Egerton University is a Kenyan tertiary institution found in Njoro, Nakuru County.

The University was founded in 1939 as a Farm School by Lord Maurice Egerton of Tattoo by a British national who settled in Kenya in the 1920s.

In 1950, the institution was upgraded to the status of an Agricultural College and began offering diploma courses, followed by the enactment of the Egerton Agricultural College Ordinance in 1955.

Later in 1979, Kenya and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funded the expansion of the institution.

In 1986, the Egerton Agricultural College was gazetted as a constituent college of the University of Nairobi.

Then, in 1987, the University was officially established through an Act of Parliament.

At the same time, the Egerton University Act of 1987 was repealed and replaced by the Universities Act No. 42 of 2012, and the university was re-chartered in 2013.

Egerton University Program

The University comprises over 52 academic departments.

Institution offers various programmes which includes diploma, undergraduate, and postgraduate levels.

This departments are distributed into over ten schools which includes, Agriculture, Arts and Social Sciences, Commerce, Education and Community Studies, Engineering and Technology, Environment and Resources Development, Health Sciences, Science, Law, and Veterinary Medicine and Surgery.

Additionally, some courses are offered by the Institute of Women, Gender and Development Studies and the College of Open and Distance Learning.

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Degree Courses and Fees

Bachelor in History & International Studies Ksh 179,100

Bachelor in Sociology and Religious Studies, History Ksh 148,500

Bachelor in Gender & Development Studies Ksh 182,440

Bachelor in Communication and Media Ksh 233,440

Bachelor in Economics and Sociology Ksh 148,500

Bachelor in Economics and History Ksh 148,500

Bachelor of Commerce Ksh 209,700

Bachelor of Procurement and Supply Chain Management Ksh 209,700

Bachelor of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management Ksh 209,700

Bachelor’s in Economics and Statistics Ksh 270,900

Bachelor in Agriculture and Human Ecology (AGHE) Ksh 276,740

Bachelor in Community Development (CDEV) Ksh 184,940

Bachelor in Clothing, Textiles and Interior Design (CTID) Ksh 235,940

Bachelor of Education Arts Ksh 214,700

Bachelor of Education Science Ksh 278,400

Bachelor of Psychology Ksh 182,540

Bachelor of Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE) Ksh 278,400

Bachelor in Agricultural Engineering Ksh 373,540

Bachelor in Water and Environmental Engineering Ksh 373,540

Bachelor in Manufacturing Engineering and Technology Ksh 373,540

Bachelor in Instrumentation and Control Engineering Ksh 373,540

Bachelor of Industrial Technology Ksh 373,540

Bachelor in Electrical and Electronics Engineering Ksh 373,540

Bachelor in Natural Resources Management Ksh 307,340

Bachelor in Ecotourism and Hospitality Management Ksh 307,340

Bachelor in Wildlife Enterprise Management Ksh 307,340

Bachelor in Integrated Forest Resources Management Ksh 307,340

Bachelor in Dryland Resource Management Ksh 307,340

Bachelor in Environmental Science Ksh 235,940

Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB) Ksh 337,940

Bachelor in Clinical Medicine Ksh 307,340

Bachelor in Nursing Ksh 307,340

Bachelor in Foods Nutrition and Dietetics Ksh 307,340

Bachelor in Applied Aquatic Sciences Ksh 276,740

Bachelor with Majors in Botany/Zoology, Chemistry, Mathematics, etc. Ksh 253,000

Bachelor in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Ksh 276,740

Bachelor in Biomedical Science and Technology Ksh 276,740

Bachelor’s in Applied Computer Science Ksh 276,740

Bachelor’s in Computer Science Ksh 276,740

Bachelor in Actuarial Science Ksh 276,740

Bachelor in Statistics Ksh 270,900

Bachelor in Geography Ksh 256,340

Bachelor of Law Ksh 214,700

Bachelor in Animal Health Management and Production Ksh 307,340

Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Ksh 312,340

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Diploma Courses

Diploma in Livestock Resources Management

Diploma in Farm Resource Management

Diploma in Dairy Technology

Diploma in Horticulture

Diploma in Agricultural Education and Extension

Diploma in Procurement and Supply Chain Management

Diploma in Business Management

Diploma in Human Resource Management

Diploma in Clinical Medicine and Surgery

Diploma in Modern Chemistry Laboratory Technology

Diploma in Computer Science

Diploma in Education Arts

Diploma in Gender and Development Studies

Diploma in Criminology and Security Studies

Diploma in Library & Information Science

Diploma in Gender and Development Studies

Diploma in Ecotourism and Hospitality Management

Diploma in Military Science

Diploma in Animal Health and Production

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Egerton University structure. PHOTO/Courtesy