Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu will today grace the University of Nairobi's 70th graduation ceremony.
Various government dignitaries and guests will also attend the event which shall be presided over by the varsity’s vice chancellor Stephen Kiama.
Over 5,700 graduates are expected to be conferred with various degrees and diplomas during the ceremony.
This includes 73 PhDs, 37 fellowships, 1, 632 Masters, 55 postgraduate diplomas, 3,666 Bachelors and 281 diplomas.
Traffic is expected to be disrupted once the university students have been conferred and are dispersed.
Major roads that are set to be affected include Uhuru Highway, Waiyaki Way, Mombasa Road and other entry routes to the central business district.
Police have since been deployed to control the movement of vehicles along the routes and minimize traffic snarl-ups.
UoN has over the years maintained its position as the top Kenyan institution in World rankings.
In the 2023 edition of the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR), it was the only one that made it to the list of 2,000 best varsities globally.
CWUR is a leading consulting organization providing policy advice, strategic insights, and consulting services to governments and universities to improve educational and research outcomes.
The organization, headquartered in UAE, does not rely on surveys or university data submissions to get its results but rather evaluates the schools based on four key areas.
These are education (25 per cent), employability (25 per cent), faculty (10 per cent), and research (40 per cent).
The varsity was recently chosen to undertake the national tracer study on the destination of engineering graduates in Kenya.
The faculty of engineering was one of the pioneer academic units to offer engineering programs.
Trace studies are an essential tool for improving the quality and relevance of training programs in universities worldwide.
“Let us look for ways that we can build capacity for the manufacturing industry in Kenya,” Kiama said during the launch of the report recently.
