Hydraulic and Water Resources Engineering is a study field that deals with collecting and distributing water where and when it’s needed, while protecting the population, industry, environment, infrastructure from harmful excessive water. 

That means, Hydraulic and water resources engineering activities are related to water supply and wastewater (sewer) systems, irrigation and drainage systems, river training and flood protection works, dams and reservoirs for hydropower generation, water supply and irrigation purposes. Hydraulic and water resources engineering also deals with harbors and ports, as well as river and canal navigation systems.

Undergraduate studies offer a series of basic and applied courses in the areas of hydraulics, water resources, and environmental engineering (fluid mechanics, hydraulics, hydrology, ground waters, hydro-informatics, water supply and wastewater systems, irrigation and drainage, river hydraulics, sedimentation, river training works, flood protection, wastewater treatment, etc.). 

The program also offers a broad general civil engineering education, which includes elements of geo-mechanical engineering, structural engineering, construction engineering, materials engineering, transportation engineering, geodesic surveying, and geology.

Hydraulic engineering post graduate program to be launched 2018 under Dambi Dollo University faculty of technology based on the premises that there is a strong need of manpower in the field so as to realize the development plan of the nation.

 The program runs a curriculum offering a two-year (four semester) MSc degree in hydraulic engineering. The hydraulic engineering program in its short history has made its level best effort to respond to the nation’s needs by revising curricula and expanding other graduate programs.