Background of the college-Ambassador College was established in March 1998 E.C to in charge its national duty in the hotel and tourism program through education and training of skilled hospitality professionals at mid –level that tourism services to the Ethiopian population at large. At that time, private colleges in hotel was evolving for the first time in the history of Ethiopia and the need for training of food preparation was acute. Therefore, a certificate and diploma course in food and hotel management was started.

Ambassador decides to start accounting and management sector in Degree level programs as part and parcel of the higher educational institutions by strengthening and upgrading the ongoing diploma program. This is also true with the changing needs of the society, wide range of development in Bahir dar, Ethiopia.

Therefore, Ambassador College is strongly dedicated in establishing this department of management in order to answer the wide range market demand and to manage more opportunities in human resource. 1. Accounting and Finance, and 2. Management

The management of the college would commit itself to protect and increase value of its shareholders’ investment with fair level of profitability. It is also responsible and responsive to meet the needs of employees by providing them with better job security, above-average compensation and benefits, and superior leadership to attract and maintain the best personnel.

Mission of Ambassador College

To deliver market oriented education and training so as to foster knowledge, enhance technology creation and transfer, advance the skill of entrepreneurship and impart a sense of tolerance, responsibility, democratic culture and ultimatelycontributing towards the development of the country at regional and national levels.

Vision of Ambassador College

To become the center of excellence in teaching, research and community services in Ethiopia by the year 2035.

In fulfilling its Mission and achieving its vision Ambassador College will uphold, promote and be guided by the following Core Values:

 Academic Freedom: The College upholds academic freedom as its core value whereby all its communities exercise the right to free expression of ideas and scholarship.
 Excellence: The College upholds excellence as the ruling standard in teaching, research, community service and scholarship, and commits it self to the attainment of the highest standards in academic performance.
 Integrity and Honesty: The College promotes honesty, integrity, ethical conduct, justice, fairness, and nurtures a culture of teamwork, collegiality and mutual support among members of the College community.

 Equity:–the College is an equal opportunity employer and teaching institution regardless of gender, status in society, ethnic background or religious affinity. The Management never discriminates among its employees and treats them on merit bases and respects their contributions.
 Equity:–the College is an equal opportunity employer and teaching institution regardless of gender, status in society, ethnic background or religious affinity. The Management never discriminates among its employees and treats them on merit bases and respects their contributions.
 Student Centeredness: The College is committed to providing an academically challenging and supportive learning environment that motivates students to be actively engaged in their own learning, decision making, and governance

Availability of skilled and competent human capital is a crucial factor to accelerate the country’s socio-economic development. Aware of this fact, the envisaged college shall have the following major objectives: 1. Develop a highly competitive academic community where there is focus on learning, inquiry, reflection and intellectual achievement that is marked by not only transfer and ingestion of knowledge but also by intelligence development for the furtherance of new knowledge.
2. To produce skilled manpower in quantity and quality that will serve the country in their professions.
3. To make tertiary education more accessible to the people at large and gain the highest market share in the country.
4. Serve as a center of research on particularly topics that add value to community and national development.

5. To encourage the efforts to develop and disseminate the culture of respect, tolerance and living together among our people.
6. Impart professional know how that adds value to student intellectual development on one hand and places of eng
7. To actively participate in environmental protection and other community services (issues).
8. Design and provide community and consultancy services that shall cater to the developmental needs of the country;
9. Promote democratic culture and uphold multicultural community life; agreement at work and in private and public lives.