We are the leading Ethiopian university institute focusing on the fields of textile, garment and fashion design. iOTEX was founded in 2010 as an “Institute of Technology”, but it has a long and successful history starting in 1963, when the textile department was one of the founders of the then Bahir Dar Polytechnic Institute.

Institutional Agreement to cooperate in the further development of the institutions 

Two Technology institutes namely the Institute of Technology (IOT) and the Institute of Technology for Textile, Garment and Fashion Design (IOTex) were officially inaugurated on October 15, 2010 at the technology campus of Bahir Dar University. For Detail click the title