Egerton University is a public university whose main campus is located in Njoro, near the city of Nakuru, Kenya. A public university is a University that is predominantly funded by public means through a national or subnational government as opposed to private universities. Njoro is an agricultural town 18 km west south west of Nakuru, Kenya. Nakuru, the provincial capital of Kenya 's Rift Valley province, with roughly 300000 inhabitants and currently The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north Somalia to the northeast Tanzania to the south
History
The school was founded in 1939 and was originally named Egerton Farm School. It was established thanks to a large land grant of 740 acres (3 km²) by Lord Maurice Egerton of Tatton. The school's original purpose was to prepare white European youth for careers in agriculture. Agriculture refers to the production of goods through the growing of plants and fungi and the raising of domesticated Animals The study of agriculture
By 1955, the name had changed to Egerton Agricultural College. A one-year certificate course and a two-year diploma course in agriculture were being offered. In 1958, Lord Egerton donated another 1,100 acres (4. 5 km²) of land.
Soon afterwards, the college opened its doors to people of all races from Kenya and other African countries. The first African principal, Dr. William Odongo Omamo, was appointed in 1966.
In 1979, thanks to support from the Government of Kenya and USAID, the college expanded yet again. The United States Agency for International Development (or USAID) is the United States federal government organization responsible for most non- military It became a part of the University of Nairobi system and by 1987 was classified as a university. The University of Nairobi ( UON) is the largest University in Kenya.
Modern university
Today, the university offers many exciting academic programs. Students can receive a three year diploma, a Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, or a Ph.D.. A bachelor's degree is usually an Undergraduate Academic degree awarded for a course or major that generally lasts for three four or in some cases and "PhD" redirects here for other uses see PhD (disambiguation.
In 2005 the University established a partnership with Western Michigan University that allows students to complete half of their degree at Egerton and finish their studies at WMU in a choice of Computer Science, Engineering and Business Administration. Western Michigan University (WMU is a Public university established in 1903 by Dwight B Computer science (or computing science) is the study and the Science of the theoretical foundations of Information and Computation and their Engineering is the Discipline and Profession of applying technical and scientific Knowledge and In Business, administration consists of the performance or management of business operations and thus the making or implementing of major decisions