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Jimma University

university in Ethiopia
Organization university Q6199299

Facts

12 properties

Identity

Instance of
university, open-access publisher[5]
Official website
www.ju.edu.et[9]
Short name
JU[11]as of 2026-10-21
where from?
Edition
20261021 · as of 2026-10-21
Bronze
7a7bf58d5ac18436… v2.15-2026-10-20-ror-data.zip
Transform
4ort-mint · ror:20261021 · version not recorded

Status and dates

Inception
1999, 1983[7][8]

Location

Country
Ethiopia[4]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 7.685°, 36.831°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Jimma[3]

Industry and activity

Industry
education[6]

Relations

Member of
Consortium of Ethiopian Academic and Research Libraries, Association of African Universities[1][2]
More facts +3
Motto text
We are In the Community[10]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikidata:WikiProject Academic Publisher[12]
Social media followers
+3643, +3247[13][14]
🏷️ Also known as
en ጅማ ዩኒቨርስቲ en IAU-009932 en Jimma University en JU en ju.edu.et ar جامعة جيما fr Jimma University fr Université de Jimma ru Университет Джиммы
🔖 Identifiers · 18
ROR ID
05eer8g02
ISNI
0000000120349160
VIAF cluster ID
152620382
Library of Congress authority ID
ns2015000223
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata ns2015000223 isni_public n97802594 edition 2026-10-01 · CC0 1.0
OpenAlex ID
I1443707, P4310311049
GRID ID
grid.411903.e
ARWU university ID
jimma-university
Freebase ID
/m/0bf1_0
GeoNames ID
10376723
KISTI ID
K000198428
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
1443707
NL CR AUT ID
xx0134905, xx0134904
Show all 18 identifiers +6
Open Funder Registry funder ID
501100005068
Quora topic ID
Jimma-University, Jimma-University-JU
Ringgold ID
107839
SNARC ID
Jim Fitzgerald
Scilit organization ID
5269
X (Twitter) username
jimmauniv
📚 Sources · 2

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Located in time zoneP421
Africa/Addis_Ababa 2026-09-26 S/UNIV · ET GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) as of 2026-09-26
where from?
Source
GeoNames
Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Credit
CC BY 4.0 — attribution: GeoNames (www.geonames.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Values as shipped.
Bronze
1da92a6323a5fec3… admin1CodesASCII.txt +9 files
Transform
4ort-mint · lake · version not recorded
CC BY 4.0 — attribution: GeoNames (www.geonames.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Values as shipped.
🔗 Connections
← Affiliated with 151
Abel Worku Tessema, Abraham Alem Kebede, Adedayo A. Yusuff, Ahmed Ali Dawud, Ahmed Mohammed Abagaro, Ahmed Seid, A. Johnson Santhosh, Akalu Banbeta +143 more
Notable alumni 3
Lemma Megersa, Lia Tadesse, Lulit Tesfaye
Country 1
Ethiopia
Has these parts 1
Jimma University Institute of Technology
Instance of 1
university
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Jimma
Member of 1
Association of African Universities
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Related Entities

Ethiopia Jimma Jimma University Institute of Technology Lulit Tesfaye university

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . Directory of Open Access Journals. unirank.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . Directory of Open Access Journals. wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . ju.edu.et. Retrieved . ju.edu.et. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [1] ↑ . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [2] ↑ . aau.org. Retrieved . aau.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . unirank.org. unirank.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . unirank.org. unirank.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . ror.org. Retrieved . ror.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 15d ago · Chandapiwa Malema · 2026-10-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    OpenAlex ID → I1443707, P4310311049
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Jimma
    Ringgold ID → 107839
    Grid id → —
    + 53 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Industry: education"
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