The University of Nairobi (UoN) is a university research college situated in Nairobi. It is one of the biggest colleges in Kenya. Despite the fact that its history as an instructive establishment goes back to 1956, it didn't turn into an autonomous college until 1970. In this year, the University of East Africa was part into three free colleges: Makerere University in Uganda, the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, and the University of Nairobi.
Amid the 2011 scholastic year, the college had 61,912 understudies, of whom 49,488 were students and 12,424 postgraduates. The college dispatched a few approach structures and presented self-supported enlistment (additionally called 'module 2') to adapt to the rising interest for advanced education in Kenya.
Substance [hide]
1 Establishment
2 History
3 Profile
4 Colleges
6 Faculties/schools/focuses/establishments
7 Departments
8 Central Administration Units
9 Conferences and diaries
10 Key actualities
11 Notable graduated class
12 References
13 External connections
Establishment[edit]
The commencement of the University of Nairobi dates from 1956, with the foundation of the Royal Technical College, which conceded its first gathering of A-level graduates for specialized courses in April that year. The Royal Technical College was changed into the second college school in East Africa on 25 June 1961 under the name Royal College Nairobi and was conceded into an exceptional connection with the University of London whereupon it started planning understudies in the resources of Arts, Science and Engineering for recompense degrees of the University of London. In the interim, understudies in different resources, for example, the Faculty of Special Professional Studies (later renamed Faculty of Commerce) and Faculty of Architecture kept on offering certificates for capabilities of expert bodies/organizations.
On 20 May 1964, the Royal College Nairobi was renamed University College Nairobi as a constituent school of between regional, Federal University of East Africa, and from this time forward the enlisted understudies were to concentrate on for higher educations of the University of East Africa and not London similar to the case some time recently. In 1970, the University College Nairobi changed into the primary national college in Kenya and was renamed the University of Nairobi. The college tops in Kenya's college positioning and is positioned seventh in Africa and 1698 on the planet as indicated by Webometrics Ranking of World Universities.
History[edit]
The possibility of an organization for higher learning in Kenya backtracks to 1947 when the Kenya government drew up an arrangement for the foundation of a specialized and business establishment in Nairobi. By 1949, this arrangement had developed into an idea went for giving higher specialized instruction to the African Great Lakes district. In September 1951, a Royal Charter was issued to the Royal Technical College of East Africa and the establishment stone of the school was laid in April 1952.
Amid the same time frame, the Asian Community of East Africa was additionally wanting to fabricate a school for Arts, Science and Commerce as a commemoration to Mahatma Gandhi. To evade duplication of endeavors, Gandhi Memorial Academy Society consented to union interests with those of the East African Governments. In this manner, the Gandhi Memorial Academy was consolidated into the Royal Technical College of East Africa in April 1954, and the school continued to open its ways to the primary admission of understudies in April 1956.
Not long after the entry of understudies at the school, the example of advanced education in the African Great Lakes went under investigation. Through the proposal of a working gathering shaped in 1958, led by the Vice-Chancellor of the University of London, Sir John Lockwood, the Royal Technical College of East Africa was changed. On 25 June 1961, the school turned into the second college school in East Africa, under the name "Regal College Nairobi."
The Royal College Nairobi was renamed "College, Nairobi" on 20 May 1964. On the fulfillment of "College" status, the foundation arranged understudies for four year certifications recompensed by the University of London, while likewise keeping on offering school confirmation programs. The University College Nairobi gave instructive open doors in this limit until 1966 when it started get ready understudies solely for degrees of the University of East Africa, except for the Department of Domestic Science. With impact from July 1, 1970, the University of East Africa was disintegrated and the three African Great Lakes nations set up their national colleges. This advancement saw the introduction of the University of Nairobi set up by an Act of Parliament.
Since 1970, the college developed from a staff based college serving an understudy populace of 2,768 to a school centered college serving more than 68,000 understudies.
From an unassuming starting as a specialized school to the status of a noteworthy global instructing and research organization, the University of Nairobi has delivered more prepared HR than some other' foundation of higher learning in Kenya, with more than 161,000 graduates surprisingly.
School of Education and External Studies[edit]
Institute of Education
School of Continuing and Distance Education
Place for Open and Distance Learning (CODL)
Mombasa Campus
Kisumu Campus
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