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Egerton University

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World University Rankings 2025
Along Nakuru-Mau Narok Road Egerton Ar., P.O. Box 536, Njoro, Nakuru, 20115, Kenya

About Egerton University

Egerton University is the oldest university in Kenya having been in 1939. It was founded as Egerton Farm College.

It became part of the University of Kenya in 1986 and a university in its own right in 1987.

The university is based across four campuses in Njoro, 70 miles from Kenya’s capital, Nairobi. The main Njoro campus hosts the faculties of agriculture, arts and social sciences, education and community studies, engineering and technology, environment and resources and science and veterinary medicine.

The nearby Kenyatta campus has the Centre for Capacity Building and is planned to accommodate the school of Open and Distance Learning.

Nakuru Campus hosts law, commerce and health sciences while courses in commerce and arts and sciences are taught at the Nairobi campus. The university runs distance courses in collaboration with Africa Virtual University.

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Key statistics

  • 42.5
    No. of students per staff
    (1)
  • 20,020
    Number of FTE Students
    (1)
  • 32%
    Proportion of ISR Publications
    (1)
  • 43 : 57
    Student Ratio of Females to Males
    (1)
  • 1%
    Percentage of International Students
    (1)
Based on data collected for the (1) 2025 World University Rankings

Subjects taught at Egerton University

  • Clinical, pre-clinical & health

    • Medicine & Dentistry
    • Other Health
  • Life sciences

    • Biological Sciences
    • Veterinary Science
    • Agriculture & Forestry
  • Physical sciences

    • Chemistry
    • Physics & Astronomy
    • Mathematics & Statistics
  • Social sciences

    • Communication & Media Studies
    • Politics & International Studies (incl Development Studies)
    • Geography
    • Sociology
  • Business & economics

    • Economics & Econometrics
    • Business & Management
    • Accounting & Finance
  • Law

    • Law
  • Arts & humanities

    • Languages, Literature & Linguistics
    • History, Philosophy & Theology
  • Computer science

    • Computer Science
  • Engineering & technology

    • Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
    • Electrical & Electronic Engineering
    • Civil Engineering
  • Psychology

    • Psychology
  • Education

    • Education