Mekelle University is located in Northern Ethiopia (Mekelle or Mek'ele, Tigray), at a distance of 783 kilometers from the Ethiopian capital city, Addis Ababa. It has three campuses within city of Mek'ele, Endayesus campus (Dry Land Agriculture and Natural Resources Management, Natural and Computational Sciences, Enginerineeg and computer sciences, Veterinary Science), Adi Haki campus (Law and Governance, Languages and Humanities, Business and Economics), and Aider campus (College of Health Sciences). A fourth campus is under construction at Kelamino for the College of Veterinary Science. Mekelle University was established in May 2000 by the Government of Ethiopia (Council of Ministers, Regulations No. 61/1999 of Article 3) as an autonomous higher education institution having its own legal personality. The merger of the two former colleges created the University: Mekelle Business College and Mekelle University College. The two colleges have their own historical developments and relocations. Mekelle University College began life in 1993 as the Arid Zone Agricultural College which found a permanent home in Mek'ele after a series of relocations.