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University of Nairobi

LC control no.n 80125897
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Corporate name headingUniversity of Nairobi
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Variant(s)National University (Nairobi, Kenya)
Nairobi. University
Kenya. University of Nairobi
Chuo Kikuu cha Nairobi
Nairobi University
See alsoPredecessor: University College Nairobi
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Beginning date1970
Associated countryKenya
LocatedNairobi (Kenya)
Found inMwamko, Julai 1982: t.p. (Chuo Kikuu cha Nairobi)
World of learning, 1997: Kenya section (University of Nairobi; assumed present name in 1970; state control; language of instruction: English)
BL auth. file, 16 June 2006 (ref.: Nairobi University)
Wikipedia, Aug. 24, 2015 (University of Nairobi; its inception was in 1956 with establishment of the Royal Technical College; that was transformed into Royal College Nairobi, the second University College in East Africa, on 25 June 1961, special relations with the University of London; on 20 May 1964 the Royal College Nairobi was renamed University College Nairobi as a constituent college of inter-territorial Federal University of East Africa; in 1970 the University College Nairobi transformed into the first national university in Kenya, renamed University of Nairobi)