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Nairobi, Kenya
1501+ in World University Rankings 2026
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About Kenyatta University

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Kenyatta University is a public research university split across 13 campuses in Kenya. The largest university site, Kenyatta University Main Campus, is in Nairobi County some 20km outside Nairobi city. A bus runs from here to the city centre with a journey time of around one hour. Kenyatta’s student body is large: over 70,000 students are enrolled in undergraduate and postgraduate courses, taught by approximately 1,500 academic staff. The university was founded in 1970 as Kenyatta College, after the country regained its independence from British rule. It was granted university status in 1985 and renamed Kenyatta University accordingly. Kenyatta’s wide range of course subjects are taught in English and sorted into 18 schools, including humanities and social sciences, public health, architecture, engineering and technology, medicine, and the school of creative film and media studies. In 2018, a new school of security, diplomacy and peace studies was opened. Kenyatta University also has an extensive online learning facility: around 10,000 students are said to be enrolled in the Digital School of Virtual and Open Learning, which offers teaching through online videos and other materials. Sports are a major competitive and social feature of the university’s community, and a long list of activities are available to students, from scrabble and chess to karate and taekwondo. Kenyatta University boasts two swimming pools, a gym, five football fields, dozens of racketball courts and two athletics and track fields. The university has a strong alumni community, which includes several famous names, including Mwai Kibaki and a number of fellow former presidents and vice-presidents of Kenya.

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58 F : 42 M (1)
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5% (1)
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Students per staff
27.6 (1)
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55018 (1)

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Schemes of Service: Faculty Division: Infocomm Technology Employment Type: Permanent, Fixed Term Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) invites applications for Academic Staff positions in Cybersecurity. We are building a modern cybersecurity capability that brings together applied learning, competency-based education, translational research, and close partnership with industry. We welcome outstanding candidates across the breadth of cybersecurity, and we are especially interested in colleagues who can help SIT build stronger capability in Threat Operations. Appointment may be made at a rank aligned with experience and profile. Academic Staff positions in SIT comprises of both Faculty and Professional Officers. They play distinctive yet complementary roles in advancing SIT’s mission in education and applied research. Faculty provide academic leadership in the design, delivery, and continual enhancement of programmes, ensuring academic rigour and industry relevance, while Professional Officers, as technical specialists, embed current and emerging industry practices and support practice-oriented delivery. Together, they strengthen SIT’s applied learning environment through hands-on, real-world approaches that enhance students’ industry readiness. In applied research, faculty lead translational research and innovation in collaboration with industry, bridging knowledge creation with practical application, while Professional Officers contribute deep technical expertise and industry experience to translate concepts into implementation, prototyping and deployment, thereby ensuring impactful and industry-relevant outcomes. Why join SIT SIT is Singapore’s first University of Applied Learning and the University for Industry. 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SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (SIT)

Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT)

Singapore

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Subjects Taught at Kenyatta University

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Arts and Humanities

  • Archaeology
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  • Art, Performing Art and Design
  • History, Philosophy and Theology
  • Languages, Literature and Linguistics

Business and Economics

  • Accounting and Finance
  • Business and Management
  • Economics and Econometrics

Computer Science

  • Computer Science

Education Studies

  • Education

Engineering

  • Civil Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • General Engineering
  • Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Law

  • Law

Life Sciences

  • Agriculture and Forestry
  • Biological Sciences
  • Sport Science

Medical and Health

  • Medicine and Dentistry
  • Other Health

Physical Sciences

  • Chemistry
  • Geology, Environmental, Earth and Marine Sciences
  • Mathematics and Statistics
  • Physics and Astronomy

Psychology

  • Psychology

Social Sciences

  • Communication and Media Studies
  • Geography
  • Politics and International Studies
  • Sociology