Dire Dawa University Hostel and Accommodation

Dire Dawa University Hostel and Accommodation

Dire Dawa University Hostel and Accommodation: Dire Dawa University offers accommodation services to students. After gaining admission into the University, prospective students have an option to book with the Dean of Students office and the available rooms are allocated on first come, first serve basis.

Staying in school’s residence is an extension of your university education, and you can benefit from a range of facilities and services including PC labs, network connections, social and sporting activities.

On-Campus Accommodation

Dire Dawa University has a three-tier residence system that provides different services, governance and management in each tier. The policy and criteria for admission to student housing assume that a new student will initially enter a first-tier (compulsory) residence and subsequently move to a second-tier (senior catering or self-catering) residence or into third-tier (semi-autonomous self-catering) accommodation. This section gives some information on each of these tiers, and the residence halls, flats or houses within each tier

First-Tier Accommodation: First-tier residences provide accommodation for undergraduate men and women students, who are new to the school.

CRITERIA FOR ADMISSION TO FIRST-TIER ACCOMMODATION

Meeting some admission criteria may guarantee you an offer of residence, while meeting others may make you eligible for an offer. The minimum criteria for admission to student accommodation is that you must have:

1. applied for student housing in your application, or amended your application to include an application for student housing.
2. been made an offer (conditional or firm) of admission, at any time, for the academic year.

Please contact Students Affairs Office for more information about criteria for admission to student accommodation.

Second-Tier Accommodation: This type of accommodation is provided for continuing students.

Third-Tier Accommodation: Third-tier residences provide accommodation for postgraduate students.

Please contact Students Affairs Office for more information about criteria for admission to student accommodation.

Address: Dire Dawa University
P.O.Box: 1362
Dire Dawa, Ethiopia

 Location: Dire Dawa, Ethiopia

 Telephone Number: +251-251-111501

 Telephone Number 2: +251-251-128682

 Email Address: iproffice@ddu.edu.et

 Website: http://www.ddu.edu.et/

NOTE:

All student rooms in residences, houses and flats are equipped with basic furniture – a bed, cupboard, desk, chair, bookcase, wastepaper bin, curtains and notice board. No sheets, blankets, pillows or towels are provided. Students are expected to provide and launder their own bed linen, and clean their own rooms. Vacuum cleaners and other cleaning materials are provided. Students in self-catering accommodation have access to a fridge and stove, but need their own cooking utensils and crockery.

Sharing a Room in Residence

Half of all first-year students is accommodated in double rooms. It may be possible for you to share a room with a friend who has been accepted into the same residence. The warden of your allocated residence should be informed in advance of your arrival. If you or your roommate decides that you would prefer to share a room with someone else in the same residence, talk to your warden or sub-warden, who will, where possible, make arrangements suitable to all.

Off-Campus Accommodation

Prospective students are to note that, Students who do not get accommodation within the University are housed at privately owned hostel facilities. However, the Dean of Students Department are very committed to assist prospective students in identifying suitable and conducive hostels, and ensuring that welfare and security of students in hostels are protected. These hostels are within close proximity to the University and have been accredited by the University. Many students in their second or subsequent years of study stay in leased or private accommodation. Off Campus Student Accommodation Services advertises vacancies in private accommodation.