The purpose of this study was to identify some forms and basis of gender rndisparity in higher education in Ethiopia by taking AAU and HU as case rnstudy areas. The study was a cross-sectional investigation which involves rnquantitative inquires through archival research and an investigation through rnqualitative study me thods using interviews, focus group discussions and rnobservations conducted on the universities' community (students and staff rnmembers in both sexes). The data are organized and analyzed using basic rnqualitative methods such as tabulations showing percentages and quoting rnfield narrations. The result indicated that f emales as regular students we re rnvery under-represented in both study areas. Such under-representation goes rnfrom bad to worse as the le ve l of education proceeds up the ladde r. rnThe study has shown that f emale students suffer from deprived academic rnbase, gender-specific problems, sexual harassment and affirmative action rnpolicy which are acting against females as university students. To rnamelioratei;he existing situation the study suggested in a way of conclusion rnthat both males and f emales should fairly involve in the cumbersome rndomestic chores, anti-sex:ual harassment policy s hould be adopted and rnstrictly implemented in the universities and the affirmative action policy in rnuse ought to be implemented appropriately so that the existing gender rndisparity in university education could be alleviated .