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Student Life
A great part of a student's time at UON is spent outside the classroom. The offices described in this section work to support the students in all aspects of their college life, especially by offering programs, services, and resources to make their life at UON successful and exciting as much as possible.
University Libraries
The tasks of the University Library System towards the accomplishment of the
functions and objectives enlisted in theUniversity of Nairobi Act 1985 are,
to carry out basic functions of acquiring, organizing and disseminating information
in support of the University mission. More specifically it is to provide reading,
reference, research materials and other library services to the students, academic
staff, non-academic staff and to a limited number of qualified outsiders.
The University of Nairobi Library System is composed of twelve libraries grouped
into six college libraries plus a central library. The central library known
as Jomo Kenyatta Memorial Library (JKML) also houses the administration, central
services such as acquisitions, cataloguing co-ordinating unit, the union catalogues,
the bindery and the archives. The system has a total stock of approximately
half a million volumes, inclusive of books, periodicals and other non-print
materials. The stock is divided into a general lending materials ands specialised
research collections. Books in the library system are classified by the Library
of Congress Classification Scheme. A union catalogue of library materials held
in the system is maintained in the JKML. Sub-libraries have catalogues of their
own holdings.
The library system has a staff of 160.
Facilities & Services Offered to Students
- Library Services
- Computing and Internet Services
- Health Services
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- Special Student Advisor
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- Dean of Students
- Student Welfare Authority
- Work Study Programme
- Financial Assistance
Important Links/ Information:
Central Examination Centre Services
- Functions of Central Examination Centre
- Application for Academic Transcripts
- Application for Degree/Diploma Certificates
- Chargeable Services
Student Email
Student Organisations (University Wide)
- Student Organisation Of University Of Nairobi(SONU)
- Students for Global Sustainability-University of Nairobi
- Muslim Students Association of University of Nairobi
- SIFE, University of Nairobi
- Die Bruecke
- University of Nairobi SDA Church