Vice Dean for Postgraduate, Research and Community Services, Tadie Degie (PhD)

As per Article 41 of the Senate legislation (May 2019), the graduate, research, and community services vice dean shall have the following duties and responsibilities:

#  Plan (short-term, long-term); follow up on the implementation, and report the graduate program activities

#  Prepare standards, frameworks, guidelines, and strategies for enhancing PG programs.

#  Follow up on the students' progress from admission to graduation

#  Initiate and monitor the development of new programs and review of existing postgraduate programs and curricula based on needs and national priorities.

#  Prepares capacity-building programs for postgraduate students and staff.

#  Promote and work on the internationalization of programs

#  Follow up on graduate students' progress report

#  Ensuring the relevance of postgraduate students' research to the thematic areas of the universities

#  Lead weekly research seminars and make sure active participation of graduate students

#  Lead annual and other related research seminars and conferences, and ensure the active participation of graduate students and staff

#  Announce research calls, assign evaluators, and award research grants by giving due priorities to researchers who incorporate graduate students.

#  Provide support and follow up for research projects and report the performance to the respective offices.

#  Initiate research projects and grant writing

#  Plan, coordinate, and monitor the community services and technology transfer activities, and report the performance accordingly.

#  Perform other activities assigned by the dean.