University of Eldoret

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University of Eldoret(formerly Chepkoilel University College)

Motto	Flame of Knowledge and Innovation
Type	Public
Established	Founded in 1956 by the white settlers as a Large Scale Farmers Training Centre.
Endowment	20,300
Chancellor	Prof. Judith Mbula Bahemuka
Vice-Chancellor	Prof. Thomas Kimeli Cheruiyot
Undergraduates	25,000+
Postgraduates	8,000+
Location	Eldoret , Kenya
Campus	Urban, Town Campus,
Website	www.uoeld.ac.ke

University of Eldoret is one of the 22 public universities in Kenya^[1] and situated approximately 9 km along the Eldoret-Ziwa road in Eldoret town, Uasin Gishu County. It was founded in 1946 by the white settlers as a Large Scale Farmers Training Centre. In 1984, it was converted to a teachers’ training college and renamed Moi Teachers’ Training College to offer Diploma Science Teachers Training. Due to the double intake crisis, the college was taken over by Moi University as a campus in 1990, renaming it Chepkoilel Campus.^[2] From 1990, the university made it a campus of Natural, Basic and Applied Science programmes.

In August 2010, President Mwai Kibaki, through Legal Notice No. 125 of 13 August 2010 upgraded the campus into a University College with the name Chepkoilel University College, a Constituent College of Moi University.^[3] Upon the award of charter by the president in March 2013, the University College was renamed University of Eldoret.^[4]