University of Eldoret
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| Motto | Flame of Knowledge and Innovation |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | It was founded in 1946 by the white settlers as a Large Scale Farmers Training Centre. |
| Endowment | 10,300 |
| Chancellor | Prof. Judith Mbula Bahemuka |
| Vice-Chancellor | Prof. Teresa Akenga |
| Undergraduates | 25,000+ |
| Postgraduates | 8,000+ |
| Location | , |
| Campus | Urban, Town Campus, |
| Website | www.uoeld.ac.ke |
The University of Eldoret is one of the 22 public universities in Kenya and situated approximately 9 km along the Eldoret-Ziwa road in Eldoret town, Uasin Gishu County. It was founded in 1946 by the white settlers as a Large Scale Farmers Training Centre. In 1984, it was converted to a teachers’ training college and renamed Moi Teachers’ Training College to offer Diploma Science Teachers Training. Due to the double intake crisis, the College was taken over by Moi University as a Campus in 1990, renaming it Chepkoilel Campus. From 1990, the University made it a campus of Natural, Basic and Applied Science programmes.
In August 2010 the President, through Legal Notice No. 125 of 13 August 2010 upgraded the campus into a University College with the name Chepkoilel University College, a Constituent College of Moi University. Upon the award of Charter by the President on March 2013, the University College was renamed University of Eldoret.
Schools/Faculties and Departments
The university has the following schools;
- Agriculture and Biotechnology
- Business and Management Sciences
- Education
- Engineering
- Environmental Studies
- Environmental Studies - Arts
- Environmental Studies - Science
- Human Resource Development
- Natural Resource Management
- Science
The University on Friday 7 February 2013 added its first campus in Eldoret town-Town campus-Housing School of Environmental studies Human Resource Business and management sciences Natural resources
Graduation
- Held its First Graduation Ceremony on 3 December 2013 at the University Sports Pavilion
- Held its Second Graduation Ceremony on 28 November 2014 at the University Sports Pavilion
- Held its Third Graduation Ceremony on 27 November 2015 at the University Sports Pavilion
References
"Status of Universities.Universities Authorized to Operate in Kenya, 2013". Commission for University Education. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
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