University Information

Egerton University (EU) started off as a Farm School in 1939 by Lord Maurice Egerton of Tatton, when it admitted its first three students in makeshift premises. Teaching and learning at the school remained informal until the mid-1940’s when a formal nine-month certificate course was introduced. In 1949 a Diploma programme was initiated, paving way for the establishment of a Board of Governors to run the college through an Act of Parliament in 1955.

In 1986, the college was elevated to a constituent college of the University of Nairobi and in 1987 it was granted University status. In 2012, Parliament repealed Egerton Universities Act of 1985 and through the Universities Act of 2012, the university received a charter by the Commission for University Education. The award of the charter signifies that the university is accredited to award diploma and bachelors, masters and doctoral degree certificates.

Since then, the university enjoys a long-standing reputation as a centre of excellence in agricultural education and training. Similarly, the university also offers various programmes and courses in Education, Natural and applied Sciences, Health, Arts and Social Sciences and Law among others.

Currently, the university is located in two campuses; Njoro Main Campus and Nakuru Town Campus. It boasts of 51 departments across ten faculties, namely: Agriculture, Arts and Social Sciences, Commerce, Education and Community Studies, Engineering and Technology, Environment and Natural Resources, Health Sciences, Law, Science and Veterinary Medicine and Surgery. The university also runs a school of distance and online learning and Institute of Women, Gender and Development Studies.

Consultancy

As part of its mandate, Egerton University, is a pioneer among the Kenyan Universities in dedicating a Directorate of Research and Extension to foster good management and delivery of research, extension and consultancy services. The Directorate is charged with research administration; delivery of extension outreach and consultancy services; documentation of research outputs; workshops and conferences.

The university offers exemplary services to the immediate community and the larger society by way of consultancy documentation, publication, information dissemination and fostering linkages with industry. To achieve these, we actively partner with our stakeholders in co-creation of products and services, resource mobilization, and innovations.

From a pool of over 400 academic staff members, the university has a formidable capacity to lead and provide research and consultancy services in diverse fields of specialization.

Contact

Director, Research and Extension

Egerton University

BOX 536 - 20115

Egerton, KENYA

Mobile:       +254 775 015 388

                   +254 743 473 632

Email: director.research@egerton.ac.ke

Website:    https://www.egerton.ac.ke/

Area of Competency

Consultancy Expertise

Agriculture

·         Animal Sciences

·         Dairy, Food Science and Technology

·         Crops, Horticulture and Soil Sciences

·         Agriculture Economics and Agribusiness Management

Education and Training

·         Agricultural Education and Extension

·         Early childhood development, primary education, secondary education, Technical and Vocational Education

·         Psychology

·         Clothing and Interior Design

·         Educational research

·         Short-term skills training courses in diverse areas including; Agriculture, Commerce

·         Curriculum development in long term courses leading to certificate, diploma, and degree qualifications

·         Training needs assessment, training impact assessment, training of trainers (ToT)

Financial Management/Commerce

·         Baseline surveys, experimental research

·         Customer/Employee satisfaction surveys

·         Human Resource Development

·         Monitoring and Evaluation

·         Budgeting/ Business Plan Development

·         Management Science

·         Business Management

·         Accounting

·         Procurement

·         Operations Management

ICT

·         Training in information technology, Learning Management Systems

·         ICT Project proposal development, advisory services in software development for companies, individuals, NGO’s, CBO’s to improve sustainability by focusing on usability.

·         Web design

E-learning

·         Consultancy services in eLearning, coordination of eLearning activities

·         Agents/representatives of on-line training providers

·         Installation and Configuration of Learning Management Systems e.g. moodle

·         Development of e-Learning training modules

·         eLearning/ ICT strategy development

Arts & Social Sciences

·         Sociology

·         Security Management

·         Economics/Statistics

Environment and Natural Resources

·         Environmental Impact Assessment

·         Conservation of forests and natural resources

·         Geographical Information Systems

·         Cartography

·         Human Settlement Planning

Engineering and Technology

·         Agricultural Engineering, Machinery, Water harvesting and related services

·         Instrumentation and Control

·         Manufacturing

·         Energy engineering including biogas technology and solar systems

Human Health

·         Management of Health Services/Facilities

·         Nutrition and Diatectics

·         Food protection

Science

·         Genetic Engineering Research

·         Data Analysis/Computational Models/Forecasting