Addis Ababa University (Amharic: አዲስ አበባ ዩኒቨርሲቲ^?) is a state university in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia. Originally called the University College of Addis Ababa at its establishment in 1950, it was later renamed Haile Selassie I University in 1962 after the Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I.