The Ethiopian Institute of Architecture, Building Construction and City Development (EiABC) is an autonomous Institute of Technology under Addis Ababa University, offering programs related to the built environment on Bachelor, Master and PhD level. The African countries show globally the highest degree of population growth, the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa is through birth rate and migration amon
g the fastest growing cities in the world. There is a high demand of highly educated Architects, Planners, Environmentalists, and Construction Managers; a high demand of design models based on the Ethiopian context for new towns, new rural developments, public spaces and facilities, including infrastructure systems; a high demand of scientific and applied research concerning indigenous construction material, building technology, housing and infrastructure, including teaching material; a high demand of good governance and best practice regulations in planning, construction and building. The inauguration of the Ethiopian Institute of Architecture, Building Construction and City Development (EiABC) in March 2010, was an urgent response to the demands of Ethiopia and its younger generation. EiABC has become a leader in excellent education, applied research, as well as in offering consultancy services to the industry and it therefore benefits society as a whole. It offers its students, faculty and researchers an inspiring environment and opened its doors for all partners in the academic and applied fields of the building industry. It gained a reputation as the leading Institute of Technology in the field of the built environment and is continuing to offer new chances, study opportunities, and research possibilities to all its students, faculties and national as well as international partners.
