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Research

The vision, mission and core values of the University demonstrates the importance placed upon research activities within the University. Find out more below.

Research Activities
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Research Project Websites
UON Academic Journals
UON Conferences
University Press
University Collaborations
Kenyatta National Hospital and University Of Nairobi Ethics and Research Review Committee

Colleges

As a result of rapid expansion and complexities in administration, the university has a decentralized administration composed of six campus colleges headed by principals.

Latest News

Students urged to keep off drugs

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The University of Nairobi Anti-Drugs and Substance Abuse Campaign (UNADSAC) recently held a stimulus event that challenged participants to keep off drugs. Themed ‘The battlefield is in your mind,’ the event saw Mr. Kiragu Ndero, a senior lecturer and counselling psychologist at the Department of Psychology, University of Nairobi give the main address.

Mr. Ndero gave a passionate, informative teaching on matters relating to drugs. These included definition and types of addiction such as drug, sex/people, food, medicine, work, money and religion.

School of Education wins funding to offer early education courses

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The School of Education has won a grant of USD 300,000 from USAID to launch Early Grade Reading Instruction Curriculum (EGRIC). The School through the Department of Educational Communication and Technology (COMTECH), was among the 32 finalists selected out of 450 proposals submitted to USAID.

COMTECH which is implementing EGRIC, will develop the capacity of 240 Bachelor of Education in Early Childhood Education (B.Ed, ECE) and pre-service teachers to teach reading in the primary grades (Pre-school to Standard 3) using high quality, culturally relevant, multi-genre and age-appropriate materials in English and Kiswahili. 

Marketing research course to benefit from links with GfK

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(Left) Prof. Lucy Irungu, DVC, Research Production and Extension and Ms. Phyliss Macfarlane, GfK, during the meeting.

The University of Nairobi (UoN) has entered into a strategic partnership with GfK, a German research company, to establish relations in the area of developing and establishing an M.Sc. Programme in marketing research. The course which was approved last year by the Senate is being offered at the School of Business has admitted its second group of students.

Through the partnership, the two institutions conduct research, share knowledge and work on publications in the area of market research. The two have joint teaching arrangements for the postgraduate programme, conduct joint supervision of the projects, as well as student and faculty exchange agreement.

UON to collaborate with Likoping University

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Prof. Isaac Mbeche, Deputy Vice Chancellor, Student Affairs, UoN and Dr. Helen Dannetun, Vice-Chancellor, LiU sign the MoU.

The University of Nairobi (UoN) through the College of Education and External Studies (CEES) has entered into a partnership agreement with Linkoping University (LiU), Sweden.

The memorandum of understanding (MOU) which was signed between the two universities will focus on student and staff exchange programmes, cultural exchange programmes, joint academic course development and research exchange. In addition, a collaborative partnership on joint applications for funding will also be factored in. Each University may exchange up to six undergraduate or postgraduate students within the field of education.

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