Chuo Kikuu cha Afrika Mashariki (kwa Kiingereza: University of East Africa) kilianzishwa tarehe 29 Juni 1963 kikiwa kinahudumia nchi za Kenya, Tanzania na Uganda. Mwaka 1970 kiligawanyishwa katika vyuo vitatu huru ambavyo ni Chuo Kikuu cha Nairobi, Chuo Kikuu cha Makerere na Chuo Kikuu cha Dar es Salaam. "Universities: East Africa", A Historical Companion To Postcolonial Thought In English (Columbia University Press, 2005) Prem Poddar and David Johnson, eds., p489