Editing Addis Ababa University (section)

==Influence==
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| ARWU_W = 601–700 |ARWU_W_year = 2023| ARWU_W_ref =<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shanghairanking.com/rankings/arwu/2023|title=Academic Ranking of World Universities 2023|website=shanghairanking.com|access-date=24 February 2023}}</ref>
| QS_W = 851–900 | QS_W_year = 2024| QS_W_ref = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/addis-ababa-university|title=QS World University Rankings: Addis Ababa University|date=29 June 2023|website=Top Universities|access-date=29 June 2023}}</ref>
| USNWR_W = =573 | USNWR_W_year = 2023 | USNWR_W_ref =<ref name="USNWR">{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/addis-ababa-university-529036|title=Addis Ababa University|author=U.S. News|access-date=27 February 2024}}</ref>
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Over and above their academic  pursuits, AAU students have been actively engaged in community service (such as conducting literacy programs) and political struggle, particularly in the years before the [[Ethiopian Revolution|1974 revolution]]. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, students were required to do a year of national service under the Ethiopia University Service program. University teachers and students were instrumental in exposing the hidden 1973 famine and launching the first famine relief program.<ref name=":0" /> The Ethiopian Student Movement, of which the university was the birthplace and main venue, played a pivotal role in bringing about the revolution.<ref name=":2" /> Almost all leaders of the political organizations that were active in the revolutionary years or are in power now had their political formation inside the university.<ref name=":1" /> In 2013/2014, there were 33,940 undergraduate students, 13,000 graduate students, and 1,733 PhD students, making a total student body of 48,673.