Chuka University is a public university[1] in the Tharaka Nithi County, Kenya. The university is approximately 186 km from Nairobi along the Nairobi-Meru highway, in a rural setting on the eastern slopes of Mt. Kenya at an altitude of approximately 2,000 meters above sea level. Chuka University is within Chuka/Igamba-ng'ombe Constituency, Tharaka-Nithi County.[2]
Chuka University is a public institution established through legal notice No. 161 of 2007. It was a constituent College of Egerton University and the successor of the former Egerton University Eastern Campus College, Chuka. The Campus College was established on 27 September 2004, by Egerton University Council.Шаблон:Citation needed
President Mwai Kibaki appointed the first Council of the university on 12 September 2008. Businessman Wilfred Murungi was appointed the first Chairman of Chuka University Council.
The University College was initially established as a Campus of Chuka University in September 2015.[3]
Chuka University was the first institution of higher learning to be established in Eastern Province.Шаблон:Citation needed
Prof. Erastus Njoka was the University's first Vice Chancellor, assisted by two DVCs, two Registrars and a Finance Officer in exercising the university mandate. Students are led by the Chuka University Students Association (CUSA) elected by the students at the beginning of every year.Шаблон:Citation needed.