St. Mary's University is an private higher education institution located in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

The university has four campuses in Addis Ababa, 13 Distance Education Regional Centers, and 160 Coordination Offices throughout the country.

Eight graduate programs are run in partnership with Indira Gandhi National Open University.

In the conventional mode of learning, St. Mary's is accredited for ten graduate programs: MBA, HRM, Project Management, Accounting and Finance, Marketing management, Development Economics, Computer Science, Agribusiness, Agricultural Economics and Rural Development.

Among such efforts is the annual international research conference on private higher education and held since 2003.