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Kenyatta University (KU) is a public research university with its main campus in Nairobi, Kenya. [7] It acquired the status of university in 1985, being the third university after University of Nairobi (1970) and Moi University (1984).
There are 30 public universities, 30 chartered private universities and 30 universities with Letter of Interim Authority (LIA). These universities are established through institutional Acts of Parliament under the Universities Act, 2012 [ 1 ] which provides for the development of university education, the establishment, accreditation and ...
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) is a public university that is situated in Juja, 36 kilometres northeast of Nairobi, along the Nairobi-Thika SuperHighway, off Exit 15. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It offers courses in Technology, Engineering, Science, Commerce, Management and Building sciences and holds a strong research interest ...
Joint Admission Board of Kenya (JAB) was the body that was mandated to conduct a joint admission exercise of students who have cleared secondary school into the Universities. The main aim was to ensure that only those who have attained a certain number of points are given priority to join the universities under a government sponsorship.
The Kenyatta Campus [10] is located 5 kilometres (3 mi) from Njoro Campus and houses the School of Open and Distance Learning (SoDL) programmes. Nakuru Town Campus College, [ 11 ] which is the only University’s Campus College and hosts the Faculties of Commerce, Health Sciences and Law.
Dedan Kimathi University of Technology (or DeKUT) is a public, [1] coeducational technological university in Nyeri, Kenya.It is one of 22 public universities in Kenya, having been a constituent college of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology since the year 2007 until it was chartered to become a fully fledged public university on 14 December 2012.
In 1987 the Methodist Church in Kenya formed a working committee to work out how to establish a university in the region. In 1995 the Commission for Higher Education made an inspection visit of the project, and later in June 1997 granted a Letter of Interim Authority, giving approval for the establishment of Kenya Methodist University.
In 2012 it became a constituent college of the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology and was renamed Kirinyaga University College. In October 2016 the university was granted the charter to operate as administratively independent university by the president of Kenya Uhuru Kenyatta among eight other universities. After becoming ...