NAIROBI UNIVERSITY

The University of Nairobi is commonly called as UON it is not only the largest university of Kenya but also it is a historical university. It was founded in the year 1956 but till 1970 it was working under the administrative authority of university of East America. When university of East America was split into three different Divisions University of Nairobi came independent. The other two universities are: University of Dra es Salaam in Tanzmania and Makerere University in Uganda. By the year 2002, there was 22,000 students that are enrolled at the University among them 17, 000 was enrolled at undergraduate programs while rest of the others are enrolled at postgraduate programs. The module 2 degree programs were introduced to fulfill the need of higher education in Kenya.  Following are the main faculties of University of Nairobi:

 

Faculty of Agriculture
Faculty of Arts
Faculty of Commerce
Faculty of Education
Faculty of External Studies
Faculty of Law
Faculty of Science
Faculty of Social Sciences
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Institute of African Studies
School of Computing And Informatics
School of Engineering
School of Dental Sciences
School of Medicine
School of Pharmacy
School of The Built Environment

 

Brief History

University of Nairobi was initially started functioning as a college named Royal Technical College this college was converted into the second university college of East Africa named as Royal College Nairobi. Then it became affiliated with the University of London. Later on it was renamed as University College Nairobi and it became affiliated with the University of East Africa, later on it was converted into the independent university of Kenya.