TABLE OF CONTENTS Almanac............................................................................................................................................................................................. i I ADDRESS.......................................................................................................................................... 1 Honourary Graduate and Chancellor of the University............................................................................................. 4 Chancellor and Principal Officers of the University................................................................................................... 5 II UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI ACT, 1985........................................................................................... 6 III GENERAL INFORMATION........................................................................................................... 19 Short History of the University....................................................................................................................................... 21 Campuses of the University of Nairobi......................................................................................................................... 23 Admission Requirements................................................................................................................................................. 24 Fees...................................................................................................................................................................................... 25 University Bookshop......................................................................................................................................................... 30 Student Welfare Services.................................................................................................................................................. 30 University Health Services............................................................................................................................................... 30 IV UNIVERSITY COUNCIL, SENATE AND STANDING COMMITTEES..................................... 31 The Council........................................................................................................................................................................ 32 SENATE............................................................................................................................................................................. 39 Deans of Faculties, Directors of Institutes, Schools and Boards.............................................................................. 39 V STATUTES........................................................................................................................................ 46 VI CAMPUS COLLEGES....................................................................................................................... 100 COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY SCIENCES, KABETE CAMPUS............ 100 FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE................................................................................................................................. 100 Bachelor of Science in Agriculture................................................................................................................................. 101 Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Technology......................................................................................... 107 Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology........................................................... 122 FACULTY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE............................................................................................................ 164 COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING MAIN CAMPUS................................ 209 SCHOOL OF THE ARTS AND DESIGN................................................................................................................ 209 SCHOOL OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT........................................................................................................ 219 Department of Architecture and Building Science...................................................................................................... 221 Department Real Estate and Construction Management........................................................................................... 230 Department of Urban and Regional Planning.............................................................................................................. 251 SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING.................................................................................................................................. 257 Department of Environmental and Biosystems Engineering.................................................................................... 261 Department of Civil and Construction Engineering................................................................................................... 273 Department of Electrical and Information Engineering............................................................................................ 278 Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering.................................................................................... 283 Department of Geospatial and Space Technology...................................................................................................... 287 INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY....................................................................... 295 COLLEGE OF BIOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES, CHIROMO CAMPUS................... 296 SCHOOL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES................................................................................................................ 296 SCHOOL OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATICS............................................................................................ 315 SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS.................................................................................................................................. 329 SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES....................................................................................................................... 353 Department of Chemistry................................................................................................................................................ 358 Department of Geology................................................................................................................................................... 363 Department of Meteorology............................................................................................................................................ 369 Department of Physics..................................................................................................................................................... 383 COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND EXTERNAL STUDIES, KIKUYU CAMPUS........................ 393 SCHOOL OF EDUCATION........................................................................................................................................ 394 Department of Educational Foundations..................................................................................................................... 396 Department of Educational Administration and Planning........................................................................................ 396 Department of Educational Communication and Technology................................................................................. 396 Department of Educational Studies............................................................................................................................... 399 SCHOOL OF CONTINUING AND DISTANCE EDUCATION..................................................................... 410 Department of Educational Studies............................................................................................................................... 410 Department of Distance Studies..................................................................................................................................... 435 Department of Extra-Mural Studies............................................................................................................................... 440 COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES, KENYATTA NATIONAL HOSPITAL CAMPUS............ 444 SCHOOL OF DENTAL SCIENCES.......................................................................................................................... 445 SCHOOL OF MEDICINE............................................................................................................................................ 458 Department of Community Health................................................................................................................................ 466 Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Radiation Medicine.................................................................................... 468 Department of Human Pathology.................................................................................................................................. 469 Department of Medical Microbiology........................................................................................................................... 469 Department of Medicine.................................................................................................................................................. 470 Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology................................................................................................................... 470 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery............................................................................................................................. 470 Department of Psychiatry................................................................................................................................................ 470 Department of Surgery..................................................................................................................................................... 471 SCHOOL OF NURSING SCIENCES........................................................................................................................ 495 SCHOOL OF PHARMACY.......................................................................................................................................... 501 INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES (UNITID)..................................................... 511 COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCE, MAIN CAMPUS................................. 523 FACULTY OF ARTS...................................................................................................................................................... 523 Department of Geography and Environmental Studies............................................................................................. 524 Department of History and Archaeology...................................................................................................................... 530 Department of Linguistics and Languages.................................................................................................................... 532 Department of Literature................................................................................................................................................. 539 Sub-Department of French Studies................................................................................................................................ 543 Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies....................................................................................................... 545 Department of Political Science and Public Administration..................................................................................... 549 Department of Psychology.............................................................................................................................................. 556 Department of Sociology and Social Work.................................................................................................................. 558 SCHOOL OF BUSINESS.............................................................................................................................................. 561 SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS........................................................................................................................................ 573 SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATION..................................................................... 577 SCHOOL OF LAW.......................................................................................................................................................... 584 INSTITUTE OF AFRICAN, ANTHROPOLOGY AND GENDER STUDIES............................................. 593 INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES.................................................................................................... 611 INSTITUTE OF DIPLOMACY AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES............................................................ 615 POPULATION STUDIES AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE................................................................................ 620 UNIVERSITY LIBRARY SERVICES......................................................................................................................... 630 VII STAFF LIST....................................................................................................................................... 633 VIII OFFICIAL UNIVERSITY PRIZES................................................................................................... 692 IX REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE ORGANIZATION CONDUCT AND DISCIPLINE OF STUDENTS 697 JULY -ALMANAC 2006 DATEDAY TIME FUNCTION VENUE 1 Sat 2 Sun 3 Mon 9.30 a.m. College Management Board -CBPS Science Boardroom 2.30 p.m. 4 Tue 9.30 a.m Management Board (CEBIB) Seminar Room 9.30 a.m. Deans Committee Council Chamber 2.30 p.m. Board of Common Undergraduate Courses Council Chamber 5 Wed 9.30 a.m CIPL Board Management Council Committee Room 9.30 a.m. Board, School of Economics GW 203 2.30 p.m.. College Academic Board –CHSS College Boardroom – CHSS 2.30 p.m. Board, School of Dental Sciences Boardroom –Dental School 6 Thur 9.00 a.m. Board of UNITID School of Medicine Boardroom 9.30 a.m. Building Committee Council Chamber 2.30 p.m. Tender Committee Council Chamber 2.30 p.m. Academic Board (CEBIB) Seminar Room 7 Fri 9.00 a.m. 2.30 p.m. Board, School of The Built Environment Rm 313, ADD Building 8 Sat. 9 Sun 10 Mon 9.00 a.m. Board, School of Nursing Sciences School of Nursing Sciences Boardroom 2.30 p.m. Boardroom 11 Tue 2.30 p.m. College Management Board -CAE Principal’s Boardroom -CAE 12 Wed 10.00 am University Management Board Council Chamber 10.00 am Board, School of Pharmacy School Boardroom 13 Thur 9.30 a.m. 2.30 p.m. 14 Fri 9.30 a.m 2.30 p.m. School of Continuing & Distance Education Kikuyu Campus 2.30 p.m. Faculty Board of Veterinary Medicine Upper Kabete Campus 15 Sat 16 Sun 17 Mon 9.30 a.m. Board, School of Education Kikuyu Campus 2.30 p.m. 18 Tue 9.30 a.m. Restructuring Committee –School of Economics Director’s Office 9.30 a.m. Deans Committee Council Chamber 19 Wed 9.30 a.m. 2.00 p.m. Board of Postgraduate Studies Council Chamber 2.30 p.m College Academic Board CAE INS. Conference Room 2.30 p.m. Board, School of Law Parklands Campus 20 Thur 8.30 a.m. Board of Examiners Meeting, IDIS IDIS Conference Room 9.30 a.m. Development Planning & Establishment Committee Council Chamber 2.30 p.m. Board, School of Physical Sciences Science Boardroom - Chiromo 21 Fri 9.00 a.m. SENATE Council Chamber 2.30 p.m. 22 Sat 23 Sun 24 Mon 25 Tue 9.30 a.m. Deans Committee Council Chamber 2.30 p.m. Academic Board, School of Mathematics Seminar Room, Chiromo 26 Wed 9.30 a.m. 2.30 p.m. 27 Thur 9.30 a.m Tender Committee Council Chamber 2.30 p.m. 28 Fri 9.00 a.m. Board of IDS IDS Boardroom 2.30 p.m. Management Board, School of Mathematics Seminar Room, Chiromo 29 Sat 30 Sun 31 Mon 12.30 p.m Academic Staff Meeting (SCI) Science Boardroom – Chiromo AUGUST -ALMANAC 2006 DATEDAY TIME FUNCTION VENUE 1 Tue 9.30 a.m. Restructuring Committee, School of Economics Director’s Office 9.30 a.m. Management Board (CEBIB) Seminar Room 2 Wed 9.00 a.m. College Academic Board –CAVS Principal’s Boardroom 2.30 p.m. Board, School of Dental Sciences Faculty Boardroom – Dental Sciences 3 Thur 9.30 am. Board, School of Biological Sciences Seminar Room 9.30 a.m. Academic Board (CEBIB) Seminar Room 4 Fri 10.00 a.m. Board of Examiners -Agriculture Upper Kabete Campus 2.30 p.m. College Management Board -CAVS Principal’s Boardroom 5 Sat 6 Sun 7 Mon 9.30 a.m. College Management Board -CBPS Science Boardroom 8 Tue 9.30 a.m. Deans Committee Council Chamber 2.30 p.m. 9 Wed 9.30 a.m. Board, School of Economics GW 203 2.30 p.m. 10 Thur 9.30 a.m. Board of Postgraduate Studies BPS Boardroom 2.30 p.m. Tender Committee Council Chamber 11 Fri 9.30 a.m. 12 Sat 13 Sun 14 Mon 9.30 a.m. Board, School of Education Kikuyu Campus 2.30 p.m. 15 Tues 9.30 a.m. Restructuring Committee,School of Economics Director’s Office 2.30 p.m. 16 Wed 10.00 a.m University Management Board Council Chamber 2.00 p.m. Board of Postgraduate Studies Council Chamber 17 Thur 9.30 a.m.. 2.30 p.m. College Academic Board -CAE INS. Conference Room 18 Fri 9.00 a.m. SENATE Council Chamber 19 Sat 20 Sun 21 Mon. 9.30 a.m 2.30 p.m.. College Academic Board -CBPS Science Boardroom 22 Tue 9.30 a.m. Management Board -CAE Principal’s Committee Room 2.30 a.m. 23 Wed 10.00 am Board, School of Business Rm 103, Lower Kabete Campus 2.30 p.m. Board, School of The Built Environment Rm 313, ADD Building 24 Thur Centre for Open & Distance Learning QC Kikuyu Campus 2.30 p.m.. Tender Committee Council Chamber 25 Fri 9.00 a.m. Board of IDS IDS Boardroom 2.30 p.m. 26 Sat 27 Sun 28 Mon 9.30 a.m. 2.30 p.m. 29 Tue 9.30 a.m. Restructuring Committee,School of Economics Director’s Office 9.30 a.m Academic Board, School of Mathematics Seminar Room, Chiromo 12.30 p.m. Academic Staff Meeting Chiromo 30 Wed 9.30 a.m. Academic Board -CHS CHS -Boardroom 2.30 p.m. 31 Thur 9.30 a.m. 2.30 p.m. SEPTEMBER -ALMANAC 2006 DATEDAY TIME FUNCTION VENUE 1 Fri 9.30 a.m. Management Board, School of Mathematics Seminar Room, Chiromo 2 Sat 3 Sun 4 Mon 9.30a.m. College Management Board -CBPS Science Boardroom 2.30 p.m. 5 Tue 9.30 a.m. Deans Committee Council Chamber 9.30 a.m. Management Board (CEBIB) Seminar Room 6 Wed 9.30 a.m. CIPL Board Management Council Committee Room 9.30 a.m. Board, School of Economics GW 203 2.30 p.m. Board, School of Dental Sciences School Boardroom – Dental Sciences 2.30 p.m. Board, School of the Built Environment Rm 313 ADD Building 2.30 p.m. Board, School of Pharmacy School Boardroom - Pharmacy 2.30 p.m. 7 Thur 8.30 a.m. IDIS Management Board IDIS Conference Room 9.30 a.m Academic Board (CEBIB) Seminar Room 9.30 a.m. COUNCIL Council Chamber 2.30 p.m. Tender Committee Council Chamber 8 Fri 9.30 a.m. 2.30 p.m. 9 Sat 10 Sun 11 Mon 9.00 a.m. Board, School of Nursing Sciences School of Nursing Sciences Boardroom 9.30 a.m. Board, School of Education Principal’s Boardroom -CEES 12 Tue 9.30 a.m Restructuring Committee,School of Economics Director’s Office 2.30 p.m. 13 Wed 9.30 a.m IAS Board IAS Boardroom 10.00 a.m. Faculty Board of Agriculture Upper Kabete Campus 2.30 pm. College Academic Board -CBPS Science Boardroom 14 Thur 2.30 p.m. College Academic Board –CHSS College Boardroom – CHSS 2.30 p.m. College Academic Board –CAE INS. Conf. Room 2.30 p.m. Board, School of Physical Sciences Science Boardroom 2.30 p.m. Board, School of Continuing & Distance Education Kikuyu Campus 15 Fri 9.00 a.m. SENATE Council Chamber 16 Sat 17 Sun 18 Mon 9.30 a.m. Board, School of Education Kikuyu Campus 2.30 p.m. Academic Board -CAVS Upper Kabete Campus 19 Tue 9.30 a.m. College Academic Board -CEES Principal’s Boardroom -CEES 20 Wed 9.30 a.m. 2.00 p.m. Board of Postgraduate Studies Council Chamber 21 Thur 9.30 a.m. Board, Centre for Open & Distance Learning Kikuyu Campus 22 Fri 23 Sat 24 Sun 25 Mon 26 Tue 9.30 a.m. Academic Board, School of Mathematics Seminar Room, Chiromo 9.30 a.m. Deans Committee Council Chamber 27 Wed 10.00 a.m University Management Board Council Chamber 12.30 p.m. Academic Staff Meeting (SCI) Chiromo 28 Thur 9.00 a.m. Board of UNITID School of Medicine Boardroom 2.30 p.m. Tender Committee Council Chamber 29 Fri 9.00 a.m. Board of IDS IDS Boardroom 2.30 p.m. Management Board, School of Mathematics Seminar Room, Chiromo 30 Sat OCTOBER - ALMANAC 2006 DATEDAY TIME FUNCTION VENUE 1 Sun 2 Mon 9.30 a.m. College Management Board -CBPS Science Boardroom 2.30 p.m. 3 Tue 9.30 am. 2.30 p.m. Management Board (CEBIB) Seminar Room 4 Wed 10.00 a.m. Business School Board of Examiners Rm 103, Lower Kabete Campus 9.00 a.m. College Academic Board –CAVS Principal’s Boardroom Board, School of Dental Sciences Boardroom-Dental Sciences 2.30 p.m. School Board of Engineering INS. Conf. Room 5 Thur 9.00 a.m. Board of UNITID School of Medicine Boardroom 9.30 a.m. Academic Board (CEBIB) Seminar Room 2.30 p.m. Tender Committee Council Chamber 2.30 p.m. Academic Board -CAE INS. Conf. Room 6 Fri 9.30 a.m. 2.30 p.m. Board, School of Law Parklands Campus 2.30 p.m. Faculty Board of Arts Council Chamber 2.30 p.m. College Management Board –CAVS Principal’s Boardroom 2.30 p.m. IAS Board IAS Boardroom 7 Sat 8 Sun 9 Mon 9.30 a.m. 2.30 p.m. 10 Tue MOI DAY 11 Wed 9.30 a.m. Board, School of Economics GW 203 2.30 p.m. 12 Thur 9.30 a.m. Board, School of Biological Sciences Seminar Room Centre for Open and Distance Learning QC Kikuyu Campus 13 Fri 9.30 a.m. 2.30 p.m. 14 Sat 15 Sun 16 Mon 9.30 a.m. Board, School of Education Kikuyu Campus 2.30 p.m. Faculty Board of Arts Council Chamber 2.30 p.m. College Academic -CBPS Science Boardroom 17 Tue 9.30 a.m. Restructuring Committee, School of Economics Director’ Office 9.30 a.m. Deans Committee Council Chamber 18 Wed 9.30 a.m. Library and Bookshop Committee Council Chamber 2.00 p.m. Board of Postgraduate Studies Council Chamber 19 Thur 9.30 a.m. 2.30 p.m. Board, School of Continuing & Distance Education Kikuyu Campus 20 Fri KENYATTA DAY 21 Sat 22 Sun 23 Mon 9.30 a.m. 2.15 p.m. Board, School of Pharmacy Pharmacy Boardroom 24 Tue 9.30 a.m. Deans Committee Council Chamber 2.30 p.m. 25 Wed 10.00 a.m. University Management Board Council Chamber 2.30 p.m. 26 Thur 9.30 a.m. 2.30 p.m. Tender Committee Council Chamber 27 Fri 9.00 a.m. Board of IDS IDS Boardroom 2.30 p.m. Management Board, Schoolof Mathematics Seminar Room, Chiromo 28 Sat 29 Sun 30 Mon 9.30 a.m. 12.30 p.m. Academic Staff Meeting (SCI) Chiromo 31 Tue 9.30 a.m. Academic Board, School of Mathematics Seminar Room, Chiromo 9.30 a.m.. Restructuring Committee, School of Economics Director’s Office NOVEMBER- ALMANAC 2006 DATEDAY TIME FUNCTION VENUE 1 Wed 9.30 a.m. CIPL Board Management Council Committee Room 2.30 p.m.. Board, School of Dental Sciences Boardroom –Dental Sciences 2 Thur 9.30 a.m. 2.30 p.m. Tender Committee Council Chamber 3 Fri 9.00 a.m. SENATE Council Chamber 2.30 p.m. College Management Board -CAVS Principal’s Boardroom 4 Sat 5 Sun 6 Mon 9.30 am. College Management Board –CBPS Science Boardroom 2.30 p.m. 7 Tue 9.00 a.m. Board, School of Nursing Sciences School of Nursing Sciences Boardroom 2.30 p.m. Management Board (CEBIB) Seminar Room 8 Wed 9.30 a.m. Board, School of Economics GW 203 10.00 am Board, School of Business Rm 103, Lower Kabete 2.30 p.m. Academic Board (CEBIB) Seminar Room 9 Thur 9.30 a.m. 10 Fri 9.30 am. 2.30 p.m. 11 Sat 12 Sun 13 Mon 9.30 a.m. 2.30 p.m. Board, School of Education Kikuyu Campus 14 Tue 9.30 a.m. Deans Committee Council Chamber 2.30 p.m. 15 Wed 9.30 a.m. 16 Thur Centre for Open and Distance Learning QC Kikuyu Campus 2.30 p.m. School of Continuing & Distance Education Kikuyu Campus 2.30 p.m. Board, School of Physical Sciences Science Boardroom - Chiromo 17 Fri 9.30 a.m. 2.30 p.m. Tender Committee Council Chamber 18 Sat 19 Sun 20 Mon 9.30 a.m. 2.30 p.m. College Academic Board Science Boardroom 21 Tue 9.30 a.m. Restructuring Committee,School of Economics Director’s Office 2.30 p.m. 22 Wed 10.00 am University Management Board Council Chamber 2.00 p.m. Board of Postgraduate Studies Council Chamber 2.30 p.m Board, School of The Built Environment RM 313, ADD Building 23 Thur 9.30 a.m. 2.30 p.m. COUNCIL Council Chamber