Committed to Excellence in the Public Sector

Ethiopian Civil Service University:

A Brief Profile

August 2022

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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 Contents
1. General Information about Ethiopian Civil Service University ................................... 2
2. A Brief Overview of Ethiopian Civil Service University .............................................. 3
2.1 Background ........................................................................................................ 3
2.2 Academic Structure ............................................................................................ 5
2.3 Research Structure ............................................................................................ 6
3. Discipline and Field of Studies .................................................................................. 7
4. Number of Academic Staff ........................................................................................ 8
5. Number of Students by Educational Programs ......................................................... 8
6. Center of Excellence Name and Specialization ........................................................ 8
7. Supportive Pictures................................................................................................. 10
8. Map of the University .............................................................................................. 11
9. Contact Person ......................................................................................................... 12

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1. General Information about Ethiopian Civil Service University

Name of the University: Ethiopian Civil Service University

University differentiation by Ministry of Education (MoE): A graduate and Research
University
Logo:

List of Campuses:

 Main Campus (CMC Road, Addis Ababa)

 Woliso Campus (Woliso ,Oromiya Region )

Name and Address of the President:

Name: Prof. Fikre Dessalegn, President of ECSU

Mob. Phone: (+251) 912 214150
Email Adress: fikredessalegn@yahoo.com

Vision:

To become a center of excellence, competent and equipped with state of the art
technology, in the field of public service by 2030
Mission:

To continuously build the capacity of the public sector by providing high-quality

and specialized education, training, consultancy, research, and community
services in order to enable the later to become efficient, effective, transparent,
and accountable public service provider.

University Address:

Tel.0116 46 2887; Fax: 0116463016 P.O.Box5648; E-mail: IPRD@ecsu.edu.et

or Pr.ecsu@gmail.com; Website: www.ecsu.edu.et; Tweeter: @ECSU tweets;
Facebook: Ethiopian Civil Service University; FM Radio: 100.5MHz.

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2. A Brief Overview of Ethiopian Civil Service University
2.1 Background

Following the introduction of a federal government system in Ethiopia in 1991, nine new
regional states and two autonomous city administrations were established under a
federal government —these changes have significantly increased the size of
government. Though the new federal system have significantly decentralized power to
regional states and lower administrations, the capacity of public sector established in
both federal and regional states were very limited; as a result there exist deficit in
implementation capacity among civil service institutions at all levels. And to address
this gap and continuously build and transform the public sector at all levels, the federal
government has established Ethiopian Civil Service College in 1995 (later become
Ethiopian Civil Service University in 2011), as public higher education institution in
Ethiopia mandated to solely build and transform the capacity of the public sector.

Beginning from its establishment, the Ethiopian Civil Service University has been
engaged in providing specialized education and training programs specifically tailored to
the demands and aspirations of the civil service in the country. And as a result, it has
produced quite significant number of professional graduates, 50,000 (with diploma, first,
second and PhD degree). The university has also conducted, published and
disseminated about 300 researches on pertinent public sector issues and therefore
contributed to the making of evidence-based public sector policies. Providing need-
based short term training to 200,000 public sector employees and leaders, the
university has also contributed to build and up-date the capacity of civil servants across
the nation. The university has also provided significant consultancy services to the
public sector in several areas, including public sector re-engineering. It has also
undertaken significant engagement in community services.

In addition, in ordered to strengthen bilateral and regional cooperation in the horn of

Africa, the Ethiopian Civil Service University, through partnership with domestic and
international organizations, have attempted to discharge its continental and international
role by providing scholarship opportunities to civil servants of neighboring countries, and

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so far it has produced 448 graduates, coming from countries, including Federal
Republic of Somalia, Kenya, Uganda and South Sudan.

The Ethiopian Civil Service University, to maintain and enhance its competency, has
been engaged in strategically developing its own capacities, human resources,
infrastructure, and administrative and operational systems. And currently, the university
has 1520 staff (from which 319 are academic). About more than 50 percent of the
academic staff has PhD with a rank of assistant professor and above—though there is
still a need to further enhance staff portfolio of the university to effectively undertake
PhD programs and produce high-end research outputs.

The Ethiopian civil service university has also undergone through several reforms and
organizational structures from time to time. Currently, following the decision by the
Ministry of Education to classify universities in to three specializations: graduate and
research universities, comprehensive universities, and applied universities— ECSU has
been classified as a graduate and research university along with other senior and first
generation universities of the country. And therefore based on the recommendation of
Ministry of Education, the university is currently reorganizing itself organizational
structures.

In general, the Ethiopian civil service university in its three decades of journey of
excellence in higher education has managed to make significant contribution in building
capacity of the public sector. However, there still remains significant obstacles in the
public sector that undermines its aspiration to become an efficient, effective and
accountable public service providers—and the Ethiopian Civil Service University will
continue to engage the public sector to battle and conquer its challenges by providing
specialized education, training, research, and consultancy services.

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2.2 Academic Structure Academic Affairs Vice
President
Office

Academic Programs Directorate

Continuing and
Guidance and Distance
Counseling School of Registrar and Student Library and
Education Graduate Alumni Admission
Service Coordination
Documentation Colleges
Center Studies Directorate Directorate Directorate
Office

Vice
Registrar
College of Finance, College of Urban
Management and College of Leadership Development and
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Development and Governance Engineering
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 Department of Public  Department of Urban

and Social Security Planning and
Management  Institute of leadership Development
 Department of and Good Governance  Department of Urban
Development Economics  School of Diplomacy and Engineering and
and Management International Relations Surveying
 Department of Urban
 Department of Public  African Institute of
Land Development and
Financial Management Governance and Management
and Accounting Development  Department of Urban
 Department of Tax and  School of Policy Studies Infrastructure and
Customs Administration  School of Law and Transport Management
 Department of Federalism  Department of Housing
 Department of English and Real Estate Property
Procurement and Assets
Management
Management Language
 Department of
 Department of Environment and Climate
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Statistics
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 2.3 Research Structure

Research and Community Service Vice

President
Office

Research and University- Center for Center for University

Community
Publication industrial Research in Research in Service
Service
Coordination Linkage Ethics and Public Service Directorate
Directorate
Directorate Directorate Integrity Reforms

FM 100.5 Community Radio Service

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 3. Discipline and Field of Studies
Ethiopian Civil Service University currently provides education in 51 programs (9 in PhD Degree, 33
Master’s Degree, and 9 Bachelor degrees). The following table depicts the lists of field of studies in each
program.

Programs Field of Studies

Development Management Public Financial Procurement and Asset Management
Management

Bachelor Tax and Customs Accounting and Finance Urban Planning

Degree Administration
Programs
Urban Engineering Surveying Engineering Urban Land Management and Information
System

Development Economics Comparative Business Law Peace and Security

Public Management Development Policy Social Policy

Public Financial Comparative Constitution Project Leadership and Management

Management and Public Law (LLM)

Tax Policy and Leadership and Governance Migration and Development

Administration

Customs Administration Public Policy Studies Urban Management

and International Trade

Transport Planning and Social Security Management Urban Infrastructure Provision &
Master Degree Management Management
Programs
Accounting and Finance Policy Analysis Urban Land Development and
Management

Development management Federalism Studies Urban Planning and Development

Procurement and Assets Diplomacy & International Environment & Climate Change
Management Relations Management

Housing Development and Criminal Law and Justice Development Communication and Media
Management Studies

Real Property Valuation Governance and International Law [LLM]

Development

Public Management Mobility and Infrastructure Leadership and Public Policy Studies
Planning and Management (Specialization in Leadership)
Public Financial Environment and Climate Leadership and Public Policy
PhD Degree
Management Change Resilience Studies(Specialization in Public Policy
Programs Studies)
Urban Planning and Urban and Regional Studies Development Economics
Development

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 4. Number of Academic Staff
Ethiopian Civil Service University currently employees 1520 staff, of which 319 are academic
staff. The following table depicts the number of academic staff by gender and as per their
academic rank.

Graduate Lecture Assistant Associate Professor

Assistant professor Professor
2021/2022
Academic Year M F T M F T M F T M F T M F T

4 1 5 117 45 162 122 1 13 13 - 13 5 - 5

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Total Number of Academic Staff= 319 (Male=261, Female=58)

5. Number of Students by Educational Programs

Undergraduate Master PhD

2021/2022 M F T M F T M F T
Academic 523 199 722 4655 1641 6296 63 10 73
Year
Total Number of Students= 7,091

6. Center of Excellence Name and Specialization

1. Provision of high quality and specialized graduate programs targeting public

service and governance
 Public management, finance , and development
 Leadership and good governance
 Urban engineering and development
2. Provision of high impact research outputs and effective consultancy services in
the field of public sector
 Research and studies in public sector ethics, reform, development, and urban studies
 Consultancy service in public sector: public sector reform, public sector finance,
management, urban planning and transformation, project management, federalism
and law
3. Provision of need-based short and midterm training for public sector employees
and leaders

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  Policy, leadership, and human resource
 Urban management and transformation
 Public financial management
 Gender, special needs and other cross cutting issues

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 7. Supportive Pictures

President Office Library Data Center Hidasse Hall

Abay Hall Community Radio Smart Room Residential for trainees

Staff Residence ICT lab Development learning

Students’ dormitory Students ‘Clinic
Center

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 8. Map of the University

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 Name: Tariku Ayano
Position: Director of International and Public Relations
9. Contact
Person Directorate
Tel: +251 912146335
Email: tarikuday@yahoo.com

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