The University of Nairobi (UON) is the largest university in Kenya. Although its history as an educational institution goes back to 1956, it did not become an independent university until 1970 when the University of East Africa was split into three independent universities: Makerere University in Uganda, the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, and the University of Nairobi.
In 2011 the University had some 61,912 students, of whom 49,488 were undergraduates and 12,424 postgraduates.The university has launched several policy frameworks and introduced module 2 degrees to cope with the demand of higher education in Kenya.
The University of Nairobi was ranked number 1 of all public and private Universities in Kenya and ranked number 1479 worlwide by the webometric ranking in 2012.
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