Multimedia University of Kenya

Multimedia University of Kenya
Motto	Leader in innovative Technology
Type	Public
Established	1948 Central Training School
Chancellor	Catherine Kimura
Vice-Chancellor	Festus Kaberia
Location	Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya
Campus	Urban
Website	mmu.ac.ke

The Multimedia University of Kenya (MMU) is a public university located in Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya.^[1] The university offers ICT and mass media education.

Campus

The university has two campuses:

The main campus is located near the western side of the Nairobi National Park on Magadi Road in Nairobi. It has a telecommunications museum and several residential halls.^[2]
The second campus is located in Nairobi's CBD along Haile Selassie Avenue, City Square Post Office Building.

History

MMU was founded in 1948 when the institution was founded as Central Training School to serve as East African Post Training School before changing to Kenya Posts and Telecommunications Corporation (KPTC).^[3] This was after the collapse of the East African community in 1977. In 1992, the college was upgraded to Kenya College of Communications Technologyunder KPTC and became a subsidiary of Telkom Kenya (TKL) after KPTC split into Postal Corporation of Kenya, Telkom Kenya Ltd and Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK). The college became a subsidiary of CCK after the privatization of TKL in 2006. In 2008, it was upgraded to Multimedia University College of Kenya as a constituent college of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology.

Award of charter

After an inspection conducted by the Commission for University Education, a body set aside by the Kenyan government to oversee the quality of higher education in the country,^[4] the immediate former President, Hon. Mwai Kibaki, granted a university charter to the college, thereby ghiving it university status on March 1, 2013. From then, the institution became known as the Multimedia University of Kenya.

Academics

MMU courses include certificate, diploma and bachelor's degree courses. Through its Centre for further Education, the university offers short courses aimed at complementing the academic programmes being offered and offer students extra training.

The MMU academic calendar operates on two semesters that run from January to April and September to December.

Faculties

The five faculties of MMU are:^[5]-

Faculty of Engineering and Technology
Faculty of Computing and Information Technology
Faculty of Media and Communication
Faculty of Business and Law
Faculty of Science and Technology

Library

The collection covers all programmes offered by the university, that is, Media and Communication, Engineering, ICT and Business programmes. The library conducts training on how to access the e-resources in the e-resources centre located within the library. The MMU library contains four sections: circulation services, technical services, collection development and e-resources centre.

ICT Museum

MMU has an ICT museum.

Vision 2030 Kenya

MMU is going to be involved in the development Konza Technology City.^[6] MMU Kenya has adopted a similar strategy as MMU Malaysia in which MMU Kenya is to accelerate the development of Kenya's Information and Knowledge sectors.^[7] This is one of the pillars meant to transform Kenya to a middle income economy under Vision 2030 .

Recognition

In 2012, MMU was recognized as the top ranking public university in Kenya in ICT excellence. It is also the training centre for the SAP Skills for Africa Program whose main purpose is to train African university graduates in software engineering.^[8]

References

Kenyan universities

Public universities	Chuka University Dedan Kimathi University of Technology Egerton University University of Eldoret Garissa University College Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology Laikipia University University of Kabianga Karatina University Kenyatta University Kisii University Maasai Mara University Maseno University Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology Meru University of Science and Technology Moi University Multimedia University of Kenya University of Nairobi Pwani University South Eastern Kenya University Technical University of Kenya Technical University of Mombasa

Private universities	Adventist University of Africa Africa International University Africa Nazarene University Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA) Daystar University Great Lakes University of Kisumu Gretsa University Kabarak University KCA University Kenya Highlands Evangelical University Kenya Methodist University Kiriri Women's University of Science and Technology Mount Kenya University Pan Africa Christian University Presbyterian University of East Africa Riara University Scott Christian University Strathmore University University of Eastern Africa, Baraton USIU - Kenya

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