Academic calendar
Regular Undergraduate 2nd Year Classes - Semester II runs Sep 14, 2026 – Oct 4, 2026. Calendar aliases that share a date range are grouped together, with every source term still shown.
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Campus language
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A
- Addis
- Refers to students coming from the capital city, Addis Ababa, often used as a social identifier.
B
- Block 1
- A primary residential building on the main campus, typically housing male students.
- Block 84
- A specific residential block often mentioned in student housing assignments.
C
- Cafe
- The main student dining hall where government-sponsored meals are served to students.
D
- Department
- Commonly used to refer to one's major or the specific cohort of students within that major.
- Dire
- Short for Dire Dawa, the nearest major city where students often go for recreation.
E
- EMSA-HU
- Ethiopian Medical Students' Association - Haramaya University branch, active at the Harar campus.
F
- Female Dorms
- The collective term for the residential area designated for female students, often strictly monitored.
- Fresh
- Short for freshman; refers to first-year students who have recently joined the university.
G
- GC
- Graduating Class; a term used to refer to students in their final year of study.
H
- Harar Campus Dorms
- Residential facilities located at the College of Health and Medical Sciences in Harar.
- HUES
- Haramaya University Economics Society, an academic organization for economics students.
- HUESA
- Haramaya University Engineering Students Association, a professional group for engineering majors.
- HUSU
- Haramaya University Students' Union, the official body representing student interests to the administration.
N
- Non-Cafe
- Refers to students who opt out of the government meal plan to eat at private restaurants or kiosks.
S
- Staff Lounge
- A dining area primarily for faculty that students sometimes use for higher-quality paid meals.
Places and practicalities
Buildings, logistics, and other local references drawn from the approved campus snapshot.
- Alemaya Hall
- A prominent assembly hall used for major university events and graduations.
- CCI
- The College of Computing and Informatics building, housing computer labs and IT classrooms.
- Clearance
- The essential administrative process of returning all university property to receive grades or graduate.
- Cost Sharing
- The mandatory government system where students agree to repay tuition and boarding costs after graduation.
- CSSH
- The College of Social Sciences and Humanities building.
- CVM
- The College of Veterinary Medicine building, located on the main campus.
- harar_campus_cafeteria
- Harar Campus Cafeteria
- hit_campus_cafeteria
- HiT Campus Cafeteria
- ID Card
- Required for entry into the 'Cafe' and for accessing library services; it is the primary form of campus identification.
- Main Library
- The central academic resource building on the main campus.
- main_campus_cafeteria
- Main Campus Cafeteria
- Placement
- The competitive process where freshmen are assigned to specific departments based on their first-year GPA.
- Registrar
- The office responsible for all official academic records, grade reports, and enrollment certifications.
- veterinary_campus_cafeteria
- Veterinary Campus Cafeteria
Quick answers
Useful facts students can verify from the guide above.
- What academic term is relevant now?
- Regular Undergraduate 2nd Year Classes - Semester II runs Sep 14, 2026 – Oct 4, 2026.
- How much campus context is included?
- 16 approved campus terms and 14 local details are included in full.
- Are all approved campus terms included?
- Yes. The complete approved glossary is available in the scrollable, searchable campus-language section.
- Where does this guide come from?
- Calendar dates, campus terms, and local details come from DormWay's approved campus reference library.