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Brief Background about Institute of Land Administration
Oda Bultum University (OBU), Institute of Land Administration (ILA) is located at Chiro town in West Hararghe zone of the Oromia National Regional State. It is located at 326 km southeast of Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia.
The Institute came to being developed from previous Haramaya University, College of Agro Industry and Land Resource as a department of Land Administration. The Institute has set itself core responsibilities, with a focus on producing ethical, competent qualified graduates, problem solving researches, and demand driven community services. The B.Sc. program in Land Administration as a department was established in 2015/16, having an objective of proper land management and administration, quality land education, research and community service. The establishment was initiated because of a serious lack of trained manpower in the area of land administration. This program has a very holistic approach including several different disciplines which give the students a wide knowledge of the technical, economical, legal and management aspects of land administration.
Since 2016/17, by building its capacity in updated surveying equipment and Laboratories, this programme becomes the Institute of Land Administration (ILA) and it is one of the members of East African Land Administration Network (ELAN). Now, the institute had two B.Sc. programme (Land Administration and Surveying and Geographic Information System) and it’s on the way to launch a BSc. Program in Real Property Valuation and MSc. in GIS and Remote Sensing.
In addition to the regular teaching activities, the institute is working with Federal, Regional Zonal and Woreda office and has been providing Short term and Long Term Trainings to the experts in GIS, Urban and rural cadaster and other land sectors.
Vision of the institute
The vision of the institute is to be one of the center of excellence in land administration and Geospatial related education, research and community service in East Africa by 2030.
Mission
- Educating competent students in land administration and Geospatial sector equipped with the required knowledge, skills and attitude;
- Promote advanced research and innovation on the basis of the countries requirement.
- Carrying out research of national and regional importance in the area of land administration and Geospatial applications; and
- Providing advisory, consultancy and outreach services in land administration and Geospatial sector
Core Values
The institute of land administration will promote and be guided by the following core values:
- Quality
- integrity
- Rule of law
- Team work
- Academic discovery
- Transparence
- Equality
- Collaboration
- Accountability
- Promote diversity
Staff Profile and Resources
We have Competent professionals with the required training in land administration and Surveying, Geographic Information Science, Remote Sensing, Geomantic engineering, Urban planning, Land Information System, Real property Valuation, Land Resource Management
Currently the institute has about 27 academic staff and of the total staff, about 4 are PhD candidates 10 Lecturers, 3 Assistant lecturers, 6 Technical Assistants. Moreover, the institute is equipped with modern GIS and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Computer Laboratory and Modern Surveying equipment such as Differential GPS, Total Station, Theodolite, Leveling and Had held GPS.
Total No. of Academic staff on duty in the institute of Land Administration in 2022/23 AY
| College/Institute | TA | GA I | GA II | Ass. Lecturer | Lecturer | Total | ||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Institute of Land Administration | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 11 | 1 | 15 | 4 |
| Total | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 19 |
Total No. of Academic staff on study leave in the institute of Land Administration in 2022/23 AY
| College | Second Degree | Third Degree | Total | |||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Institute of Land Administration | 4 | 0 | 4 | – | 8 | – |
| Total | 4 | 4 | 8 |
Total Number of Graduates in the institute of Land Administration since 2018/19 AY
| Department | M | F | Total |
| Land Administration and Surveying | 48 | 15 | 63 |
| Geographic Information Science | 23 | 8 | 31 |
| 94 |
Total Regular Undergraduate program students in 2021/22
| Department | Year | Regular | |||
| Male | Female | Total | |||
| Land Administration and Surveying | 2nd | 28 | 10 | 38 | |
| Geographic Information Science | 2nd | 17 | 12 | 29 | |
| Sub Total | 45 | 22 | 67 | ||
| Land Administration and Surveying | 3rd | 8 | 3 | 11 | |
| Geographic Information Science | 3rd | 8 | 3 | 11 | |
| Sub Total | 16 | 6 | 22 | ||
| Land Administration and Surveying | 4th | 26 | 6 | 32 | |
| Total | All | 87 | 34 | 121 |
Contact Address
| No | Position | Name | |
| 1 | Dean of the Institute | Estifanos Abera Gemeda | estifanosabera@gmail.com |