Verified-accreditation universities in Kenya. Each entry links to its national accrediting body so you can verify independently.
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SubjectsMedicine & Health Sciences · Social Sciences · Education
Accreditation
Commission for University Education (CUE) — Kenya's statutory regulator for university education established under the Universities Act, 2012, mandated to regulate, accredit, and assure quality of all university education in Kenya. Verify on the public registry · last verified 2026-05-13.
Founded 2017 (chartered as a university by CUE); operated as Amref Health Africa's training programme since the 1990s. Private specialised health-sciences university in Nairobi, chartered by CUE in 2017 — one of Kenya's newer university institutions. Established by Amref Health Africa (formerly the African Medical and Research Foundation, founded 1957), the largest Africa-based international health NGO. Builds on decades of Amref's pre-existing training programmes for community health workers, nurses, and public-health professionals across East Africa. Programmes focus on public health, nursing, midwifery, medical laboratory sciences, health systems management, and community health. Strong fieldwork emphasis and integration with Amref's service-delivery programmes across multiple African countries.
SubjectsEngineering & Technology · Computer Science & IT · Agriculture & Environmental Studies · Architecture & Design · Medicine & Health Sciences · Natural Sciences · Business & Management
Accreditation
Commission for University Education (CUE) — Kenya's statutory regulator for university education established under the Universities Act, 2012, mandated to regulate, accredit, and assure quality of all university education in Kenya. Verify on the public registry · last verified 2026-05-13.
Founded 1981 (as Jomo Kenyatta College of Agriculture and Technology, a middle-level college); chartered as JKUAT in 1994. Kenya's leading public STEM university, located in Juja in Kiambu County — approximately 36 km northeast of Nairobi along the Thika Super Highway. Originally founded 1981 as a middle-level agricultural and technical college through Japanese development assistance (JICA), named after Kenya's founding president Jomo Kenyatta. Chartered as a full university in 1994. Six colleges: Engineering & Technology, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Architecture & Engineering, Health Sciences, Human Resource Development, and Pure & Applied Sciences. Recognised for engineering, computer science, agriculture, biotechnology, and architecture programmes. The main campus is in Juja (not Thika as commonly miscited in casual sources).
SubjectsBusiness & Management · Computer Science & IT · Law · Social Sciences · Arts & Humanities · Mathematics & Statistics
Accreditation
Commission for University Education (CUE) — Kenya's statutory regulator for university education established under the Universities Act, 2012, mandated to regulate, accredit, and assure quality of all university education in Kenya. Verify on the public registry · last verified 2026-05-13.
Founded 1961 (as Strathmore College, the first multi-racial A-level college in East Africa); chartered as a university 2008. Non-profit private university in Nairobi, widely regarded as one of East Africa's leading institutions for business, commerce, information technology, and law. Founded 1961 as Strathmore College — the first multi-racial sixth-form (A-level) college in East Africa during the late colonial period. Operated as a tertiary institution under various accreditations before gaining full university charter from the Commission for University Education in 2008. Affiliated with Opus Dei, a Catholic personal prelature. Schools include Strathmore Business School (SBS, an internationally recognised MBA provider), Strathmore Law School, Faculty of Information Technology, and the Faculty of Commerce. Domain on the .edu TLD (registered before East African academic-TLD restrictions tightened).
SubjectsEngineering & Technology · Medicine & Health Sciences · Agriculture & Environmental Studies · Veterinary Medicine · Natural Sciences · Architecture & Design · Arts & Humanities · Social Sciences · Business & Management · Law · Education
Accreditation
Commission for University Education (CUE) — Kenya's statutory regulator for university education established under the Universities Act, 2012, mandated to regulate, accredit, and assure quality of all university education in Kenya. Verify on the public registry · last verified 2026-05-13.
Founded 1956 (as Royal Technical College); University College Nairobi 1964; chartered as University of Nairobi 1970. Kenya's flagship and oldest university, founded 1956 as the Royal Technical College of East Africa. Became University College Nairobi within the University of East Africa in 1964, and gained full independent university status in 1970 upon the dissolution of the University of East Africa. Main campus in central Nairobi with multiple satellite campuses across the city (Chiromo, Kabete, Lower Kabete, Parklands, Upper Kabete, Kenyatta National Hospital). Six colleges: Agriculture & Veterinary Sciences, Architecture & Engineering, Biological & Physical Sciences, Education & External Studies, Health Sciences, and Humanities & Social Sciences. Ranked consistently among East Africa's top universities and Kenya's most selective public institution. Strong research output across medicine, engineering, agriculture, and the social sciences.
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