Type Private university Location Thika, Kenya Website Homepage Number of students 52,000 | Vice-Chancellor Prof. Stanley Waudo Sports 25 teams Phone +254 67 2820000 Academic staff 5,000 | |
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Affiliations IUCEA
ACU
UC-USA
NKU-USA Address Gen Kago Road, Main Campus, Thika, Kenya Motto Scaling the Heights of Education Similar University of Nairobi, Jomo Kenyatta University, Kenyatta University, Technical University of Kenya, Moi University Profiles | ||
Mount Kenya University (MKU) is a private, multi-campus, chartered university in Kenya. MKU is one of the largest private universities in the country, with a student body in excess of 52,000, as at September 2015.
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Location
The main campus of MKU is located in Thika, approximately 47 kilometres (29 mi), by road, northeast of Nairobi, the capital and largest city in Kenya. The coordinates of the university's main campus are 1°02'44.0"S, 37°04'54.0"E (Latitude:-1.045559; Longitude:37.081669).
The universities maintains campuses at the following locations, as of March 2016.
- Main Campus - General Kago Road, Thika
- Mombasa Campus - Mombasa Trade Centre, Nkurumah Road, Mombasa
- Nairobi Campus - MKU Towers, Nairobi
- Long Distance Learning Center - Union Towers, Nairobi
- Meru Campus - Meru Majani Tea Sacco Plaza, Nkubu, Meru
- Nakuru Campus - MKU Annex, Oginga Odinga Road, Nakuru
- Kisii Campus - Umoja Complex, Oginga Odinda Road, Kisii
- Eldoret Campus - Eldoret
- Kigali Campus - Avenue-De-la-paix, Kigali, Rwanda
- Kisumu Campus - Reliance Building, Oginga Odinga Road, Kisumu
- Kitale Campus - Kitale
- Lodwar Campus - Cathedral Street, Lodwar
- Kakamega Campus - 2nd Floor, Megamall Building, Kakamega
- Kabarnet Campus - Mount Kenya University Plaza, Philemon Jelagat Street, Kabarnet
- Hargesia Campus - Shacab Area (Former UNICEF Building), Hargesia, Somaliland
- Garissa Campus - Corner Plaza & Kenya Commercial Bank Building, Garissa
- Kampala Campus - 3 - 5 Bombo Road, Kampala
- Bujumbura Campus - Ground Floor, ABC Building, Avenue de l'Amitié, Bujumbura
- Kericho Campus - Sinender Plaza, Kericho
- Malindi Campus - 2nd Floor, Noor Plaza, Malindi.
History
The institution was founded in 1996 as Thika Institute of Technology. In 2000, the Institute developed into a commercial college offering management and computer training programmes. Later in the year the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology recognized the institute as a full-fledged institution of higher learning and granted it a full registration approval. In 2005 the Institute became the 1st private institution in Kenya to be allowed to train pharmaceutical technologists by the Pharmacy and Poisons Board of the Kenya Ministry of Health.
In 2006 the Commission for Higher Education (CHE) validated and approved the institute's request for collaboration with JKUAT to offer both diploma and degree programmes. After fulfilling all the requirements, the Commission for Higher Education issued MKU with the authority to establish a full-fledged privately funded university. In 2011, the university was awarded a charter by the government of Kenya, upon the recommendation of the Commission of Higher Education.
Academics
The university is organised into eight schools, one college and one institution:
- School of Business and Economics
- School of Education
- School of Engineering, Energy and the Built Environment
- School of Pure and Applied Sciences
- School of Social Sciences
- School of Law
- School of Postgraduate Studies
- School of Computing and Infomatics
- College of Health Sciences
- Institute of Film, Creative and Performing Arts