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Our Partners and Recognition

Hawassa University proudly stands as a center of innovation, excellence, and impact, earning wide-ranging national and international recognition for its groundbreaking research and strategic partnerships.

Awards and Recognition

Hawassa University proudly stands as a center of innovation, excellence, and impact, earning wide-ranging national and international recognition for its groundbreaking research and strategic partnerships. The University has secured numerous Utility Model Patents and Patents for transformative innovations, including bioactive compounds derived from indigenous plants, advanced blended learning systems, modular construction technologies, eco-hydrological landscape restoration solutions, garment quality inspection technologies, modern agricultural machinery, and automatic real-time water measurement systems.


Beyond innovation, Hawassa University has been honored by the British Council for successfully delivering the EUPE Project and for its valued role as a trusted partner in the IELTS Partnership Program. The University has also received prestigious recognitions for its leadership in national development initiatives, such as preparing the Rift Valley Basin 15-Year Plan, co-hosting advanced computational science training programs, and contributing to national micro and small enterprise exhibitions.


These achievements reflect Hawassa University’s unwavering commitment to excellence, global engagement, and delivering solutions that drive sustainable development and societal transformation.

Ethiopian Intellectual Property Authority- Ameessa Plant

Utility Model Patent awarded to Hawassa University (Dec. 15, 2025) for Bioactive Compound Extracted from the Ameessa Plant.

Ethiopian Intellectual Property Authority- Blended Learning

Utility Model Patent awarded to Hawassa University on Sept. 05, 2023 for Blended Learning and System.

British Council

Certificate of Recognition from the British Council to Hawassa University for successfully implementing EUPE Project, July 2024.

Ethiopian Intellectual Property Authority

Utility Model Patent awarded to Hawassa University on Nov. 3, 2025, for Interlocking Structural Assembly for Modular Construction.

Ethiopian Intellectual Property Authority

Utility Model Patent awarded to Hawassa University on Dec. 12, 2022 for a Method of Restoring Degraded Landscape Using Eco-hydrological Green-semi Grey infrastructure.

Ethiopian Intellectual Property Authority

Certificate of partnership awarded from the British Council to Hawassa University for being a proud partner in success as a member of the British Council IELTS Partnership program

Ethiopian Intellectual Property Authority 

Utility Model Patent awarded to Hawassa University on Sept. 3, 2025 for Multiple Light Supported Garment Quality Control Inspection Table 

Ministry of Labor and Skills 

Certificate of Recognition awarded to Hawassa University on Jan. 17, 2023 for Active Contribution in the National Micro & Small Enterprises Exhibition & Bazar Held in Hawassa from Jan. 12-17, 2023. 

Ministry of Labor and Skills 

Certificate of Recognition   awarded to Hawassa University on July 04, 2022 for Preparing Rift Valley Basin 15 Years Plan.

FDRE water and Energy Ministry Rift Valley Basin

Certificate of Recognition   awarded to Hawassa University on July 04, 2022 for Preparing Rift Valley Basin 15 Years Plan.

FDRE water and Energy Ministry Rift Valley Basin

Certificate of Recognition awarded to Hawassa University on July 27, 2022, for co-hosting and sponsoring training on advanced computational tools and 3rd Annual Computational Sciences and Engineering Society of Ethiopia.

Ethiopian Intellectual Property Authority

Patent awarded to Hawassa University (Abebe Kebede & Tesfaye Abebe) on Sept.  23, 2024 for Teff Sowing Machine.

Ethiopian Intellectual Property Authority

Patent awarded to Hawassa University on June 23, 2025, for Automatic Real time Water Measurement System.