University of Nairobi Historical Establishment
Channel: The Nation Digital News
Date: 2019-01-12

The University of Nairobi (UoN) is a collegiate research university
based in Nairobi. It is one of the largest universities in Kenya. 
Although its history as an educational institution dates back to 
1956, it did not become an independent university until 1970. 
In the year, the University of East Africa was split into three 
independent universities:  Makerere University in Uganda, 
the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, and 
the University of Nairobi.

During the 2011 academic year, the university had 61,912 students,
of whom 49,488 were undergraduates and 12,424 postgraduates.
The university launched several policy frameworks and introduced
 self-funded enrolment (also called 'module to cope with the
 rising demand for higher education in Kenya

The inception of the University of Nairobi dates from 1956, 
with the establishment of the Royal Technical College, 
which admitted its first group of A-level graduates for 
technical courses in April the same year.