Egerton University is the oldest institution of higher learning in Kenya. It was founded as a Farm School in 1939 by Lord Maurice Egerton of Tatton, a British national who settled in Kenya in the 1920s. In 1950, the School was upgraded to an Agricultural College offering diploma programmes. The Egerton Agricultural College Ordinance was enacted in 1955. In 1979, the Government of Kenya and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funded a major expansion of the institution. In 1986, Egerton Agricultural College was gazetted as a constituent college of the University of Nairobi. The following year, 1987, marked the establishment of Egerton University through an Act of Parliament.
Egerton University has three (3) Campuses and one Campus College. The main Campus is based at Njoro and houses the Faculties of Agriculture, Arts and Social Sciences, Education and Community Studies, Engineering and Technology, Environment and Resources Development, Science and Veterinary Medicine and Surgery. The Njoro Campus also houses the Board of Undergraduate Studies and Field Attachment, and the Board of Postgraduate Studies. The other Campus is the Nairobi City Campus, offering programmes from the Faculties of Arts and Social Sciences, Commerce, and Education and Community Studies. It also hosts the African Centre for Distance Education (ACDE). The third Campus, Kenyatta Campus, is located five (5) kilometres from Njoro Campus and is planned to house the Open and Distance Learning (CODL) programmes which is currently based at Njoro Campus. The only University’s Campus College, Nakuru Town Campus College, hosts the Faculties of Commerce and Health Sciences. The University currently has nine (9) faculties and fifty one (51) academic departments offering a wide range of programmes at diploma, undergraduate, and postgraduate levels. All of them are open to both Government-sponsored and selfsponsored students. The University also offers courses in computer literacy, computer repairs and maintenance, as well as accounting and bridging courses.
Egerton University has made tremendous progress towards increasing access to higher education in Kenya. Chuka, Kisii and Laikipia Universities, who were chartered to become full-fledged Universities on 8th January 2013, 6th February 2013 and 19th February 2013, respectively, were all former constituent Colleges of Egerton University. Besides, the University’s other notable achievements include establishment of: Institute of Women, Gender and Development Studies; Directorates of Quality Assurance, Planning and Development, Student Welfare Services, Institutional Advancement, International Linkages and Programmes; and the University Industry Liaison Office (UILO); African Virtual University (AVU) Centre; The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library (TEEAL); and Egerton Journal of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education and the Egerton Journal of Science and Technology as international peer-reviewed periodicals. In addition, the University has introduced a range of new academic programmes and graduates over 3,000 students annually.
The University has undertaken major research projects, including: Vegetable Oil Protein System (VOPS), Agricultural Management Project (AMP), Policy Analysis Matrix (PAM), Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA), Lake Nakuru Research Project, the Horticultural Technology Experimental Project, Fingerponds Project, Wetland Project, River Njoro Watershed, Soil Fertility Replenishment, Tropical Legumes Project, Managing the Process of Growing Up, and Epidemiology, Blood Safety and Research Project (EBR), evaluation and promotion Pigeon pea Genotypes, genetic improvement of East African Zebu cattle for milk production in ASAL, cassava post-harvest value addition, identifying socio economic constraints to and incentives for faster technology adoption. There are a number of projects are funded by Lake Victoria Research Project (VICRES) and Edulink. The University has also established the Crop Management Research Training (CMRT) Centre, and created Tegemeo Institute of Agriculture Policy and Development. The University currently holds the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics.
EGERTON UNIVERSITY COURSES
Summary of Programmes
Diploma in Agricultural Education & Extension
Diploma in Animal Health
Diploma in Animal Science and Technology
Diploma in Business Management
Diploma in Clinical Medicine and Surgery
Diploma in Computer Science
Diploma in Dairy Technology
Diploma in Dryland Resources Management
Diploma in Eco-tourism and Hospitality Management
Diploma in Education (Arts)
Diploma in Education (Primary)
Diploma in Farm Resource Management
Diploma in Gender, Women and Development Studies
Diploma in Horticulture
Diploma in Human Resources Management
Diploma in Library and Information Science
Diploma in Military Science
Diploma in Modern Chemistry Laboratory Technology
Diploma in Procurement and Supplies Management
B. Sc in Agriculture
B. Sc. in Animal Sciences
B. Sc. in Natural Resources Management
B. Sc. in Water and Environmental Engineering
B. Sc. in Wildlife Enterprise and Management
B.A. in Communication & Media
B.A. in Economics & Sociology
B.A. in Economics and History
B.A. in English and Communication
B.A. in Gender, Women and Development Studies
B.A. in History
B.A. in History and International Studies
B.A. in Kiswahili and Communication
B.A. in Peace Education
B.A. in Sociology and Religious Studies
B.Ed. (Arts)
B.Ed. (Early Childhood Development & Education)
B.Ed. (Primary)
B.Ed. (Science)
B.Sc. in Software Engineering
B.Sc. (Agricultural Education and Extension)
B.Sc. (Clothing, Textiles and Interior Design)
B.Sc. (Community Development)
B.Sc. in Actuarial Science
B.Sc. in Agricultural Economics
B.Sc. in Agricultural Engineering
B.Sc. in Agriculture
B.Sc. in Animal Health Management
B.Sc. in Applied Aquatic Sciences
B.Sc. in Applied Computer Science
B.Sc. in Biochemistry
B.Sc. in Biomedical Science and Technology
B.Sc. in Computer Science
B.Sc. in Criminology and Security Studies
B.Sc. in Dairy Technology and Management
B.Sc. in Dryland Resources Management
B.Sc. in Economics and Statistics
B.Sc. in Ecotourism and Hospitality management
B.Sc. in Environmental Science
B.Sc. in Food Science and Technology
B.Sc. in Foods, Nutrition and Dietetics
B.Sc. in Geography
B.Sc. in Horticulture
B.Sc. in Instrumentation and Control Engineering
B.Sc. in Integrated Forest Resources Management
B.Sc. in Manufacturing Engineering and Technology
B.Sc. in Nursing
B.Sc. in Soil Environment and Land Use Management
B.Sc. in Statistics
Bachelor of Agribusiness Management
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
Bachelor of Business Information and Management
Bachelor of Business Management
Bachelor of Catering and Hotel Management
Bachelor of Commerce
Bachelor of Cooperative Management
Bachelor of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management
Bachelor of Industrial Technology
Bachelor of Laws
Bachelor of Library and Information Studies
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
Bachelor of Military Science
Bachelor of Psychology
Bachelor of Purchasing and Supplies Management
Bachelor of Science
Bachelor of Science in Clinical Medicine
Bachelor of Technology in Civil Engineering
Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery
BSc. (Agriculture and Human Ecology Extension)
Postgraduate Diploma in Education
Postgraduate Diploma in Environmental and Social Sciences Research
Methods
Postgraduate Diploma in Environmental and Sustainable Development
Postgraduate Diploma in Gender, Poverty and Development
Postgraduate Diploma in Probation Practice and Correctional Studies
Joint Degree Master Programme in Limnology and Wetland Management
M. A. in Urban Management
M. Sc. in Soil Sciences
M.A. in Gender, Women and Development Studies
M.A. (Guidance and Counseling)
M.A. Criminology and Criminal Justice
M.A. in Applied Linguistics
M.A. in Economics
M.A. in English Language and Linguistics
M.A. in History
M.A. in Kiswahili
M.A. in Literature
M.A. in Sociology
M.A. Security Management
M.A./M.Sc. in Geography
M.Ed. (Curriculum and Instruction)
M.Ed. (Educational Foundations)
M.Ed. (Educational Management)
M.Ed. (Guidance and Counseling)
M.Ed. (Science Education)
M.Sc. in Animal Breeding and Genetics
M.Sc. (Agricultural Education)
M.Sc. (Agricultural Extension)
M.Sc. (Community Studies and Extension)
M.Sc. in Agribusiness Management
M.Sc. in Agricultural and Applied Economics
M.Sc. in Agricultural Economics
M.Sc. in Agricultural Engineering
M.Sc. in Agricultural Information and Communication Management
M.Sc. in Agronomy
M.Sc. in Animal Nutrition
M.Sc. in Animal Physiology
M.Sc. in Applied Mathematics
M.Sc. in Biochemistry
M.Sc. in Chemistry
M.Sc. in Crop Protection
M.Sc. in Dryland Agro-Pastoral Systems
M.Sc. in Dryland Farming
M.Sc. in Dryland Integrated Land Management Systems
M.Sc. in Dryland Resources Management
M.Sc. in Engineering Systems and Management
M.Sc. in Environmental and Occupational Health
M.Sc. in Environmental Science
M.Sc. in Food Science
M.Sc. in Horticulture
M.Sc. in Limnology
M.Sc. in Livestock Production Systems
M.Sc. in Medical Parasitology
M.Sc. in Natural Resources and Peace
M.Sc. in Natural Resources Management
M.Sc. in Nutritional Sciences
M.Sc. in Physics
M.Sc. in Plant Biotechnology
M.Sc. in Plant Breeding
M.Sc. in Plant Pathology
M.Sc. in Pure Mathematics
M.Sc. in Soil and Water Engineering
M.Sc. in Statistics
M.Sc. in Water Resources and Environmental Management
Master of Business Administration
Master of Human Resource Management
Master of information Science
Master of Information Systems
Master of Journalism and Mass Communication
Master of Knowledge Management
Master of Research and Public Policy
Masters in Measurement and Evaluation
Masters of Agricultural Engineering
Nursing Diploma – Kenya Registered Community Health (In-service)
Ph.D. (Agricultural and Rural Innovation)
Ph.D. (Agricultural Education)
Ph.D. (Agricultural Extension)
Ph.D. (Community Studies and Extension)
Ph.D. (Counseling Psychology)
Ph.D. (Curriculum and Instruction)
Ph.D. (Educational Foundations)
Ph.D. (Educational Management)
Ph.D. (Educational Psychology)
Ph.D. (Guidance and Counseling)
Ph.D. (Mathematics Education)
Ph.D. (Science Education)
Ph.D. in Agribusiness Management
Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics
Ph.D. in Agricultural Engineering
Ph.D. in Agronomy
Ph.D. in Animal Science
Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics
Ph.D. in Biochemistry
Ph.D. in Business and Management (Course Work Option)
Ph.D. in Business and Management (Research Option)
Ph.D. in Chemistry
Ph.D. in Crop Protection
Ph.D. in Dryland Agriculture and Resource Management
Ph.D. in Economics
Ph.D. in English Language and Linguistics
Ph.D. in Environmental and Occupational Health
Ph.D. in Environmental Science
Ph.D. in Food Science
Ph.D. in Geography
Ph.D. in History
Ph.D. in Horticulture
Ph.D. in Kiswahili
Ph.D. in Limnology
Ph.D. in Literature
Ph.D. in Medical Parasitology
Ph.D. in Natural Resources Management
Ph.D. in Nutritional Sciences
Ph.D. in Physics
Ph.D. in Plant Biotechnology
Ph.D. in Plant Breeding
Ph.D. in Plant Pathology
Ph.D. in Pure Mathematics
Ph.D. in Religious Studies
Ph.D. in Sociology
Ph.D. in Soil Science
Ph.D. in Statistics
Ph.D. in Urban Management
PhD in Gender, Women and Development Studies
Doctor of Philosophy in Dryland Resources Management
   Doctor of Philosophy in Natural Resources and Peace
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