Facts and Figures

3.     Number of Students in the Institute

The annual intake capacity of regular students in the institute is given the following table.

 Enrolment Year

The total number of students at the institute in the year 2014/2015 first semester is given in the following table.

Enrolment	Undergraduate Program	Postgraduate Program
Regular	8517	558
Extension	3467	167
Total	11, 984	725

 

 

 

 

 

The average percentage of female students who join the institute per year is 25 % 

4.     Academic Staff  Profile  in the Institute

     The number of academic staffs in the year 2014/2015 first semester is given in the following table.

Academic Rank	Academic Staff on Duty	Academic Staff on Study Leave	Remarks
Assistant professor and above	38	30	11 of them are  foreign professors
Lecture	166	-
Assistant Lecturer	165	133
Technical Assistant	96	35
Total	465	168

5.     Infrastructure/Facilities in the Institute

The institute has the following facilities to aspire the teaching-learning, research and community service activities.

S. No	Facility	Unit	Quantity	Remark
1	Digital Library	Pcs	2
2	Postgraduate Library	Pcs	1
3	Standard Library	Pcs	4
4	Class Rooms	Pcs	60
5	Laboratory	Pcs	26
6	Computer Laboratory	Pcs	28
7	Machines and Workshops	Pcs	12
8	Research Grade Laboratory	Pcs	3

Ø  Constructions underway:

  G+4 complex buildings with 26 class rooms, 8 laboratory rooms, and 29 offices.

  Student living room with 4000 student capacity

  One Complex multipurpose building for class rooms, laboratories and offices.

6.     Unique Identity/Excellence in the Institute

Bahir Dar Institute of Technology has the following unique identity.

·         Focused and Fully Practical Oriented Teaching:  based on the in-depth experience from the poly-technique, the course delivery system in the institute gives more emphasis on practical oriented teaching. We have the mission to become a home of technological innovation and entrepreneur driven Excellency centre. Thus, we are seriously following the practical oriented education.

·         Geographical Advantage: We are found on the source of the Blue Nile River, Lake Tana. Thus, our institute is working hard to become center of excellence in Water Resources Management, Climate Monitoring, Sustainable Energy Technology  and Agro-Processing

·         Research Thematic Areas :

The central motive of Bahir Dar Institute of Technology is to bridge academics and industry in system-oriented research and technology transfer areas that are critical for the countries economic growth. As it is clearly stipulated on the five-year strategic document of BiT, Technology Capacity Accumulation and Transfer (TeCAT) is the key responsibility to be addressed and realized.

Therefore, the Institute has selected key research and technology competences areas based on their potential to support research projects, graduate programs and international standards. The Institute is confident that academic staffs and students will diligently contribute throughout the cycle of technology creation, development and implementation activities, which has special institutional and national interest.

                      Table 1: Key research areas

The Technology Transfer Competencies of each thematic area is outlined as follows

1.        Sustainable Energy Technology 

                       

2.      Food Processing and Postharvest Technology

Crop Value Chain	Milk products	Oil Seeds
Agricultural mechanization	Pasteurization	Milling Technology
Process technology & product development	Cooling	Refrigeration
Thermal drying	Fermentation	Filtering
Quality assurance	Quality Assurance
International certification

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Water Resource and Management

Water supply	Water quality	Flood management
Water supply design	Water quality analysis	Hydrology
Irrigation concepts	Safety concepts	Flood prevention construction
Water supply network analysis		Soil erosion
Sanitation and Hygiene		Weather observation
		Perception monitoring

 

4.      Transport System

 

Roads	Railways	Maritime
Material Test	Rail construction	Boat construction
Surveying	Train systems	Maritime technical training
Geological Studies	Traffic control systems

 

5.       Environmental Management and Protection

Waste management	Environmental assessment
Waste characterization	Environmental impact assessment
Waste treatment design	Strategic environmental assessment
Pollution prevention concepts	Environmental management systems

 

 

 

                                        

 

 

6.   Information and Communication Systems         

Remote Sensing	Signal Processing	ICT
Satellite Remote Sensing	Satellite Signal Processing Radar Signal Processing and Development	Software Development  Big Data Mobile and Cloud Comp ting
Radar Remote Sensing	Cooperatives Sensor  Signal Processing	Distribution Computing
Sensor and automation	Biomedical Signal Processing and Imaging Beamforming and Smart Processing	Service Discovery