MKU Students Empowered by ‘Africa Meets Bavaria’ Innovation Program
At Mount Kenya University (MKU), an exciting chapter is unfolding as 65 students embark on a transformative journey through the “Africa Meets Bavaria” project, a two-year initiative funded by the Bavarian State Chancellery. This program coordinated by the University’s Innovation and incubation Centre is a bridge connecting African ingenuity with Bavarian innovation, fostering entrepreneurial collaboration […]
REVOLUTIONIZING RESEARCH AT MOUNT KENYA UNIVERSITY
Pioneering Next-Generation Sequencing in Kenya The Center for Malaria Elimination at Mount Kenya University proudly announces the acquisitionof the Illumina NextSeq 1000, the first next-generation sequencer housed at an educational institutionin Kenya. This cutting-edge, high throughput platform places us at the forefront of genomic research,uniquely equipped to tackle critical health challenges. With plans to use […]
MKU emerges top 3 in the Times Higher Education Sub-Saharan Africa University Rankings.
Mount Kenya University has been ranked position 3 in Kenya out of 15 universities that met the requirements to be considered in the ranking Emerging top among the academic giants. Times Higher Education Sub-Saharan ranking featured 129 universities from 22 countries in the region. Regionally the university was ranked number 32 out of 129 Sub-Saharan […]
Start your career as a teacher at MKU
On 30th November 2024 and 1st December 2024 Students will be reporting at Mount Kenya University to start their careers in Teaching under the Distance, Institution-Based and e-Learning (DIBEL) study mode. When studying under the DIBeL, student attend face-to-face training during the national academic holidays that is on December, April and August where they undertake […]
MKU Medical School recognised by General Medical Council, UK
MKU medical school has been granted recognition by the prestigious General Medical Council (GMC), opening doors in the United Kingdom for doctors from the institution. GMC is the independent regulator of doctors in the United Kingdom
MKU Scholars visit Germany through the ART4DEV project
Members of faculty from Mount Kenya university Dr. John Kamau, Dr. Evans Mwiti, Dr Phelista Njeru and Dr. Emily Nyabisi attend Applied Research & Teaching for Sustainable Development in Africa (Art 4 Dev) Capacity building and research initiation workshop. The workshop was held at the Hochschule Bonn-Rhein – Seig University in Sankt Augustin, Germany from […]
MKU and ACCESS 2.0 Secure €4.5 Million DAAD Grant
The Grant to Advance Employability and Innovation Mount Kenya University (MKU), in collaboration with its partners in the Africa Centre for Career Enhancement and Skill Support (ACCESS 2.0) project, has been awarded a €4.5 million grant to sustain and expand its groundbreaking initiatives. The project, which began in 2020, has been renewed for an additional […]
MKU Students bag regional innovation award
Two students, Bettina Maruti and Esbon Ogetto were last week named the overall winners of Zindigi Prize, sponsored by Zindigi JS Bank in Pakistan, after beating 38 start-ups from six institutions. In a colourful event at St pauls University, Limuru the duo pitched their start-up Nanaheal Enterprises which is repurposing pineapple waste into a bio […]
