On the portal.aau.edu.et after logging on to your homepage, you will find the various disciplines in each college and institute. You are required to indicate your choices, in rank order, by choosing the number (1, 2, 3 …) in front of each discipline/program in the preference form. Make sure you put the correct number of your choice in front of every program.

Note:

1. You have to submit your preferences yourself through our online system, by using portal.aau.edu.et.
2. Or else, you can go to your nearest registrar’s office and request a clerk to assist you in submitting this request online. You must have a username and password to enter into the portal.
3. If you fail to submit your preference before the set deadline (April 15, 2024), you would have lost the opportunity for the placement system to take your preference into consideration and the placement system will automatically place you in a discipline of its choice.

A. Possible colleges/schools/departments for Choice for Natural Science students

1. Dental Medicine (There will be an entrance examination by the College)
2. Medicine (There will be an entrance examination by the College)
3. Pharmacy (There will be an entrance examination by the College)
4. Veterinary Medicine
5. Veterinary Laboratory Technology
6. Other health sciences
7. Pre-engineering AAIT
8. Pre-engineering EIABC
9. Computer Science
10. Information System
11. Other Natural Sciences

b. Possible colleges/schools/departments for Choice for Social Science students

1. Law
2. Other Social Sciences

c. Placement Criteria and Schedule

1. 1. April 12 (Friday), 2024: Orientation will be given to students on available programs and their preferences.
   2. April 13 to April 14, 2024: Students will fill their preferences online.
   • Students who are interested to join Medicine, Dental Medicine, and Pharmacy should sit for the entrance Exam prepared by the colleges. The number of students who are eligible to sit for the entrance exam will be decided by the Colleges.
   • Those students who will sit for the entrance exam will be screened by the registrar based on their choice and Result (EUEE + First Semester GPA)
   3. April 16, 2024: The potential candidates list who can sit for the entrance exam will be communicated to the relevant colleges and the candidates (students).
   4. April 17, 2024: The colleges of health science will conduct the entrance exam.
   5. April 19, 2024: The colleges of health science will inform the registrar of those students who have passed the selection criteria (EUEE (35%) + First Semester GPA (35%) + Entrance Exam 30%) and are placed in the School of Medicine and School of Pharmacy.
   • Candidates who sat for the entrance exam but were not able to join one of the above-mentioned schools (Medicine or Pharmacy) will be placed in other colleges based on their results and preferences (EUEE (Ethiopian University Entrance Exam) 50%, First Semester Result (50%))
   6. April 20, 2024: All other students will be placed to their preference based on their (EUEE (Ethiopian University Entrance Exam) 50%, and First Semester Result (50%) by the registrar.
   7. April 22, 2024: Second-semester registration will be conducted.
   8. April 23, 2024: Second-semester classes begin.

Self-Sponsored Students

1. Self-Sponsored students who already secured their choice of programs do not need to fill the online preference.
2. Those self-sponsored students who were not placed to a specific program during registration need to fill the online form.
3. Those self-sponsored students who are temporarily assigned for school of medicine should sit for entrance exams.

Additional Information

1. In all programs, gender-based affirmative action will be effected by the allocation of 20% of the total for females.
2. For CHS and CLGS, gender-based affirmative action will be done during selection of students sitting for the entrance exam and after the exam during placement.
3. Disability and Disadvantaged regions based affirmative action will be effected In all programs except Medicine and Dental Medicine.