In April 2020, the University management decided to mainstream the use of online tools for registration, orientation, teaching and learning for new students admitted to 2020/2021 academic year.
The 3rd Research Week 2020 is scheduled for October 12 -16, 2020. The annual event, hosted by the University of Nairobi, will feature 13 different conferences covering a diverse range of academic disciplines and is expected to bring together over 1,000 participants comprising researchers, scholars, students and practitioners from all over the world.
On 18th August 2020, the Dept. of Vet.Pathology, Microbiology and Parasitology had a video recording session for the learning facilities. The recorded video and images will be used in the orientation of the first years 2020/2021 intake that will take place on 31st August 2020.
The video recording took place in the large animal postmortem room, Embedding room histopathology teaching laboratory, students lectures theatres and Parasitology laboratory.
Prof. Iribe Mwangi, the Chairman, Department of Kiswahili and Prof. Mungai Mutonya of Washington University in St. Louis, have been awarded the prestigious Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship.
The University of Nairobi through the Department of Chemistry has collaborated with BASF, one of the world’s leading chemical companies, to produce a handwash that will be distributed for free in urgent need areas as part of the company’s global “Helping Hands” initiative.
The project team (HORTIGREEN) composed of staff from Food Science, Nutrition and Technology as well as Wangari Maathai Institute has proposed an e-conference on 5-7 October, 2020. This is the first E-Conference which is on “Sustainable Production and Consumption (SCP) Practices in the Horticulture Processing Sector”. Other organizations involved are:- Fundacion SUSTALDE, Consumer Information Network (CIN) and Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS).
The President of the Supreme Court and Chief Justice of Kenya, Hon David Maraga revealed that the Judiciary is in the process of building a data center, that will be a hub of all justice institutions like the Police, Prisons, DPP, DCI among others.
Join us for the Virtual Inter-Denominational University Annual Prayer Day for the year 2020.
Prof. Attiya Waris’ book titled "Financing Africa" is a culmination of research undertaken over a ten year period. The book serves as a commentary on taxation and how taxpayers' money is used as well as a guide to understanding public finances in Africa. It creates an opportunity to widen the knowledge base in developing countries; specifically, on how Africa's fiscal systems were intended to and can subsequently be used to support development and alleviate poverty.
uniRank has placed the University of Nairobi at position 7 in the 2020 African University Ranking. The ranking recognizes the most popular top 200 higher-education institutions in Africa.
