Aksum University

Aksum University (AKU) is a teaching university in Aksum in Tigray Region, Ethiopia. It offers teaching programs and research projects which lead toward undergraduate and master's degrees. It was established in February 2007 with the objective of teaching about education, research and community service.^[1] During the Tigray War in late 2020 and early 2021, the university's facilities were "completely destroyed", according to Alula Habteab, head of the Bureau of Construction, Road and Transport in the Transitional Government of Tigray.^[2]

Aksum University

አክሱም ዩኒቨርሲቲ
Motto	Excellence Through Perseverance
Established	February 2007
Founder	Ethiopian Government
President	Gebreyesus Birhane (PhD)
Location	Aksum , Ethiopia
Website	www.aku.edu.et

International relations

• - University of Graz,^{[citation needed]} University of Vienna^[3]
• - Metropolitan State College of Denver,^[4] University of Nebraska, Lincoln^{[citation needed]}