1. Admission to master’s program
Admission to master’s program shall take place twice in one academic year. Application for
admission into the master’s graduate program is normally processed before the beginning
of each semester.
Academic Admission Requirements
- A candidate should have a BSc/ BA/ BBA/ BPH/ LLB degree in related fields.
- A candidate should have a strong academic record from his or her previous studies and should get a recommendation from two referees and should gain an approval of admittance by the SGS.
- The applicant must meet satisfactorily the selection criteria which may include the entrance examination to be administered by the Academic Units concerned.
- Foreign applicants may, in lieu of sitting for entrance examination, submit results of GRE.
- For applicants whose undergraduate and/or graduate programs’ medium of instruction is not English, TOEFL, IELTS or equivalent, language proficiency examinations, may be required.
- The minimum requirement to be enrolled in the masters program shall be a "Good" grade (B) in a BA/ BSc or any other undergraduate project/senior essay.
- For applicants with less than "good grade" in their BSc/BA or undergraduate project; excellent performance on the entrance exam must be required.
- Eligibility to admission shall consider the academic potential, interest and financial capacity of the applicant.
- Admission will pay attention to equity and diversity (there will be greater emphasis on gender equity and on attracting talented students from historically disadvantaged communities).
- The admission of candidates of MoSHE shall be jointly planned, negotiated and decided between HU and MoSHE.
- MoSHE applicants may compete among each other in cases there are few places than the number of applicants.
- The status of all candidates applying to join Hawassa University in the masters program should be determined by calculating the average result, out of the total, of all criteria provided under article 4.2.5.