Chuka University Explained

Chuka University
Motto:Latin: Sapientia divitia est
Mottoeng:"Knowledge is wealth"
Established:2004
Type:Public
Chairman:Reuben Indiatsi Nasibi
Chancellor:Kabiru Kinyanjui
Vice Chancellor:E.N. Njoka
City:Chuka, (Tharaka-Nithi County)
Country:Kenya
Former Names:Chuka University College

Chuka University is a public university[1] in the Tharaka Nithi County, Kenya. The university is approximately 186 km from Nairobi along the Nairobi-Meru highway, in a rural setting on the eastern slopes of Mt. Kenya at an altitude of approximately 2,000 meters above sea level. Chuka University is within Chuka/Igamba-ng'ombe Constituency, Tharaka-Nithi County.[2]

Establishment

Chuka University is a public institution established through legal notice No. 161 of 2007. Initially it was a constituent College of Egerton University and the successor of the former Egerton University Eastern Campus College, Chuka. The Campus College was established on 27 September 2004, by Egerton University Council.[3]

President Mwai Kibaki appointed the first Council of the university on 12 September 2008. Businessman Wilfred Murungi was appointed the first Chairman of Chuka University Council.The University College was initially established as a Campus of Chuka University in September 2015.[4]

Chuka University was the first institution of higher learning to be established in Eastern Province.

Campuses

Main Campus (Chuka)

Leadership

Prof. Erastus Njoka was the university's first vice chancellor, assisted by two DVCs, two registrars and a finance officer in exercising the university mandate. Students are led by the Chuka University Students Association (CUSA) elected by the students at the beginning of every year..

Faculties

Agriculture and Environmental Studies

Education and Resources Development

Business Studies

Arts and Humanities

Engineering, Science, and Technology

School of Law

School of Nursing

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Commission for University Education - Status Of Universities (Universities Authorized to Operate in Kenya) - Status Of Universities (Universities Authorized to Operate in Kenya). www.cue.or.ke. 2020-05-25.
  2. Web site: Chuka University. www.chuka.ac.ke. 2020-05-24.
  3. Web site: About Us - Chuka University . live.
  4. Web site: Home. Tharaka University College. en-US. 2020-05-29.
  5. Web site: Chuka University. www.chuka.ac.ke. 2020-05-24.
  6. Web site: Animal Science. 2020. Chuka University. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200511173121/https://www.chuka.ac.ke/faculty/view/26 . 2020-05-11 . 29 May 2020.
  7. Web site: Plant Science. 2020. Chuka University. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200511182643/https://www.chuka.ac.ke/faculty/view/32 . 2020-05-11 . 29 May 2020.
  8. Web site: Agricultural Economic AgriBusiness & Agricultural Education. 2020. Chuka University. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200511175158/https://www.chuka.ac.ke/faculty/view/28 . 2020-05-11 . 29 May 2020.
  9. Web site: Environmental Studies & Resource Development. 2020. Chuka University. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200511173321/https://www.chuka.ac.ke/faculty/view/27 . 2020-05-11 . 29 May 2020.
  10. Web site: Education. 2020. Chuka University. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200511191316/https://www.chuka.ac.ke/faculty/view/25 . 2020-05-11 . 29 May 2020.
  11. Web site: Business Administration. 2020. Chuka University. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200511191306/https://www.chuka.ac.ke/faculty/view/19 . 2020-05-11 . 29 May 2020.
  12. Web site: Management Science. 2020. Chuka University. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200511174646/https://www.chuka.ac.ke/faculty/view/20 . 2020-05-11 . 29 May 2020.
  13. Web site: Social Science. 2020. Chuka University. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200511191733/https://www.chuka.ac.ke/faculty/view/21 . 2020-05-11 . 29 May 2020.
  14. Web site: Humanity. 2020. Chuka University. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200511173342/https://www.chuka.ac.ke/faculty/view/24 . 2020-05-11 . 29 May 2020.
  15. Web site: Biological Sciences. 2020. Chuka University. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200511175205/https://www.chuka.ac.ke/faculty/view/31 . 2020-05-11 . 29 May 2020.
  16. Web site: Physical Sciences. 2020. Chuka University. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200511182349/https://www.chuka.ac.ke/faculty/view/30 . 2020-05-11 . 29 May 2020.

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