Multimedia University of Kenya

University in Kenya

Multimedia University of Kenya
Motto	Riding on Technology, inspiring innovation
Type	Public
Established	1948 Central Training School Granted fully fledged university status in March 2013
Chancellor	Catherine Kimura
Vice-Chancellor	Festus Kaberia
Students	3,610
Location	Nairobi , Kenya
Campus	Urban
Website	www.mmu.ac.ke

The Multimedia University of Kenya (MMU) is a public university located in Nairobi.^[1] The university offers IT & related courses , Mass media, Business,Engineering and Social sciences education.

Campus

The university has two campuses:

The main campus is located near the western side of the Nairobi National Park on Magadi Road in Nairobi. It has a telecommunications museum and several residential halls.^[2]
The second campus is located in the Nairobi Central Business District, in Uniafric House on Loita Street.^[3]

History

MMU was founded in 1948 when the institution was founded as Central Training School to serve as East African Post Training School before changing to Kenya Posts and Telecommunications Corporation (KPTC).^[4]^[5] This was after the collapse of the East African community in 1977. In 1992, the college was upgraded to Kenya College of Communications Technology under KPTC and later (1999) became a subsidiary of Telkom Kenya Ltd (TKL), after KPTC split into Postal Corporation of Kenya, Telkom Kenya Ltd and Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK).^[6] The college became a subsidiary of CCK after the privatization of TKL in 2006. In 2008, it was upgraded under Legal Notice No. 155 of 2008 to Multimedia University College of Kenya as a constituent college of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology.^[7]

Award of charter

After an inspection conducted by the Commission for University Education, a body set aside by the Kenyan government to oversee the quality of higher education in the country,^[8] the immediate former president, Hon. Mwai Kibaki, granted a university charter to the college, thereby giving it university status on March 1, 2013.^[6] From then, the institution became known as the Multimedia University of Kenya.

Academics

MMU courses include certificate, diploma, bachelor's degree and master's degree courses. Through its centre for further Education, the university offers short courses aimed at complementing the academic programmes being offered and offer students extra training.

The MMU academic calendar operates on two semesters that run from January to April and September to December.

Faculties

The six faculties of MMU are:^[9]-

Faculty of Engineering and Technology^[10]
Faculty of Computing and Information Technology^[11]
Faculty of Media and Communication^[12]
Faculty of Business and Economics^[13]
Faculty of Science and Technology^[14]
Faculty of Social Sciences and Technology^[15]

Library

The collection covers all programmes offered by the university, that is, Media and Communication, Engineering, ICT and Business programmes. The library conducts training on how to access the e-resources in the e-resources centre located within the library. The MMU library contains four sections: circulation services, technical services, collection development and e-resources centre.

ICT Museum

MMU has an ICT museum. The ICT museum is located in the main campus along Magadi road, and is open to the general public as well. It is actually the largest Ict museum in East and Central Africa.

Vision 2030 Kenya

MMU is going to be involved in the development Konza Technology City.^[16] MMU Kenya has adopted a similar strategy as MMU Malaysia in which MMU Kenya is to accelerate the development of Kenya's Information and Knowledge sectors.^[9] This is one of the pillars meant to transform Kenya to a middle income economy under Vision 2030 .

Recognition

In 2012, MMU was recognized as the top ranking public university in Kenya in ICT excellence. It is also the training centre for the SAP Skills for Africa Program whose main purpose is to train African university graduates in software engineering.^[17]

References

^ [1] ^{[dead link]}
^ "Multimedia University of Kenya". Mmu.ac.ke.
^ "About Us – Multimedia University of Kenya". www.mmu.ac.ke. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
^ "Brief History of MMU". Multimedia University of Kenya. 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
^ Multimedia University College of Kenya, Nairobi Archived 4 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine
^ ^a ^b "History and Future of MMU – Multimedia University of Kenya". www.mmu.ac.ke. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
^ "History and Future of MMU". Multimedia University of Kenya. 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
^ "Commission for University Education - Home". Cue.or.ke.
^ ^a ^b "Historical background". Mmu.ac.ke.
^ "Faculty of Engineering and Technology – Multimedia University of Kenya". www.mmu.ac.ke. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
^ "Faculty of Computing and Information Technology". Multimedia University of Kenya. 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
^ "Faculty of Media and Communication – Multimedia University of Kenya". www.mmu.ac.ke. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
^ "Faculty of Business and Economics – Multimedia University of Kenya". www.mmu.ac.ke. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
^ "Faculty of Science and Technology – Multimedia University of Kenya". www.mmu.ac.ke. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
^ "Faculty of Social Sciences and Technology". Multimedia University of Kenya. 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
^ "Government data centre set for Konza". Capitalfm.co.ke. 24 January 2013.
^ "World Bank, SAP Jointly Address Skills Development in Africa". Triplepundit.com.

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