University of Nairobi

The University of Nairobi is a Nairobi-based collegiate research university. It is Kenya's largest university. Despite the fact that it began as a school in 1956, it was not until 1970 that it became an independent university. The university has 61,912 students in the 2011 academic year, with 49,488 undergraduates and 12,424 postgraduates. To meet Kenya's growing demand for higher education, the institution established multiple regulatory frameworks and introduced self-funded enrollment. Today, the university is in 1st of the best universities in Kenya.

For a long time, the University of Nairobi served as Kenya's only institution of higher learning, developing and evolving strong, diversified academic programs and specializations in sciences, applied sciences, technology, humanities, social sciences, and the arts in response to the country's, region's, and Africa's high-level manpower training needs. To date, there are roughly 200 different programs available. Hundreds of Kenyans and non-Kenyans have been given an invaluable opportunity to access university education through module II (continuing education) programs, which are offered on a fee-for-service basis to those who meet university admission requirements but have been unable to do so due to the government's limited resource allocation. In this effort, the location of the seven campuses of the University in the capital city and its environs and facilitating easy access, has been an asset that has seen the university increasingly become the busy hub and citadel of academic activity at all times. The University's seven campuses' proximity to the capital city and its environs, as well as the ease with which they can be accessed, has been an asset in this effort, with the university progressively becoming a bustling hub and citadel of academic activity at all times. Today, this university is the best university in Kenya.

Established: 1 July 1970
Location: Nairobi, Kenya