Dean Message

The Institute of Land Administration (ILA) at Bahir Dar University was established in 2006 by launching the first BSc program in Land Administration in Ethiopia. The establishment of the institute was initiated by the then Environmental Protection, Land Administration and Use Authority (EPLAUA) of the Amhara National Regional State. Institute’s establishment was supported by Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden and financed by the Swedish government through SIDA. Since its establishment ILA has been providing the most valuable training in the country focusing on the different dimensions of land such as land tenure management, property law, property valuation, land use and development, GIS, Remote Sensing, Photogrammetry, cadastral surveying and mapping, urban design and planning.

Currently the institute is running three under graduate programs and five MSc programs and one PhD program in Land policy and governance tailored to land sector. The undergraduate programs are BSc in land administration and surveying, BSc in Architecture and BSc in Real Property Valuation. In addition to the BSc programs, ILA offers MSc program in Land Administration and Management, MSc in Real Property Valuation, MSc in Geomatics, MSc in Land Use Planning, MA in Real Property Law and PhD in Land Policy and Governance. The PhD training in land policy and governance supported by DAAD (German Academic Exchange Program) and financed by GIZ/AU as part of strengthening land governance capacity in Africa has been launched in Sept 2016. The institute has about 60 academic staffs comprising 2 Professors, 3 Associate Professors, 12 Assistant Professor and the remaining are lecturers and Assistant lecturers. Moreover, the institute is equipped with modern GIS and remote sensing, photogrammetry laboratories and modern surveying equipments required for practical teaching, research and community service.

ILA is closely working with the federal and regional states and has been providing different short and long term trainings to the experts in the land sector. ILA has also been conducting problem solving researches and short term and long term trainings on critical land sector problems in collaboration with national and international development partners. So as to extend the international collaboration and partnerships, ILA has initiated the establishment of the East African Land Administration Network (EALAN) at sub-continental level. The members of EALAN are 12 academic and research institutions/universities in Eastern Africa. ILA is also the founding member and secretariat of ETHIOLANDNET. ETHIOLANDNET is national network of academic and research institutes working on land. The purpose of these two networks is to create a platform of collaboration and working together. ILA has initiated the establishment of the Ethiopian Land Administration professionals’ association.

Belachew Yirsaw Alemu  (Ph.D.) 

Director, Institute of Land Administration, Bahir Dar University 

P.O.Box: 5001 or 79, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia 

Tel: +25158 320 1703/ +251 91 816 4647

Email: belachew.y02@gmail.com