President’s message

Welcome To Oda Butum University

Oda Bultum University President Message

Welcome to Oda Bultum University’s website. I am happy to invite you to explore about our university’s wisdom. The university is one of the youngest, energetic and leading public higher education institution located 326 kilo meters east of the National capital Addis Ababa and found in the center of sociable community of eastern Oromia, Ethiopia. I have been entrusted with the academic excellence, research quality and community engagement and enriching quality of student life. I have gained a deep respect for the culture and tradition in our university.

Recently, the university is differentiated into comprehensive university with a core responsibility focusing on producing ethical, competent and qualified graduates, problem solving research outreaches, and demand driven community services. The university has set its moto as “Productive Mind for Development” and 10 years strategic planning to be one of the recognized universities in Eastern Africa by its social development, natural resource conservation, technology transfer and agro-processing by 2030.

As our moto states, we are here to educate our students to earn a living, to make ethical decisions, and to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives distinguished by intellectual, moral, psychological growth by developing the right habits and mindset. Developing a productivity mindset is the first step in becoming more successful in everybody’s work endeavor. The idea of developing a productivity mindset came from the realization that there are many people with excellent skills who are not productive when it comes to their actual work. They can produce excellent work but it takes them long periods or they produce low quality, even though they have all the skills needed to excel at their job. Productivity is not only efficiency but also about effectiveness. If you want to be productive, you have to take care of your mental state and know your limits. Our top priority is developing a productivity mindset. So that our graduates will apply what they have gained to solve the society’s problems.

I invite you to spend some time on the website, explore more about OBU, and become a part of our extended family.

Muktar Mohammed Yusuf (Professor)

President, Oda Bultum University

Tel: +251930313005

Email: muktarmoha@yahoo.com

Chiro, Ethiopia