The University of Nairobi in partnership with other institutions has received funding from the Germany Government to conduct a 3-year project on solutions to food insecurity and malnutrition. On  Tuesday, September 21, 2021, a team from Strengthening Urban Resilience in FOOD and nutrition security in Kenya paid a courtesy call on the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Stephen Kiama, and briefed him on the SURE Food project launch. 

 (SURE-FOOD) Funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), funding period: 1 June 2021 – 31 May 2024 (AfResi-Call)

Preparations for the 65th graduation ceremony are in top gear as over 4200 graduates will be conferred Degrees and awarded Diplomas by the Chancellor, Dr. Vijoo Rattansi on Friday, September 24, 2021 at the Great Court.

At the ceremony, Prof. Fredrick Namenya Were will receive a Doctor of Science Degree Award (DSC). He joins the ranks of five other professors who have achieved the coveted feat since the establishment of the University in 1970.

The University of Nairobi has received over 10,000 first year students for the Academic Calendar 2021/22. The first years reported on Monday, September 20, 2021. 6,407 students were placed by KUCCPS and the rest are module II students. All the 11 faculties have received students. 

The students will be taken through orientation the whole week. The orientation will be to a large extent Faculty-based. Thus, students will be exposed in detail to the facilities in their respective Faculties and Campuses, and in general to those of the entire University.