Kirinyaga University set in a welcoming and accessible forested environment, 1hr 30 min drive from Nairobi, is far enough to offer serene studying environment but close enough for convenience.  We offer market sensitive Programmes tailored to careers in IT, Health Science, Engineering, Business, Pure and Applied Sciences, Hospitality, Architecture and the Built Environment.

Our Programmes are benchmarked with the best in the world and curriculum delivery ICT driven. That our lecture notes are posted on e-learning platform 2 days to scheduled lectures encouraging our students to engage in enquiry based learning, self and team based open discussion in class, clearly set us apart from our competitors.
Our Students' participation in sports, politics and other extracurricular activities as well as community engagement develop them into well rounded functional members of societies. Our structured mentorship program and work-study program enhance care for the needy and overall integration into the KyU family. Our industrial placements provide the much needed link towards actualization of theory based teaching to real life market needs.

That students lecture attended are electronically tracked and reports given to students in timely manner enhances maximization of students lecture contact hence, eliminating the possibility of taking university exams without adequate preparations.  Students have uninterrupted Wi-Fi access in campus.
For first time visitor, the breath taking view of Mt. Kenya on clear sunny days and uninterrupted green carpet of Mwea rice field are additions to our exception beauty.
Come see, come appreciate, come and join and belong to this close knit family.

KyU Students Website

Admission of candidates to Kirinyaga University for the degrees, diplomas, certificates or other awards shall be open to all persons without discrimination on race, ethnicity, place of origin, political opinion, color, creed, physical ability or gender.
The Application Forms are available from the Kirinyaga University website and are returned upon Payment of a non-refundable fee of Kshs 1,500 for Degree courses and Kshs 1,000 for Diploma and Certificate Courses.

Application fee can be deposited in the University account:

Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) ACCOUNT NO: 1104016028
Cooperative Bank ACCOUNT NO: 01129489200000
Equity Bank ACCOUNT NO: 0100299420333

Filled application should be returned to the Registrar Academic Affairs Offices.

THE REGISTRAR, ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
KIRINYAGA UNIVERSITY
P.O BOX 143 – 10300
KERUGOYA

Click here to download the application form.

Application Form (Degree & Diploma)

Postgraduate Programmes Application Form

KIRINYAGA UNIVERSITY
SEMESTER DATES FOR 2021/2022

MONDAY, MARCH 07, 2022 - FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 2022

NB: All programmes in the Post Graduate, B.Sc. Nursing and B.Sc. Clinical Science will operate on a different schedule to be circulated by the respective School.