Total Number of Schools: 4 schools namely:

1. School of Business and Education
2. School of Pure and Applied Sciences
3. School of Health Sciences
4. School of Engineering and Technology

Areas of specialization:

• Engineering
• ICT
• Pure and Applied sciences
• Textile Technology
• Health Sciences and
• Business Enterprise

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Welcome to Kirinyaga University

VISION

To be a leading University in quality training, strategic research, innovation and technology development and transfer.

MISSION

To train and develop human resources equipped with innovative skills to inspire enterprise in the disciplines of engineering, science, health and technology, to meet the demands of a dynamic world.

CORE VALUES

• Professionalism
• Integrity, transparency and accountability
• Innovation and creativity
• Excellence
• Equity

MOTTO

Innovative technology for a dynamic world.

Kirinyaga University (KyU) is located approximately 115 Km North East of Nairobi on Sagana - Embu - Highway. It is the successor to Kirinyaga Technical Institute which was conceived by the people of Kirinyaga way back in 1971 when the former head of state His Excellency the President, Hon. Daniel Arap Moi C.G.H., M.P. (then Vice-president) launched the Harambee Fund Raising Drive at the request of Kirinyaga people. Kirinyaga County Council set aside 200 acres of land for the institute at Kutus and 50 more acres were also acquired at Kangaita area on the slopes of Mt. Kenya. The Institute opened doors to the first students on 2nd March 1977 when 72 students were enrolled, 48 of these students were admitted in the building and construction department while the remaining 24 were enrolled in the clothing and textile technology department. New training programmes were introduced in plumbing and Electrical installation in the early and mid-eighties respectively.

Kirinyaga University College the predecessor to KyU was established as a constituent college of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and technology (JKUAT) through a Legal Order No. 108 of August 2011. KyUC admitted its first student in September 2012 in two Bachelors’ degree programmes and grew tremendously in student and staff population with commensurate facilities to host 13 degree programmes.

Kirinyaga University was granted charter by His Excellency Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta the President of the republic of Kenya on 7th October 2016 with thirteen academic degree programmes, and has since increased the number of academic degree programmes. The University is positioning itself to be a leader in offering courses geared towards producing employers and not employees in areas outlined by the Vision 2030.

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.

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