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uonbi.ac.ke is the official website of the University of Nairobi, Kenya, branded on the page as "University of Nairobi | Committed to Scholarly Excellence." Use it to find the university's faculties and departments, research institutes and centres, news and announcements, and event information. It is an institutional information site, not an online application or payment portal based on the page content available.
What the site covers
The homepage is organized around institutional navigation rather than a single service. The main areas visible in the page content are:
- News and announcements — a "NEWS | All News & Announcements" section plus a separate "Announcements" block.
- Faculties and departments — a full academic directory, from the Faculty of Agriculture to the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine.
- Institutes and centres — research units such as the Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies, the Institute of Nuclear Science & Technology, and the Institute for Climate Change and Adaptation.
- Research, Innovation & Enterprise and Finance, Planning & Development — administrative and research-facing sections.
- Events @ UoN — a listing of university events.
How the academic directory is structured
The faculties are listed with their constituent departments, which makes the site useful for locating a specific programme area. A few examples:
| Faculty | Example departments listed |
|---|---|
| Business & Management Sciences | Business Administration; Finance and Accounting; Management Science and Project Planning |
| Engineering | Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering; Civil and Construction Engineering; Electrical and Information Engineering; Geospatial and Space Technology |
| Arts and Social Sciences | Economics and Development Studies; Journalism and Mass Communication; Political Science and Public Administration; Psychology |
| Health Sciences | Dental Sciences; Nursing Sciences; Public and Global Health; Pharmacy; Diagnostic Imaging & Radiation Medicine |
| Science & Technology | Chemistry; Computing and Informatics; Mathematics; Physics; Biology; Earth & Climate Science |
The same pattern applies across Agriculture, Built Environment, Education, Law, and Veterinary Medicine.
When this site is the right starting point
- You want to confirm which faculty or department handles a subject. The department-level listing lets you match a topic (for example, real estate or diplomacy) to its unit before searching further.
- You are looking for research units rather than teaching departments. The institutes and centres section covers specialized bodies like the Kenya Aids Vaccine Institute and the Institute for Development Studies.
- You need official university news or event dates. The news, announcements, and events blocks are the site's own channels.
If you need admission requirements, fee amounts, or application deadlines, note that the available page content does not include pricing, payment platforms, or application instructions. Treat those as things to verify through the university's own published pages rather than assuming the homepage provides them.
Practical tip
Because the site is a large institutional directory, navigate by faculty first and then department, rather than scanning the full list. The faculty names in the page content match the headings you will see in the navigation, so using the exact faculty name (for example, "Faculty of Business & Management Sciences") is the fastest way to reach the right section.