Addis Ababa University, the first autonomous public university in the country, increases the tuition fees twice higher than before. Following its independence, the university has approved a new tuition fee guidelines for undergraduate and postgraduate programs in August 2024.
Accordingly, for undergraduate programs students have to pay from 600 to 800 birr based on the types of the program. For Master’s (second degree) programs, it has set a pay rate ranges from 900 to 3,462 birr per European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) depending on the types of fields. Similarly, it sets the rate of payment for the PhD program which ranges from 1,200 to 4,615 birr per European Credit Transfer System (ECTS). For thesis and dissertations, students are expected to pay from 675 to 900 birr for masters, and 18,000 birr for PhD programs.
The university has stated that the new fee rate will be effective from the 1st semester of this year’s 2024/25 academic year. In addition, postgraduate students will be charged a registration fee of 300 Birr per semester. The university announced that all the fees are only for Ethiopian students, and there is no explanation why the fees have increased to such a high amount.
The payment and the particular program details are presented in the tables below and the tuition fees listed are for Ethiopian students only.
Table 1: Addis Ababa University tuition fees for undergraduate Students
S.No
Program
Payment per ECTS in Birr
1
Medicine and Dental Medicine
2,307.69
2
Pharmacy, Veterinary Medicine, and Other Health sciences
1,153.17
3
Software engineering, Computer Science and Architecture
1,500.00
4
Information Science and Engineering
900.00
5
Law and Business and economics
700.00
6
Social Sciences, Educational disciplines, Music, Art, Theatre, Humanities, language studies and Journalism
600.00
Table 2: Addis Ababa University tuition fees for postgraduate (Master) Students
S.No
Program
Payment per ECTS in Birr
1
Medicine and Dental Medicine
3,461.54
2
Pharmacy, Veterinary Medicine, and Other Health sciences
1,729.76
3
Software engineering, Computer Science and Architecture
2,250.00
4
Information Science and Engineering
1,350.00
5
Law and Business and economics
1,050.00
6
Social Sciences, Educational disciplines, Music, Art, Theatre, Humanities, language studies and Journalism
900.00
Table 3: Addis Ababa University tuition fees for postgraduate (PhD) Students
S.No
Program
Payment per ECTS in Birr
1
Medicine and Dental Medicine
4,615.38
2
Pharmacy, Veterinary Medicine, and Other Health sciences
2,306.34
3
Software engineering, Computer Science and Architecture
3,000.00
4
Information Science and Engineering
1,800.00
5
Law and Business and economics
1,400.00
6
Social Sciences, Educational disciplines, Music, Art, Theatre, Humanities, language studies and Journalism