Mount Kenya University Open Campus In Kigali

Mount Kenya University Kigali Campus

THE Mount Kenya University has opened a campus Rwanda. The Kigali campus of the Thika-based university will offer science and technology causes.

Speaking to the Star at the Kigali campus, public relations officer Henry Musisi said the university's enrolment currently stands at 3,500 with the expansion into Rwanda.

He said the university plans to build two other campuses at Nyarutara and Kagugu, a science centre in Kicukiro area on the outskirts of Kigali.

The university nitially collaborated with the Rwanda Tourism College. The first class graduated from the university in 2012 with 55 MBA and 3 undergraduate degrees awarded.

This year, more than 100 students will graduate in various disciplines such as Bachelor of Pharmacy, media and communication and nursing.

The university finances the education of 30 genocide orphans and its staff and students are involved in the monthly countrywide cleanup.

Also as part of it's cooperate social responsibility, the university has in place a counseling room with a fulltime counselor for day-to-day counseling for both students and the public free of service. This is very important considering that most Rwandese people are still suffering from trauma after the effects of the genocide.

Musisi told the Star that the university has also invested in an English language Radio station which will be on air later this month.