most reputable Higher Education Institution in the country. In addition, Rift Valley University runs its academic business in self-owned buildings which are purposely designed and constructed to meet students’ demands and academic standards. As a result, our students feel at home at Rift Valley University where they can fully exercise academic and social freedom. Here are our Faculties:
FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Undergraduate Level | Graduate Level |
· Accounting and Finance | · Accounting and Finance |
· Business Management | · Business Administration (MBA) |
· Economics | · Marketing Management |
· Marketing Management | · Development Economics |
· Management | · Sociology |
| · Project Management |
FACULTY OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES
Undergraduate Level | Graduate Level |
· Medical Laboratory | · Public Health(MPH) |
· Midwifery | · Adult Nursing |
· Nursing | · MPH in Nutrition |
· Pharmacy |
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· Public Health |
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· Medicine
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FACULTY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING
Undergraduate Level | Graduate Program |
· Civil Engineering | · Computer Science |
· Survey Engineering |
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· Surveying Technology |
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· Mechanical Engineering |
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· Computer Science |
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· Construction Technology Management |
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· MIS |
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Undergraduate Academic Programs |
· Accounting and Finance |
· Management |
· Economics |
· Marketing Management |
RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS
RVU STUDENTS’ RESEARCH PROTOCOL
A thesis for Master’s Degree is defined as a piece of written research embodying not less than 30,000 words which forms a distinct contribution to knowledge, professional skills, and affords evidence of originality.
- A Research Proposal (RP) completed to meet the Rift Valley University regulations must be submitted first to the respective department or the Campus Graduate Program Coordinator(GPC) and then to the Academic V/Dean. This will be examined by the Department Council of the Department of the Campus. After being examined, the advisor and the student will receive a written report on the feasibility of the Research Project. If modifications are required, these must be completed promptly and the RP re-submitted for full approval.
- All thesis submissions will be examined by at least two examiners appointed by the Campus; submissions of the final work are also approved by two examiners from the campus. The criteria for assessment are provided to students in a separate document.
- Students are required to use the accepted system of citation. A guide to the use of this will be made available to students.
- All graduate program students are required to contact the advisors at the outset of the project and thereafter to submit work as it develops and at regular intervals. No student may submit work for examination which has not been approved by the advisors.
- Each student shall defend his/her thesis before an ad hoc academic body, including the advisor of the particular student, for which s/he should defend well enough to achieve ‘qualified for graduation’.
Apart from students’ research, the University organizes and hosts Campus-based In-house workshops and University wide Annual National Research Conferences. The conferences open a plat form for scholars, researchers and the academia to come together and share their research findings, and make academic debates to take up next research topics. Best papers from the presented ones are selected by the Editorial Board of Rift Valley University and are published in the journal of the University- Rift Valley University Journal of Science and Technology.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
In line with the University’s main objective, the community engagement core activities are:
- developing sound organizational and management system that promotes and ensures the sustainability of community and consultancy service delivery and accomplishment;
- promoting the aim of bringing recognizable change in the community through active participation and collaboration of community, stakeholders and the university;
- underlining and making known to all staff of the University that community and consultancy service activities are as equally important as other regular duties (teaching and research) of the University;
- strengthening partnership and linkages with the community and firms to provide community and consultancy service focusing on their priority of needs;
- facilitating the scaling up of best practices and experiences achieved through community and consultancy service to neighbouring communities and firms;
- helping the University to train competent and responsive professionals who can work with the community with great conviction and address community’s problems and implement practical means;
- advancing knowledge based management of firms through consultancy service and thereby improve their performance via economic development;
- enhancing effective and efficient utilization of resources to achieve intended objectives of community and consultancy service; and
- clarifying roles and responsibilities of different units involved in community and consultancy service activities.
EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Whereas the curricular activities are those described above, students also have different opportunities to engage in extra-curricular activities while they stay at RVU. Among those activities, some are depicted in pictures below:
FESTIVITIES
CULTURE DAY
