The office of Deputy Vice Chancellor, Academic, Research and Students Affairs is happy to announce that Dr. Dickson Mwenda Kinyua of the School of Pure and Applied Sciences, Kirinyaga University has been named the 2024 winner of the prestigious Optica Foundation Challenge Award.  Dr. Kinyua’s winning project, titled "Development of robotic microscopy for rapid and cost-effective malaria diagnosis," aims to revolutionize malaria diagnostics, particularly in resource-limited settings. This award recognizes early-career professional who leverage optics and photonics to tackle global challenges globally. The award comes with a USD 100,000 prize to support his groundbreaking research. 

On behalf of the entire KyU fraternity, the Office of the Deputy Vice Chancellor, ARSA and that of Vice Chancellor are proud of Dr. Kinyua’s achievement and congratulate him for emerging the 2024 winner of Optica Foundation Challenge.  Well done Dr. Kinyua and may you work even harder to achieve higher research goals.

Kirinyaga University on August 23, 2024 hosted the President of International Society for Gynaecological Endoscopy, Emeritus Prof. Bruno van Henrendael from Antwerp Belgium accompanied with the East African team comprising Prof. Emmanuel Nzau Ngoma from University of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (ISGE board member), Dr. Yamal Patel, the Director 3^rd Park Hospital Nairobi and Dr. Joseph Njagi, Consultant Obstetrician Gynaecologist at 3^rd Park Hospital Nairobi. The visit focused on ISGE's interest to enter a memorandum of understanding to jointly undertake postgraduate endoscopic surgical skills training with Kirinyiga University and the 3^rd Park Hospital Nairobi.

Kirinyaga University is a chartered government owned and established under the Universities Act No.42 of 2012.  The University invites applications from suitably qualified and experienced persons with excellent academic credentials to fill the vacant positions as advertised below.

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Kirinyaga University invites qualified applicants for the advertised programmes to be offered under full time mode of study in the academic year 2024/2025. The entry requirements for each programme are as shown in the advert. Applications can be done online through https://application.kyu.ac.ke/, downloading the application form from the University website www.kyu.ac.ke or obtain the form from the University reception. Click on the link below to download the advert.

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