Mount Kenya University (MKU) is a private, multi-campus, university in the municipal county of

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. The university was founded by Prof. Simon N. Gicharu and has since become one of the largest private universities in

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, with an estimated 52,000 students, as of September 2015. MKU is chartered and ISO 9001:2015 Certified

Location

The main campus of MKU is located in

, approximately , by road, northeast of

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, the

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and largest city in Kenya. The coordinates of the university's main campus are 1°02'44.0"S, 37°04'54.0"E (-1.045559 37.081669). The university maintains campuses at the following locations, as of April, 2020. * Thika (Main) Campus - General Kago Road,

* Mombasa Campus - MKU Plaza, Nkurumah Road,

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* Nairobi Campus - MKU Towers and Union Towers,

* Parklands Law Campus * Open Distance and Electronic Learning (ODEL) Center - main campus * Nakuru Campus - Great Rift Plaza, opposite Valley Hospital,

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* Eldoret Campus -

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* Meru Campus - Meru pposite Meru County Assembly* MKU Rwanda Campus - Kagarama, Kicukiro,

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History

The institution was founded in 1996 as Thika Institute of Technology by Dr. Simon Gicharu.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 Kenya recognized the institute as a fully-fledged institution of higher learning and granted it a full registration approval. In 2005 the Institute became the first 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) which later changed to Commission for University Education Kenya'' (CUE)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

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, upon the recommendation of the Commission of Higher Education.

Academics

The university is organized into three colleges, 12 schools, and three institutes:

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 **

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**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 * School of Computing and Informatics

References

External links

Mount Kenya University Official Website
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