Journalism and Communication Department at Wachemo University was established in 2015 E.C. under the College of Social Sciences and Humanities. The Department launched its teaching-learning process in 2015 E.C. by admitting 13 undergraduate students.

The Department of Journalism and Communication at Wachemo University aims to produce intellectually rigorous and critical journalists and communication experts who respect fundamental human rights, diversity, social justice, integrity, and high ethical standards. The program empowers students with knowledge, skills, and attitudes of media and communications in a multi-layered and multicultural world. The Department was launched due to a scarcity of professionals in the field, leading to an asymmetry with the media and communication industries emerging in the nation. The program's launch at Wachemo University is vital for various reasons, such as creating a platform for research and development, meeting the high demand for journalism professionals in government and private media institutions, producing potential entrepreneurs, and preparing emerging scholars devoted to research in contemporary media and communication issues locally, nationally, and internationally.