postgraduate students

The University of Nairobi held a Student Recognition Ceremony on May 8, 2026, during which outstanding students from the various faculties were recognized and awarded in different categories.

On May 21, 2026, the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine was honored to host one of its donors, Prof. Peter Mbithi, who presented the Prof. P. Mbithi Family Prize — a revolving trophy and a cash prize of Kshs. 25,000 — to Mwangi Angel Nangira, the best overall student in Veterinary Surgery in the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine.

The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nairobi, proudly celebrates a historic moment
in student leadership following the victory of Jan Sydney Kigen Sang in the UNSA 2025/2026
elections. Jan has made history by becoming the first-ever Governor elected from Third Year,
and remarkably, the first individual to serve two consecutive terms as Governor of the Faculty,
both through highly contested elections.

The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nairobi, Held its 3 rd Annual International Scientific
Conference from Wednesday October 21 – Friday October 24, 2025.

Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Beyond the Lab: University of Nairobi's Groundbreaking Research Delivers Real-World Solutions at the Kenya National Research Festival 2025!

The University of Nairobi (UoN), through the Office of the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research, Innovation and Enterprise), participated in the Kenya National Research Festival 2025. The festival, held from August 18th to 22nd at Egerton University, Njoro Campus, brought together dynamic minds and transformative innovations from across Kenya and beyond.

The Office of Career Services in partnership with the Confucius Institute at the University of Nairobi (CIUON) have partnered to host the 2024 UoN Career/Job Fair and Expo from on 22nd to 24th May, 2024, 9:00am to 4pm. The venue for the Fair is the Hyslop Parking & Taifa Hall, University of Nairobi Main Campus.

On March 27, 2024, the University of Nairobi Faculty of Veterinary Medicine witnessed the highly anticipated UNSA elections. Team Changers, led by Jan Sydney Kigen Sang, BVM 3, secured victory by a margin of just 8 votes.

All Graduates of the 70th Congregation for the conferment of Degrees and award of Diplomas held on December 15, 2023 are requested to collect their certificates from the University of Nairobi Central Examinations Centre, Chiromo Campus starting from Wednesday, 17th January 2024 to Friday, 9th February, 2024

On Monday 8th January 2024, the Danida Consultative Research Committee For Development Research visited the Faculty of Vet. Medicine, where first they made a courtesy call to the Dean, FVM together with the heads of departments and Later in the afternoon, the team lead by the Dean, Faculty of Vet.Medicine visited the Flygene Project field site. 

In the recent concluded signing of 2023/2024 Performance contracts and the celebration of 2022/2023 performance recognition and awards which was held in Taifa Hall on Monday, 27th November 2023, The Faculty of Vet. Medicine emerged position 3 with a score of 2.6332 in all the 10 faculties.

The Vice chancellor presented the Certificate and the trophy to Prof. J.D Mande, Dean Faculty of Vet. Medicine for the exemplary performance.

The Department of Veterinary Pathology Microbiology and Parasitology , Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
University of Nairobi, hosted a guest lecture by Professor Craig Linden; a Prof of Pathology at University
of Tennessee on Thursday November 23, 2023 from 08:00am to 10:00 am. The lecture was about Gross
Pathology, techniques, lesion descriptions and necropsy tips. It was attended by 4 th and 5 th year
veterinary students and representative faculty. This lecture was illustrative, interactive and insightful