University of Nairobi – University in Nairobi

The University of Nairobi is Kenya's oldest and largest public university, with its main campus on University Way in the heart of Nairobi. It traces its roots to the Royal Technical College of 1956 and became an independent university in 1970. Today it has tens of thousands of students across faculties covering arts and social sciences, business and management, law, engineering, science and technology, health sciences, agriculture and veterinary medicine, and education. Its campuses include Chiromo, Kenyatta National Hospital, Upper and Lower Kabete, Parklands and Kikuyu. The university is a major research centre in East Africa, with institutes for development studies, climate change, nuclear science and tropical disease research. General and media enquiries go through the university's main phone line and public relations email, and the postal address is P.O. Box 30197-00100, Nairobi.