Mount Kenya University
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| Motto | Scaling the Heights of Education |
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| Type | Private university |
| Vice-Chancellor | Prof. Stanley Waudo |
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Academic staff
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5,000+ |
| Students | 52,000+ (2015) |
| Location | Thika, Kenya |
| Affiliations |
IUCEA ACU UC-USA NKU-USA |
| Sports | 25 teams |
| Website | Homepage |
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Mount Kenya University (MKU) is a private, multi-campus, chartered university in Kenya. MKU is one of the largest private universities in the country, with a student body in excess of 52,000, as at September 2015.
The main campus of MKU is located in Thika, approximately 47 kilometres (29 mi), by road, northeast of Nairobi, the capital and largest city in Kenya. The coordinates of the university's main campus are 1°02'44.0"S, 37°04'54.0"E (Latitude:-1.045559; Longitude:37.081669).
The universities maintains campuses at the following locations, as of March 2016.
The institution was founded in 1996 as Thika Institute of Technology. In 2000, the Institute developed into a commercial college offering management and computer training programmes. Later in the year the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology recognized the institute as a full-fledged institution of higher learning and granted it a full registration approval. In 2005 the Institute became the 1st private institution in Kenya to be allowed to train pharmaceutical technologists by the Pharmacy and Poisons Board of the Kenya Ministry of Health.
In 2006 the Commission for Higher Education (CHE) validated and approved the institute's request for collaboration with JKUAT to offer both diploma and degree programmes. After fulfilling all the requirements, the Commission for Higher Education issued MKU with the authority to establish a full-fledged privately funded university. In 2011, the university was awarded a charter by the government of Kenya, upon the recommendation of the Commission of Higher Education.
The university is organised into eight schools, one college and one institution:
Coordinates: 1°02′44″S 37°04′54″E / 1.045559°S 37.081669°E
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