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All Graduates of the 73rd Congregation for the conferment of Degrees and award of Diplomas held on September 19, 2025 are requested to collect their certificates from the University of Nairobi Central Examinations Centre, Chiromo Campus starting from Tuesday, October 21, 2025 to Friday, November 21, 2025 in the following order:

The sealing of the 73rd graduation ceremony certificates by the University of Nairobi Council took place on Thursday 18th September, 2025. The exercise was led by the Chairman of Council, Prof Chacha Nyaigoti and Vice Chancellor Prof Margaret Hutchinson. Prof Ayub Gitau, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (AA) presented the graduation report.

Congratulations on your upcoming graduation! This survey seeks to solicit information about your level of satisfaction with your experience while studying at the University of Nairobi and identify areas of improvement. Your participation will be invaluable in improving students learning experience.

Click the link below to participate in the survey.

Please find the link to apply for the 73rd graduation ceremony below:

https://forms.gle/1utZGgeFGgd8CnSZ6

The deadline for application is Friday 29th August 2025.

Congratulation on your admission to The University of Nairobi.The commencement for the 2025/2026 Academic Year will be on 18th August 2025.
Applications for loans and scholarships for the 2024 KCSE cohort placed by KUCCPS is ongoing under the Student-Centered Funding Model(SCFM).
The application portal remains open until 31st August 2025. All eligible students who have not yet applied are encouraged to do so before the deadline date.

The University of Nairobi wishes to inform the following groups of students (Module I and Module II) that the commencement and resumption dates of the 2025/2026 Academic Year are as follows:

A. COMMENCEMENT DATES
MONDAY, 18th AUGUST 2025
All First Year undergraduate and postgraduate students shall report on 18th.
August 2025 for Orientation and ICT Training.

Classes will commence on 1st September 2025.

The University of Nairobi will on Monday 18th August 2025 admit First Year students for the 2025/2026 Academic Year.
The following are important dates and activities:

(i) 14th July to 24th August 2025
KUCCPS Inter-Institutional/University transfer

(ii) Monday 4th August 2025
Early Online registration of First Years begins

The offer of admission to the University of Nairobi does not guarantee accommodation of students in the University hostels, in line with the Government of Kenya policy of de-linking student accommodation from admissions to Public Universities and their constituent colleges.

If you are interested in applying for consideration of the few available spaces for rental in the University hostels, You MUST make your application online on:

Congratulations to all the great minds placed at the University of Nairobi by KUCCPS. We welcome you to the Univerity of Nairobi, the fountain of knowledge. We offer world class University Education that will transform you to become a changemaker for the next generation. Join UoN and embark on an unforgetable journey on self discovery.

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Admission and Orientation

The Gandhi Smarak Nidhi Fund (GSNF) will offer three (3) PhD Scholarships to 3 FEMALE students tenable at the University of Nairobi during the 2025/2026 academic year for programmes in the following Faculties;