Mount Kenya University

Mount Kenya University
Other name	MKU
Motto	Unlocking Infinite Possibilities
Type	Private university
Academic affiliations	IUCEA, ACU, UC-USA, NKU-USA
Vice-Chancellor	Deogratius Jaganyi
Academic staff	5,000+
Students	52,000+ (2015)
Location	Thika, Kenya
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Website	www.mku.ac.ke
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Short description: Private university in Kenya

One of the university's campuses in Nakuru

Mount Kenya University (MKU) is a private, multi-campus university in the municipal town of Thika, Kenya. The university was founded by Prof. Simon N. Gicharu and has since become one of the largest private universities in Kenya, with an estimated 52,000 students as of September 2015.^[1] MKU is chartered and ISO 9001:2015 Certified^[2]^[3]

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.^[4] The coordinates of the university's main campus are 1°02'44.0"S, 37°04'54.0"E (-1.045559 37.081669).^[5]

The university maintains campuses at the following locations, as of April, 2020.^[6]

Thika (Main) Campus - General Kago Road, Thika
Mombasa Campus - MKU Plaza, Nkurumah Road, Mombasa
Nairobi Campus - MKU Towers and Union Towers, Nairobi
Parklands Law Campus
Open Distance and Electronic Learning (ODEL) Center - main campus
Nakuru Campus - Great Rift Plaza, opposite Valley Hospital, Nakuru
Eldoret Campus - Eldoret
Meru Campus - Meru [opposite Meru County Assembly]
MKU Rwanda Campus - Kagarama, Kicukiro, Kigali

History

The institution known as Thika Institute of Technology was established in the year 1996 by Dr. Simon Gicharu. Initially, the institute provided programs focused on management and computer training. Subsequently, in the same year, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Kenya, conferred full registration approval to the institute as a fully-fledged institution of higher learning.

In 2005, the institute achieved another notable milestone by becoming the first privately-owned institution in Kenya to receive authorization from the Pharmacy and Poisons Board of the Kenya Ministry of Health to train pharmaceutical technologists.^[7]^[8]

Founder Mt. Kenya University

In 2006 the Commission for Higher Education (CHE), which later changed to 'Commission for University Education Kenya^[9] (CUE) and approved the institute's request for collaboration with JKUAT to offer both diploma and degree programs. After fulfilling all the requirements, the Commission for Higher Education issued MKU with the authority to establish a full-fledged privately funded university.^[7] In 2011, the university was awarded a charter by the government of Kenya upon the recommendation of the Commission of Higher Education.^[9]^[2]

In 2023, its former campus in Kigali, Rwanda, became an autonomous university known as Mount Kigali University.^[10]

Academics

The university is organized into three colleges, 12 schools, and three institutes:^[11]

Institutes

Institute of Security Studies, Justice and Ethics
Institute of Film, Creative and Performing Arts
Equip Africa Institute

Colleges

College of Graduate Studies and Research
College of Health Sciences
Equip College of Medical and Health Sciences

Schools

College of Health Sciences
- Medical School
- School of Pharmacy
- School of Clinical Medicine
- School of Nursing
- School of Public Health
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^[12]
School of Computing and Informatics

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "Africa]"]. Nairobi. http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/MKU-barred-from-offering-medical-courses-in-Rwanda/-/539550/2864614/-/item/0/-/lapf6hz/-/index.html.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Ob, Fredrick (11 January 2011). "Mount Kenya University to receive a charter". Nairobi. http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2000027027/mt-kenya-university-to-receive-charter.
↑ "Commission for University Education - Status Of Universities (Universities Authorized to Operate in Kenya) - Status Of Universities (Universities Authorized to Operate in Kenya)". http://www.cue.or.ke/index.php/status-of-universities-universities-authorized-to-operate-in-kenya-1.
↑ GFC (24 March 2016). "Distance between Nairobi, Kenya and Mount Kenya University, Thika, Kenya". Globefeed.com (GFC). http://distancecalculator.globefeed.com/Kenya_Distance_Result.asp?fromplace=Nairobi, Kenya&toplace=Mount Kenya University, Thika, Kenya,&dt1=ChIJp0lN2HIRLxgRTJKXslQCz_c&dt2=ChIJFd3SF_VOLxgRFlmvPTgHfY4.
↑ Google (24 March 2016). "Location of Mount Kenya University Main Campus" (Map). Google. Retrieved 24 March 2016. Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ MKU (24 March 2016). "Mount Kenya University Campuses". Thika: Mount Kenya University (MKU). http://www.mku.ac.ke/index.php/mku-campuses.
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 MKU (24 March 2016). "Mount Kenya University: Our History". Thika: Mount Kenya University (MKU). http://www.mku.ac.ke/index.php/mount-kenya-university/our-history.
↑ Ongwae, Evans (2023-05-18). "15 factors that make Mount Kenya University attractive to students" (in en). https://nation.africa/kenya/brand-book/15-factors-that-make-mount-kenya-university-attractive-to-students-4239434.
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 "Commission for University Education - Home". https://www.cue.or.ke/.
↑ Ciuri, Simon (2023-04-24). "Mt Kenya University Kigali campus renamed after receiving Charter" (in en). https://nation.africa/kenya/news/education/-mt-kenya-university-kigali-campus-renamed-after-receiving-charter--4210234.
↑ MKU (24 March 2016). "Mount Kenya University: Academic Year 2015 - 2016 Prospectus" (PDF). Thika: Mount Kenya University (MKU). http://mku.ac.ke/images/pdfdocuments/Thika Nairobi prospectus 2015.pdf.
↑ Karanja, Faith (20 January 2016). "Mount Kenya University in court over Council for Legal Education accreditation". Nairobi. http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2000188694/mount-kenya-university-in-court-over-council-for-legal-education-accreditation.

External links

Mount Kenya University Official Website

[ ⚑ ] 1°02′44″S 37°04′54″E / 1.045559°S 37.081669°E / -1.045559; 37.081669

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[Rwa-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "Africa]"]. Nairobi. http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/MKU-barred-from-offering-medical-courses-in-Rwanda/-/539550/2864614/-/item/0/-/lapf6hz/-/index.html.

[Chart-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Ob, Fredrick (11 January 2011). "Mount Kenya University to receive a charter". Nairobi. http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2000027027/mt-kenya-university-to-receive-charter.

[3] "Commission for University Education - Status Of Universities (Universities Authorized to Operate in Kenya) - Status Of Universities (Universities Authorized to Operate in Kenya)". http://www.cue.or.ke/index.php/status-of-universities-universities-authorized-to-operate-in-kenya-1.

[4] GFC (24 March 2016). "Distance between Nairobi, Kenya and Mount Kenya University, Thika, Kenya". Globefeed.com (GFC). http://distancecalculator.globefeed.com/Kenya_Distance_Result.asp?fromplace=Nairobi, Kenya&toplace=Mount Kenya University, Thika, Kenya,&dt1=ChIJp0lN2HIRLxgRTJKXslQCz_c&dt2=ChIJFd3SF_VOLxgRFlmvPTgHfY4.

[5] Google (24 March 2016). "Location of Mount Kenya University Main Campus" (Map). Google. Retrieved 24 March 2016. Missing or empty |title= (help)

[6] MKU (24 March 2016). "Mount Kenya University Campuses". Thika: Mount Kenya University (MKU). http://www.mku.ac.ke/index.php/mku-campuses.

[Hist-7] 7.0 ^7.1 MKU (24 March 2016). "Mount Kenya University: Our History". Thika: Mount Kenya University (MKU). http://www.mku.ac.ke/index.php/mount-kenya-university/our-history.

[8] Ongwae, Evans (2023-05-18). "15 factors that make Mount Kenya University attractive to students" (in en). https://nation.africa/kenya/brand-book/15-factors-that-make-mount-kenya-university-attractive-to-students-4239434.

[cue.or.ke-9] 9.0 ^9.1 "Commission for University Education - Home". https://www.cue.or.ke/.

[10] Ciuri, Simon (2023-04-24). "Mt Kenya University Kigali campus renamed after receiving Charter" (in en). https://nation.africa/kenya/news/education/-mt-kenya-university-kigali-campus-renamed-after-receiving-charter--4210234.

[11] MKU (24 March 2016). "Mount Kenya University: Academic Year 2015 - 2016 Prospectus" (PDF). Thika: Mount Kenya University (MKU). http://mku.ac.ke/images/pdfdocuments/Thika Nairobi prospectus 2015.pdf.

[12] Karanja, Faith (20 January 2016). "Mount Kenya University in court over Council for Legal Education accreditation". Nairobi. http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2000188694/mount-kenya-university-in-court-over-council-for-legal-education-accreditation.