Adama University is Ethiopia's first International Model University.
International networking and contacts are currently fostered with the following organizations and institutions:

• British Council: www.britishcouncil.org
• ecbp German Development Cooperation: www.ecbp.biz
• ELIP/ELIC
• Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany Addis Ababa: www.addis-abeba.diplo.de
• German Academic Exchange Service: www.daad.de
• German Development Service: www.ded.de
• German Technical Cooperation: www.gtz.de 
• International Leadership Institute: www.ili.edu.et
• KfW Bankengruppe: www.kfw.de
• United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization: www.unesco.org
• VSO: www.vso.org.uk
  
  
• Andhra University/India: www.andhrauniversity.info
• Bayreuth University/Germany: www.uni-bayreuth.de
• Budapest Tech/Hungary: www.kando.hu
• Georg-Simon-Ohm University of Applied Sciences Nuremberg/Germany: www.ohm-hochschule.de/en
• Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies/The Netherlands: www.ihs.nl
• Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz/Germany: www.uni-mainz.de/eng
• Leeds Metropolitan University/UK: www.leedsmet.ac.uk
• University College of Engineering & Technology Malaysia: www.kuktem.edu.my
• University of Applied Sciences Rosenheim/Germany: www.fh-rosenheim.de
• Rostock University/Germany: www.uni-rostock.de
• Shanghai Institute of Technology/China: www.sit.edu.cn
• University of Tasmania/Australia: www.utas.edu.au
• Tomsk State University/Russia: www.tusur.ru
• Victoria University of Wellington/New Zealand: www.vuw.ac.nz
• Western Michigan Universtiy/USA: www.wmich.edu