University of Nairobi

The University of Nairobi (UoN) is a collegiate research university based in Nairobi. It is one of the largest universities in Kenya. Although its history as an educational institution dates back to 1956, it did not become an independent university until 1970. In this year, the University of East Africa was split into three independent universities: Makerere University in Uganda, the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, and the University of Nairobi in Kenya.

During the 2011 academic year, the university had 61,912 students, of whom 49,488 were undergraduates and 12,424 postgraduates. The university launched several policy frameworks and introduced self-funded enrollment (also called ‘module 2’) to cope with the rising demand for higher education in Kenya

Establishment

The inception of the University of Nairobi dates from 1956, with the establishment of the Royal Technical College, which admitted its first group of A-level graduates for technical courses in April the same year. The Royal Technical College was transformed into the second university college in East Africa on 25 June 1961 by the Scottish mathematician Prof James Morton Hyslop formerly of the University of Witwatersrand under the name Royal College of Nairobi and was admitted into a special relation with the University of London whereupon it began preparing students in the faculties of Arts, Science and Engineering for award degrees of the University of London. Meanwhile, students in other faculties such as the Faculty of Special Professional Studies (later renamed Faculty of Commerce) and Faculty of Architecture continued to offer diplomas for qualifications of professional bodies/institutions.

On 20 May 1964, the Royal College Nairobi was renamed University College Nairobi as a constituent college of inter-territorial, Federal University of East Africa, and henceforth the enrolled students were to study for college degrees of the University of East Africa and not London as was the case before. In 1970, it transformed into the first national university in Kenya and was renamed the University of Nairobi. The university tops in Kenya’s university ranking and is ranked 7th in Africa and 1698 in the world according to Webometrics Ranking of World Universities

Colleges

The university underwent a major restructuring in 1983, resulting in a decentralisation of the administration, by the creation of six colleges headed by principals.

The six colleges are: College of Architecture and Engineering, College of Health Sciences, College of Biological and Physical Sciences, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences and College of Education and External Studies.

Faculties/schools/centres/institutes

African Women’s Studies Centre
Center for Sustainable Dryland Ecosystems and Societies
Center of Open and Distance Learning
Centre For Biotechnology & Bioinformatics
Centre for Hiv Prevention And Research
Centre for Urban Innovations
Education For Change
Faculty of Agriculture
Faculty of Arts
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Institute for Climate Change and Adaptation]
Institute For Development Studies
Institute of Anthropology, Gender & African Studies
Institute of Diplomacy and International Studies
Institute of Nuclear Science & Technology
Institute of Tropical & Infectious Diseases
Kenya Science Campus
Kisumu Campus
Mombasa Campus
Open, Distance and eLearning Centre
Physical Sciences
Population Studies And Research Institute
School of Arts and Design
School of Biological Sciences
School of Business
School of Computing and Informatics
School of Continuing and Distance Education
School of Dental Sciences
School of Economics
School of Education
School of Engineering
School of Journalism
School of Law
School of Mathematics
School of Medicine
School of Nursing
School of Pharmacy
School of Physical Science
School of Public Health
School of the Built Environment
The Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies

Departments

Academic Division
African Clothing and Footwear Research Network (ACFRN)
African Women’s Studies Centre
Agricultural Economics
Animal Production
Arabic
Architecture
Biochemistry
Business Administration
Chemistry Department
Civil and Construction Engineering
Clinical Medicine and Therapeutics
Clinical Studies
Commercial Law
Communication Skills and Studies
Confucius
Conservative and Prosthetic Dentistry
Diagnostic Imaging & Radiation Medicine
Distance Studies
Education Administration and Planning
Education Communication and Technology
Education Studies
Educational Foundations
Electrical and Information Engineering
Environmental and Biosystems Engineering
Ethics and Research Committee
Extra Mural Studies
Finance & Accounting
Food Science, Nutrition and Technology
French
Geography
Geology Department
Geospatial and Space Technology
History
Human Anatomy
Human Pathology
ICT
Information Science
Kiswahili
Korean Studies
Land Resource Management & Agricultural Technology
Linguistics
Literature
Management Science
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
Medical Microbiology
Medical Physiology
Meteorology
Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Ophthalmology
Orthopaedic Surgery
Paediatrics/Dentistry and Orthodontics
Paedriatics
Periodontology/Community and Preventive Dentistry
Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Pharmaceutics and Pharmacy Practice
Pharmacology and Pharmacognosy
Philosophy
Physical Education and Sports
Physics
Plant Science and Crop Protection
Political Science
Private Law
Psychiatry
Psychology
Public Health Pharmacology & Tox
Public Law
Real Estate and Construction Management
Sociology and Social Work
Surgery
Surgery, Oral Medicine/Pathology, Oral/Maxillofacial Radiology
Translation
Urban And Regional Planning
Vet Farm
Vet. Anatomy And Physiology
Veterinary Pathology, Microbiology & Parasitology

Payment of Fees

Fees payments for self-sponsored students (under graduate & post graduate)

Fees payments for government-sponsored students

For any queries/clarifications,

please get in touch with the Finance office:

studentfinance@uonbi.ac.ke or cessp-g3@uonbi.ac.ke, fo@uonbi.ac.ke, helpdeskmain@uonbi.ac.ke

College	email	Tel
College of Health Sciences	bursar-chs@uonbi.ac.ke	020-491-5004
College of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences	bursar-cavs@uonbi.ac.ke	020-491-6005
College of Architecture and Engineering	bursar-cae@uonbi.ac.ke	020-491-3507
College of Humanities and Social Sciences	bursar-chss@uonbi.ac.ke	020-491-3204
College of Education and Education Studies	bursar-cees@uonbi.ac.ke	020-491-6506
College of Biological and Physical Sciences	bursar-cbps@uonbi.ac.ke	020-491-4111
Kenya Science Campus	kscfinance@uonbi.ac.ke	020-491-6722 / 020-491-6707

Online Learning

Training Towards Online Classes 2020

Click to download a letter from the Academic Registrar: Letter to first year Students:

In preparation for Online Teaching and Learning scheduled to commence on Monday, 21st September 2020; All students are invited to participate in the Student Online Sensitization Programme from Monday, 7th September 2020- Friday, 18th September 2020 at 9:30am. The Sensitization Programme will be conducted online by the various Colleges and Campuses. Invitation links to attend each session will be sent to students as per schedule.

The purpose of this sensitization Programme is to introduce all students to the various Online learning platforms like eClass, SOMAS,& Google meet, the Student Management Information System (SMIS) and the University of Nairobi Learning Management Systems.

The training sessions have been broken down to 1-hour sessions throughout the day (9:30am-10:30am) (11:30am-12:30am) and (2:30pm-3:30pm) The sessions will be very interactive and helpful to all students. All students are required to attend the mandatory sensitization/training sessions as indicated in the schedules linked below.

Click on the Link to your College to download the schedule:

Additional Information:

REGISTRATION TO THE UNIVERSITY

The registration process is still on up to 14^th September 2020. Only students who will have uploaded the required documents and fully registered will be allowed to start online classes.

Registration Process

Government-sponsored students (Module I) get registration numbers sent directly to them from the University via SMS and email contacts provided through KUCCPS
Self-sponsored (Module II) and Graduate students generate their registration numbers from the application portal

Accessing the Students Management Information System(SMIS) Portal: log in to smis.uonbi.ac.ke

Accessing the Registration Portal:

Click to Registration portal and follow the instructions:

Login details:

Government Sponsored students(Module I)\

User name: Student Registration Number

Password: School index number

Self Sponsored students (Module II)

User name: Student Registration number

Password: Application reference number

Postgraduate students

User name: Student Registration number

Password: Application reference number

TRAINING ON USE OF ONLINE PLATFORMS

Monday 7^th – Friday 18^th September,2020

Sensitization/Training on Online Learning

INTER/INTER FACULTY TRANSFERS

Monday 7^th – Friday 14^th September 2020

This process is online. The application portal will be activated at midnight on 6^th September 2020.

The Transfer fee is Kshs.1,000/- payable at any ABSA Bank, Account Number 030948245531, Branch Queensway
The outcome of your application will be communicated within fourteen (14) days after the deadline for applications
The deadline for application is 14^th September 2020

How to Login:

Log in to student portal: smis.uonbi.ac.ke
Click the icon Inter-Faculty transfer.

REGISTRATION FOR COURSES

The registration for course has commenced. Please consult Chairmen of Departments, Deans/Directors/Administrators of Faculties/ Schools/Institutes/Centers for assistance through the email addresses provided in the link:

https://www.uonbi.ac.ke/support-emails. The deadline for this process on 18^th September 2020

TEACHING AND LEARNING

Monday 21^st September, 2020 – Commencement of Teaching and Learning

HELP DESK

In case you require further assistance, please contact: customercare@uonbi.ac.ke | Telephone number: 020491000

Commencement of Online teaching and learning: MONDAY 21st SEPTEMBER 2020.

All students to start attending online lectures as per the Teaching Timetables.

Semester Schedules:

Undergraduate Semester Schedule

Postgraduate Schedule

ODeL Semester Schedule

Internet Bundles : Online Learning

Research Resources

Student Resources

Staff Resources

Contacts

Address: P.O. Box 30197-00100, Nairobi, Kenya
Phone: (+254) 020-4910000
Email: pr@uonbi.ac.ke

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