The  Intellectual Property Management Office(IPMO) proposes to train staff, students and researchers from various units of the University, so that their research  products and processes can be protected, moved along into the product development and commercialization phase for the benefit of the researcher, the University and the society.

The training is intended to be practical and therefore the resource persons are drawn from invention/innovation incubation based organizations, inventors with commercialized Intellectual Property and those with relevant business skills.

The university  ICT data center  has undergone a major upgrade . The upgrade took place  over the weekend of October 3rd - 4th  2020 .The ICT engineers also got the opportunity  to carry out routine maintenance services to all the servers.This is  a step forward in achieving one of the vice chancellor's number one reform agenda i.e data driven management reforms.

The online version of the Varsity Focus September 2020 is out. The edition focuses on UoN activities for the first half of the year.

Click here to get your copy of the Varsity focus 

This is the 3rd Annual event hosted by the University of Nairobi in October each year. The week features over ten different conferences covering a diverse range of academic disciplines, one of which is bound to meet your interest and area of expertise. 

The conferences provide a forum to enable you to present your work, engage with your colleagues, and learn about the latest developments in your field. 

2021 Two-Year Worldwide IBM PhD Fellowship for the academic years of 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 is now open for applications. Strong collaboration with faculty, students and universities is vital to IBM. The IBM PhD Fellowship Program advances this collaboration by recognizing and supporting exceptional PhD students who want to make their mark in promising and disruptive technologies. Focus areas include the following topics of particular interest:

The  Vice Chancellor  recently  said that expelled students(except the ones with court cases) should be given a second chance.   “We cannot punish them forever. If we fail to give them (students) a chance then we will kill their aspirations and hopes of the communities they come from,” he said 

Following Vc's  announcement the university management has set up Pardon Advisory Committee (PAC) to set guidelines that will see expelled students appealing to the chair of the senate, and the committee will recommend a free or conditional pardon to an expelled student.

Have you ever realized that the University of Nairobi Logo is very closely linked to its historical development over a period of 50 years?

At the dawn of Kenya’s Independence in 1963, the then Royal College Nairobi, became a constituent College of the University of East Africa and only in 1970 by an Act of Parliament did it attain the status of a fully fledged University.

Consequently, the UoN logo, when analyzed closely, reflects that evolution. 

The three animals

The University of Nairobi  has done it yet again.The University, not long a go successfully shifted all its research,teaching and learning to online platforms due to the challenges posed by Covid -19  pandemic. . Today September 25th , 2020 the University has delivered the 63rd Graduation through virtual platform. The ceremony was held at  the Great Court.

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.

The University of Nairobi Vice Chancellor, Prof. Stephen Kiama  launched Hult Prize Students Competition. The launch took place on September 4, 2020 at the Council Chambers. The winner will get US$ 1 million (Kshs 100 million) to implement their projects.