The Technical University of Kenya (TUK) in collaboration with State Department for Livestock Development (SDL), Tanners Association of Kenya (TAK) and United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD will hold a workshop on Eco-Tanning processes along the leather value chain in Kenya and the East African Region on Thursday August 17 and Friday August 18, 2023, at the Best Western Plus Meridian Hotel (located on 6th Muranga Road, Off Moi Avenue) in Nairobi, Kenya.
A team of visiting student leaders from University College, London (UCL) in the United Kingdom is exploring collaborative ways with their Technical University of Kenya counterparts (SATUK) in areas of students’ involvement in community service and learning. The delegation led by Simon To, Director of Policy and Governance at UCL noted that they are keen on sharing best practices with SATUK leadership on opportunities students can take advantage of through community service and volunteering.
The Technical University of Kenya was listed as one of the top ten universities in Kenya in the July 2023 webometrics university rankings. The university secured the 8th spot out of 124 universities in Kenya. TU-K was ranked 3865 out of 11,989 institutions worldwide and 173 out of 2,064 African institutions.
The Directorate of Human Resource Management (HRM) is currently in the process of digitizing staff performance management and appraisal process. The Directorate in partnership with the Directorate of ICT has developed a digital platform for this purpose. The two Directorates carried out a training to members of staff from various Schools and Administrative units on how to effectively navigate and use the digital performance management and appraisal platform. The trainees are expected to disseminate this knowledge to their colleagues in their respective Departments and offer support to their units.
The Vice Chancellor Prof. Paul Shiundu has assured researchers at the university of his full support to ensure TU-K achieves its mandate in research. The Ag.VC said the university is working towards excellence in matters research citing indicators that have placed TU-K among top-rated universities in Kenya. This includes the July Webometrics Rankings that placed TU-K at position eight in kenya overall.
Ingenious expression and interpretation of gender themes emerged in an exhibition dubbed ‘Exploring Visual Culture (EVC),’ a project that brings together universities and institutions in Africa and Germany.
Africa Tech Challenge (ATC) Season 8 was officially launched by Dr. Esther Muoria, PS, State Department for Technical, Vocational Education and Training. This year’s challenge will focus on providing an intensive 4-week training on Mechanical Drawing and Computer Aided Design (CAD) Software Application, and that will culminate in a final competition on 25th August 2023.
The School of Biological and Life Sciences (SBLS) students held the 2nd Science Exhibition themed; “Innovation and Technology.” The students were tasked with showcasing and explaining their scientific projects in line with the theme of the exhibition.
The School of Information and Social Studies at the Technical University of Kenya (TU-K) is exploring opportunities for academic and professional development collaboration with the Mortenson Center of International Library Programs at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
The Government will soon be able to take informed and responsive measures to address food insecurity in good time through analyzing Earth Observation data. This was unveiled during a recent capacity building workshop to share the preliminary outputs of a collaborative project named ‘Remote sensing and modelling to assess crop-specific response to climate stressors.’
The Ag. Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Paul Shiundu, has urged University academicians and researchers to collaborate and set-up TU-K journal. He was speaking during the grand opening of the University’s library e-resource center, and launch of the MyLOFT - My Library on Fingertips.
TUK students took part in Robotics Competition in the Self-Driving Car Racing category – June 10, 2023 at Gymnasium Jesse Owens, Avenue of Europe – 94230 CACHAN, Paris, France.
Engineering programmes at The Technical University of Kenya will soon be accredited. Engineers Board of Kenya (EBK) Chairman, Eng. Erastus Mwongera has announced that the accreditation process is currently in its last stage. Eng. Mwongera, who was accompanied by Board Registrar and CEO Eng. Margaret Ogai, spoke during the board’s independent review evaluation exercise at TU-K.
The Center for Higher Performance Computing (CHPC) has assured TU-K researchers that they will continue enjoying access to high profile computing resources to enable them conduct more focused research. This was disclosed by Werner Janse Van Rensburg, the CHPC Research Manager when he spoke to scientists and engineers when he visited the university in July 2023.
The French Embassy in Nairobi has reaffirmed the French Government support for the collaborative projects with the Technical University of Kenya.
This was disclosed on 4th July 2023 when a delegation from the French Embassy in Nairobi paid a courtesy call to the university to strengthen the ongoing cooperation between the TU-K and the French Government.
THE Technical University of Kenya (TU-K) is the leading university in technological education and training in Kenya. The University was awarded a Charter in 2013, making it a fully-fledged public university. The University specialises in training at the Postgraduate, Undergraduate and Diploma levels, while at the same time engaging in research. It has a clear student upward movement policy, which makes it easy for students to move from one level of training to the next, and recognise prior training by awarding students credit transfers. The University has developed and implemented a digitised and completely paperless student applications process; from application to registration. Students are therefore, advised to make their applications on-line for the programmes listed below
In this video, TUK student in the School of Chemistry and Material Science highlight the importance of laying nuclear safety and security measures prior to embracing use of nuclear science and technology techniques to drive towards clean reliable nuclear energy, reliable agriculture, medical breakthroughs et cetera. The project encourage developing countries especially in Africa to channel resources to nuclear safety and security . Please help the students win the competition and liking and sharing the video.
Africa is becoming the focus for the world of astronomy. Construction is underway of the mid-frequency dishes of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) – the next generation global radio astronomy facility that will be built initially in South Africa, and then rolled out across eight African partner countries, including Kenya. South Africa also hosts the South African Large Telescope (SALT), which with its 10 m diameter mirror is one of the largest optical telescopes in the world.
Third year diploma students from the Department of Fashion, Clothing and Textiles showcased their inspired designs as a part of their final project in an ‘All-black and white with a highlight of color’- themed fashion show extravaganza at the university.
School of Graduate and Advanced Studies (SGAS) and the Department of Psychology and Human Development presented their students for proposal and dissertation presentations.
