Chuka University is a public university in the Tharaka Nithi County, Kenya. The university is approximately 186 km from Nairobi along the Nairobi-Meru highway, in a rural setting on the eastern slopes of Mt. Kenya at an altitude of approximately 2,000 meters above sea level. Chuka University is within Chuka/Igamba-ng’ombe Constituency, Tharaka-Nithi County.
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Establishment
CU is a public institution established through legal notice No. 161 of 2007. It was a constituent College of Egerton University and the successor of the former Egerton University Eastern Campus College, Chuka. The Campus College was established on 27 September 2004, by Egerton University Council.
President Mwai Kibaki appointed the first Council of the university on 12 September 2008. Businessman Wilfred Murungi was appointed the first Chairman of Chuka University Council. The University College was initially established as a Campus of CU in September 2015.
Chuka University was the first institution of higher learning to be established in Eastern Province
Campuses
Main Campus (Chuka)
- Igembe Campus
- Embu Campus
- Chogoria Campus
- Tharaka Campus
- Town Campus
- Egerton campus (Nairobi CBD)
Leadership
Prof. Erastus Njoka was the University’s first Vice Chancellor, assisted by two DVCs, two Registrars and a Finance Officer in exercising the university mandate. Students are led by the CU Students Association (CUSA) elected by the students at the beginning of every year.
Faculties
Agriculture and Environmental Studies
- Animal Science
- Plant Science
- Agricultural Economic Agribusiness and Agricultural Education
- Environmental Studies and Resource Development
Education and Resources Development
- Education
Business Studies
- Business Administration
- Management Science
Arts and Humanities
- Social Science
- Humanity
Engineering, Science, and Technology
- Biological Sciences
- Physical Sciences
- Computer Science & ICT
School of Law
School of Nursing
