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September 2020 Orientation for New Students to be held Online

The University of Nairobi will for the first time in history conduct orientation for first year students exclusively online due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

The orientation to be held from 31st August -4th September 2020 will see new students acquainted with what life is like in campus.  

The September intake is an important time for many young students transitioning from high school to university where they will not only acquire specialized education but get to learn how to live independently away from parents and guardians.

Admission Information

The Academic Year 2020/2021 will commence on Monday 31 August 2020 and the first thing you need is your letter of Admission.  If you do not have your letter of admission, please write an email to admissions@uonbi.ac.ke with details of your name, programme to which you have been admitted to and KCSE Index Number..

Orientation, registration, classes and examination will all be exclusively be conducted online via various virtual platforms.

UoN at 50: Our History

It is a time to celebrate. The University of Nairobi marks 50 years since it was transformed into the first national University in Kenya on July 1, 1970.

The University of Nairobi owes its origin to several developments in higher education within the country and the region. The idea of an institution for higher learning in Kenya goes back to 1947 when the Kenya Government drew up a plan for the establishment of a technical and commercial institute in Nairobi.

Informal Workers Organization & Social Protection (SPIWORK) project - Kisumu Policy Dialogue

The University of Nairobi, Kisumu Campus today hosted the institute for Development studies (IDS), and informal worker’s organization and social protection(SPIWORK) project on social protection and informal economy research project for the period 2017-2020 being implemented by the IDS in collaboration with Roskilde University in Denmark and Mzumbe University in Tanzania.

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