Eldoret Campus

Eldoret Campus

“The city of champions”
If Eldoret sneezes, Kenya catches a cold. We are talking food security, world-beating athletes, Mursik. This vast agricultural town is a main producer of maize, Kenya’s staple food and is the artery linking Western and Nothern Kenya with the rest of the country. The town gets its name from the Maasai word “eldore”, which means “stony river”. It hosts the IAAF high attitude training camp for athletes and has been home of worldbeating runners in middle-to-long distance races. Mount Kenya University Eldoret Campus helps the residents tap their talents and harness knowledge to enrich their agricultural productivity. Just as the origin of its name suggests, Eldoret is a largely cosmopolitan area and hosts people from various communities in Kenya.

Campus History

The campus was started in October, 2010 with students who had been at the African International College, in collaboration with Gulu University.
Student population at that time was less than 30, with 11 staff members serving both teaching and non-teaching portfolios. Only three served as full time staff. Since then, the campus has grown in terms of student numbers, staff establishment and physical resources. It recently took a bold step forward by breaking ground for construction of new facilities within the town. The campus is located at the centre of the town where it is easily accessible to many people.

Prestigious Campus

Eldoret Campus stands out as an institution of higher learning offering Education, Business, ICT,  Social Sciences, among other courses. The university offers fulltime, evening and weekend classes. The campus also offers online studies where students access resource materials  and submit CATS online. Online students have an option to undertake the exams either through the online portal or through attempt them physically at the campus. Online students are able to access additional learning resource at the campus at any time

Eldoret Campus is located at the home of athletic and has known renown athlete such as Eliud Kipchoge and Vivian Cheruiyot   and is well known for the Mursik delicacy.