Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology


Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, formerly Western University College of Science and Technology, is a public university in Kenya. The university is named after Masinde Muliro, a Kenyan politician who helped found the school. It has approximately 17,000 students across its branches, Main Campus, Nairobi Campus, Webuye Campus and Budalangi Campus.

History

MMUST became a fully accredited public university in 2007. Before being elevated to full university status, it was a constituent college of Moi University.
The University was founded through Harambee spirit on 5 January 1972, as Western College of Arts and Applied Sciences under the stewardship of.the former fiery MP, Masinde Muliro. As chairman of the project executive committee, Muliro worked with Prof. Reuben J. Olembo as secretary.
The establishment of the college was in response to the needs of the people of Western province to have a College which would provide a training ground for technical manpower requirements for the province and the nation. The college was also expected to inculcate a sense of self-help and self-reliance among its students and facilitate active participation of youth in national development.
The first batch of 24 students who were drawn from all parts of the country, joined on March 24, 1977, and enrolled for certificate and diploma in courses, which included mechanical and motor vehicle, electrical, electronic, agriculture, water, building, architecture, accounting, FINANCE etc. In December 2002, WECO became WUCST after being elevated to a Constituent College of Moi University. Early 2007, President Kibaki elevated WUCST to a full university by assenting to a Bill which also changed the name to MMUST.
The university is open to the community to use its resources e.g. the library and other facilities.
The current Vice Chancellor of MMUST is Dr. Peter Wanyaga Muthoka.

Academics

MMUST offers academic programmes at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The schools and departments include include: