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University of Nairobi is a Public University located in Starehe Constituency within Nairobi County.
University of Nairobi is a mixed day and boarding school offering PhD, Degrees, Diploma and Certificates and is affiliated to/with the Central Government The University of Nairobi (UoN) is the largest university in Kenya and was ranked number 1 of all public and private Universities in Kenya and ranked number 1479 worldwide by the webometric ranking in 2012.
The inception of the University of Nairobi is traced back to 1956, with the establishment of the Royal Technical College. The Royal Technical College was transformed into the second University College in East Africa on 25 June 1961 under the name Royal College Nairobi.
On 20 May 1964, the Royal College Nairobi was renamed University College Nairobi.In 1970, the University College Nairobi transformed into the first national university in Kenya and was renamed the University of Nairobi.