Egerton University
Founded in 1939 by Lord Maurice Egerton of Tatton, Egerton University began as an agricultural farm school before evolving into a fully-fledged public university in 1987. The university's main campus is situated in Njoro, Nakuru County, with an additional campus college in Nakuru Town. While historically specialized in agricultural training and research, Egerton has expanded its academic offerings to include engineering, health sciences, education, law, business, and physical sciences. It is accredited by the Commission for University Education (CUE) in Kenya and serves a large student population across various undergraduate and postgraduate programs.
Programmes
- Accredited Academic Programmes 29.05.2026
- Bachelor of Agribusiness Management
- Bachelor of Arts
- Bachelor of Arts in Communication & Media
- Bachelor of Arts in Criminology and Security Studies
- Bachelor of Arts in Economics & Sociology
- Bachelor of Arts in Economics and History
- Bachelor of Arts in English and Communication
- Bachelor of Arts in Gender, Women and Development Studies
- Bachelor of Arts in History
- Bachelor of Arts in History and International Studies
- Bachelor of Arts in Kiswahili and Communication
- Bachelor of Arts in Peace Education
- Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Religious Studies
- Bachelor of Business Information and Management
- Bachelor of Business Management
- Bachelor of Catering and Hotel Management
- Bachelor of Commerce
- Bachelor of Cooperative Management
- Bachelor of Education Arts
- Bachelor of Education Early Childhood Development & Education)
- Bachelor of Education Primary
- Bachelor of Education Science
- Bachelor of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management
- Bachelor of Industrial Technology
- Bachelor of Laws
- Bachelor of Library and Information Studies
- Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
- Bachelor of Psychology
- Bachelor of Purchasing and Supplies Management
- Bachelor of Science
- Bachelor of Science Agricultural Education and Extension);
- Bachelor of Science Agriculture and Human Ecology Extension);
- Bachelor of Science Animal Science
- Bachelor of Science Clothing, Textiles and Interior Design);
- Bachelor of Science Community Development)
- Bachelor of Science in Actuarial Science
- Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Economics
- Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Engineering
- Bachelor of Science in Agriculture
Tuition
- No Egerton fee figures could be verified — request the current structure from info@egerton.ac.ke or +254 51 2217891. Egerton is widely described as affordable, and its rural Njoro setting means living costs well below Nairobi, but that positioning rests on sources that published no numbers, so treat it as a claim to check rather than a fact. What is solid: as a public university Egerton students access BOTH Universities Fund scholarships and HELB loans, means-tested across five household-income bands, which private universities cannot offer. Apply at hef.co.ke once KUCCPS places you. Kenya's funding framework has been litigated continuously since 2023 and is being rewritten, so anything you are quoted should carry a date. Fees are paid by M-Pesa through the eCitizen paybill 222222. Budget separately for accommodation, meals, transport and materials. KENYAN PUBLIC UNIVERSITY FUNDING: government-sponsored students placed through KUCCPS pay around KES 16,000 a year; the figures shown here are the SELF-SPONSORED rate. That placement decision is close to a tenfold difference and is made by KUCCPS central placement, not by the university. Funding runs through the Higher Education Financing (HEF) model and HELB loans at hef.co.ke. WHO IT SUITS: agribusiness, forestry, veterinary and agricultural research applicants — Egerton is the leading destination in Kenya for these. KENYA VETERINARY BOARD RECOGNITION IS RECORDED, which is the credential that lets veterinary graduates register, and it appears nowhere else in this directory.
Admissions
- The national minimum for degree entry is a KCSE mean grade of C+, with programme-specific cluster subject requirements published by KUCCPS each cycle. C+ is a floor, not an admission threshold — placement depends on your cluster weight.
- All 51 academic departments are open to BOTH government-sponsored and self-sponsored students, so missing a government place does not close off a programme.
- Postgraduate applicants must submit certified copies of master's and undergraduate degree certificates and transcripts, certified as true copies of the original by the awarding institutions.
- Accepts international applicants
- Scholarships or financial aid available
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