The Ethiopian institute of Technology-Mekelle (initially named as the Faculty of Science and Technology and later renamed as College of Engineering) was established in 2000 with three departments under its supervision: Applied Geology (now moved to college of Natural Science), Civil Engineering and Industrial Engineering. Since then, five further departments have been added to the institute.
Currently, the EiT-M comprises the following schools and departments:
- School of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
- School of Architecture and Urban Planning
- School of Civil Engineering
- School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- School of Computer Science and Information Systems
- Department of Chemical Engineering
- Department of Garment and Textile Engineering