Moi University

About The University
Moi University is located in Eldoret, 310 kilometres northwest of Nairobi, the Capital City of Kenya. It was established as the second university in Kenya by an Act of Parliament, the Moi University Act of 1984. The first cohort of 83 students was admitted in 1984 through a transfer from the Department of Forestry, University of Nairobi. Since then, the University has experienced phenomenal growth from its initial one faculty in 1984, to a total of fifteen (15) Schools and five (5) Directorates in 2009. The University currently operates three (3) campuses, namely: Main, and Eldoret West Campus. The university has three (3) constituent colleges, Chepkoilel and Narok) and eight (8) Satellite Campuses, (Nairobi, Kitale, Kericho, Southern Nyanza, Central Kenya, Odera Akang'o, Coast and Northern Kenya campus).

Quality Policy Statement
Moi University is committed to providing quality education and services that meet the needs of its customers and stakeholders through quality and relevant teaching, research and community service and outreach. The University is committed to a quality work and learning environment that is grounded in intellectual and academic freedom, teamwork, quest for excellence, professionalism, discipline and continuous improvement of its products (programmes/activities) and services so as to achieve client/customer satisfaction. To be able to realise this commitment, the University will continually review its products (programmes/activities) and services to conform to the Quality Management Systems based on the ISO 9001 - 2008 Standards.

Students and Staff
The total student enrolment now stands at 22,364 out of whom 19,429 are undergraduates. The students are registered in 297 programmes consisting of 90 for undergraduate, 134 Master of Philosophy, 61 Doctor of Philosophy and 12 Postgraduate diploma programmes. The number of students is envisaged to increase to 42,000 by 2014/15, taking into account the current annual student growth rate of approximately 16% per year cumulatively in all categories of Government sponsored, Privately Sponsored and student population growth at the satellite campuses. The figure could still go higher with the inception of the Open and Distance learning programmes.

There are a total of over 3,662 staff all levels of whom 934 are academic staff

Infrastructure
The University has modern teaching facilities that support academic programmes: Margaret Thatcher Library, the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Seed Testing Laboratory and Water Resource Engineering Laboratory and the Fish Farm.

Vision of Moi University
To be the University of choice in nurturing innovation and talent in science, technology and development.

Mission of Moi University
To preserve, create, and disseminate knowledge, conserve and develop scientific, technological and cultural heritage through quality teaching and research; to create conducive work and learning environment; and to work with stakeholders for the betterment of society.

University Library
The library was established in 1984 along with the University. It started its services in a small wooden building at a country hotel where students and lecturers were temporantly accommodated. In January 1985, the library was moved to the then new campus at Kesses and located in a three-bed roomed residential house. The library as it continued to grow and expand moved three more times within main campus before its final destination at the Margaret Thatcher Library (MTL) building. The University Library was established according to the then existing policy, to have one main library building to serve the needs of all university members. After 1990, the period of exponential expansion of academic programmes, branch libraries were soon established to cater for the needs of users geographically located away from the main campus.

At the inception of the university in 1985, the idea to construct a modern library building (now the Margaret Thatcher Library) was mooted, and the search for a donor begun. Eventually, the British Government agreed to fund the project at the cost of sterling pounds 7m. Lady Margaret Thatcher, the then British Prime Minister, made a historic visit to Moi University in 1987. The construction of the MTL begun in November 1990 and was completed and occupied in 1994. It is currently among the largest, fully equipped and well furnished university libraries in East, Central and Southern Africa region.

The University Library services comprises seven libraries. The main library being The Margaret Thatcher Library, which is located at the main campus. The branch libraries have been established to serve clientele either with special information needs or who are geographically located away from the main campus. The privately sponsored students has three libraries, the main currently located at Eldoret West Campus while the others are at Anex and Eldoret Hospice.

The library was established in 1984 along with the University. It started its services in a small wooden building at a country hotel where students and lecturers were temporantly accommodated. In January 1985, the library was moved to the then new campus at Kesses and located in a three-bed roomed residential house. The library as it continued to grow and expand moved three more times within main campus before its final destination at the Margaret Thatcher Library (MTL) building. The University Library was established according to the then existing policy, to have one main library building to serve the needs of all university members. After 1990, the period of exponential expansion of academic programmes, branch libraries were soon established to cater for the needs of users geographically located away from the main campus.

Admission
At the moment, admission into all the public universities for regular government sponsored students is conducted by the Joint Admissions Board (JAB). Undergraduate application forms are obtained centrally from Registrar (Admissions), P.O. Box 30197, Nairobi. Enquiries for all courses offered at Moi University should be made to the Chief Academic Officer, Moi University, P.O. Box 3900, Eldoret.

The has also opened invaluable opportunity for the hundreds of Kenyans and non-Kenyans who meet the University admission requirement but do not secure admission due to the restricted intake through the joint Admission Board (JAB). The programme is aimed at providing an opportunity for Secondary School graduates who obtained the minimum grade of C+ at the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) but are not admitted by the Joint Admissions Board (JAB) because of the limited capacities in the public universities.

Candidates for various programmes in the are charged Kshs. 1000/= for processing the application. This amount can be made in a Banker's Cheque to Moi University. Candidates should return their application form with the payment of Kshs. 1000/=

Application for Admission to Postgraduate Degree Programme
Intending applicants should obtain from the Chief Academic Officer or Postgraduate Admissions office at Main Campus or download the forms from the Moi University website. Completed Application forms should be accompanied by a registration fee of Ksh. 2,000 payable to Moi University. Enquiries relating to specific courses may also be made to the respective Deans of Schools.

Loans and Bursaries
Kenyan candidates seeking for admission to the university should apply for loans and bursaries directly to Financial help may also be given by other bodies, details of which may be obtained from the Chief Academic Officer.

Registration
Every student who has paid the expected fees is required to register for course at the beginning of each semester and to sign the nominal roll. Any student who fails to register for courses and does not sign the nominal roll is declared a non-bonafide student. Such a student is not qualified to attend lectures or to sit the University examinations. A student who fails to attend 20% of lectures is not eligible to sit the University examinations.

International mobility of students
While it is easier for university students in developed countries to travel abroad on student exchange programmes, the same is not true for their counterparts in developing countries. In the USA and Europe for example, there are specific organisations with the sole purpose of funding costs of students on exchange programmes. It is vital for local students to travel abroad partly as a marketing strategy for the university. However, they also return home with valuable experiences, which they may share with the rest of the local students. In this way, even those local students who do not themselves go abroad acquire an internationalised feeling.

To achieve this IPO in liaison with other relevant Departments/Officers is exploring avenues of setting up a Moi University funding mechanism geared towards increasing the number of local students who participate in student exchange programmes. Towards this end University should resolve to provide seed money to start the fund. IPO is developing a framework for soliciting of funds from donor agencies, multinationals and other organisations. Nevertheless self-sponsorship and cost sharing by the students is encouraged. The long-term goal is to create an endowment fund to cater for student exchange activities.

International Mobility of Staff
Scholarly exchange programmes are recognised as a key component of internationalisation and provide unique opportunities for local staff to participate in activities of partner overseas institutions for specified periods. This gives exposure to participants to acquire valuable experience on how others handle day-to-day issues related, for example, to students and academic programmes.

Such comparative lessons are put to use for the benefit of the home institution. IPO recognises that lack of funding mechanism is a clear hindrance to local staff wishing to participate in international mobility. IPO in conjunction with relevant units of the university and external donor agencies is exploring avenues of setting up sustainable funding mechanism (Endowment fund) for international staff mobility.

Moi University Degree Programs :

Medicine

Dentistry

Nursing

Public Health

Video Presentation

Moi University-IUPUI International Symposium

Moi University-IUPUI International Symposium with P.L.O Lumumba - Part 2