About the Department
Hydraulic and Water Resource Engineering department is one of the undergraduate program under the school of Civil and Hydraulic Engineering in the institute of Technology, University of Gondar and was launched in December 2010 as The Water Resources & Environmental Engineering Department under the Faculty of Technology based on the premises that there is a strong need of manpower in the field so as to realize the development plan of the nation.Currently the program runs a curriculum offering a five year B.Sc. degree in Hydraulic and Water Resources Engineering due to the national demand specialization in Hydraulic and water resources engineering. The department is working on teaching learning, research and technology transfer and community agenda to the students, community and other stakeholder in water engineering thematic areas.
The department had a postgraduate program in Hydraulic engineering and four chair specialization named
- Hydraulic and Hydropower Engineering
- Water supply and environmental engineering
- Hydrology and water resources engineering
- Irrigation engineering