The Faculty of Arts has welcomed 1,800 first year students for the Academic Calendar 2021/2022. The first years reported on Monday, September 20, 2021.
The students will be taken through orientation the whole week. The orientation will be to a large extent Faculty-based. Thus, students will be exposed in detail to the facilities in the respective Faculty and in general to those of the entire University.
The University of Nairobi wishes to inform the following groups of students (Module I and Module II) that the commencement and resumption dates for the 2021/2022 Academic Year are as follows:
COMMENCEMENT DATES
1. MONDAY, 20TH.SEPTEMBER 2021- FIRST SEMESTER
The 225th University Senate held on Wednesday 4th August 2021 considered and approved the Revised Semester Schedules for the 2021/2022 Academic Year.
Please note the following important dates and activities:
Monday 13th September 2021
Early Online registration of First Years begins
Monday 20th September 2021
Physical reporting to the University for all Module I First Years
SWA to organize for the accommodation of the students
The University of Nairobi wishes to inform all students who qualified for the award of various degrees and diplomas at the end of last academic year (2020/2021) and members of the public, that the 65th Graduation Ceremony will be held VIRTUALLY on Friday, September 24, 2021 commencing at 8.00 a.m. at the Great Court. The event will be streamed live through the following links; www.uonbi.ac.ke.ke/livestream and facebook.com/uonbi.ac.ke.
The government has declared the Papal Dais at the University of Nairobi as a national monument.
In a gazette notice Number 40114 of April 30, Sports and Culture Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohammed said the site was found to have historical value and would be protected.
The dais was used as a podium for Pope Francis’s address to thousands of Christians during his 2015 visit to Kenya.
On March 4, the Department of History and Archeology hosted an international webinar on, “On UoN@50: An epitome of philanthropy.”
The Department of History and Archeology hosted a virtual panel presentation on Sept. 23, on Rethinking African Historical, Social & Cultural Scholarship during & After Covid-19: Challenges & Opportunities” ".
The Department of literature lead by the Chair Dr. Masumi Odari, Soka University Students and the UoN Students from the Department of Literature visited Raha Centre Boys Community Services, for volunteer missions and the word of encouragement.
