# Admas University in Hargeisa and Garoowe

> Admas University's campuses in Hargeisa (2006) and Garoowe (2014): how they started, programmes, students, graduates and accreditation.

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Last checked: 2026-11-12
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## In short

Admas University is a private university from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with two campuses in Somali areas: Hargeisa in [Somaliland](/en/states/somaliland-1991-to-2026/) and Garoowe (Garowe) in [Puntland](/en/states/puntland/) ([Wikipedia, Admas Hargeisa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admas_University_College%E2%80%93Hargeisa); [Wikipedia, Admas Garowe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admas_University_College%E2%80%93Garowe)).

## Hargeisa campus (2006)

Admas began teaching in Hargeisa in September 2006 ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admas_University_College%E2%80%93Hargeisa)). Wikipedia describes it as the first private higher education institution in Somaliland (same source). It rests on two agreements: one between the education ministries of Ethiopia and Somaliland, and one between Admas University in Ethiopia and Admas University in Hargeisa (same source).

**Growth (same source):**

- First intake: about 150 students in four bachelor's subjects: ICT, accounting, economics and management.
- Later: more than 3,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students on five nearby campuses.
- Graduates: more than 7,000 with bachelor's and master's degrees and postgraduate diplomas.

**Graduations:** its 11th class, 606 students, graduated at the Maansoor Hotel in Hargeisa in October 2019, with Vice President Abdirahman Abdillahi Ismael attending ([Somaliland Standard, 13 October 2019](https://somalilandstandard.com/somaliland-vp-joins-admas-in-graduating-606-students/)).

**Accreditation:** its 11 undergraduate and 7 postgraduate programmes are accredited by Somaliland's National Commission for Higher Education and by Ethiopia's Education and Training Authority, formerly HERQA (same source). It has run joint postgraduate programmes with foreign universities (same source).

## Admas University in Ethiopia

The parent Admas University is a private university in Addis Ababa ([Wikipedia, Admas Hargeisa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admas_University_College%E2%80%93Hargeisa)). Hargeisa and Garoowe are its campuses outside Ethiopia (same source). Its Hargeisa graduates work in Somaliland's private, public and NGO sectors, according to the same account.

## Garoowe campus (2014)

The Garoowe campus opened in March 2014 in Puntland's administrative capital ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admas_University_College%E2%80%93Garowe)). Its faculties (same source):

- **Business:** accounting, economics, management, marketing management
- **Informatics:** computer science, information technology, office administration and technology systems
- **Social Sciences:** development studies, sociology, educational planning and management
- **Health Sciences:** health officer

## Read more

- [Universities in Somalia](/en/society/universities-in-somalia/)
- [Somali universities one by one](/en/institutions/main-universities/)
- [Nugaal region](/en/regions/nugaal/)

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