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The Department of Chemistry has commenced the Sixth Regional Hands-on Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Training Workshop, bringing together scientists from across Africa for advanced training in one of the world's most powerful analytical techniques used in scientific research.

The five-day workshop, running from 20 to 24 July 2026, is hosted by the Department of Chemistry under the Faculty of Science and Technology through the Kenya National Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Centre (KNMRC

The Department of Earth Climate Sciences today officially commenced the International Workshop on Future Research and Applications of Clouds, Precipitation and Extreme Weather in Africa, a five-day forum running from 20 to 24 July 2026, bringing together scientists, researchers and climate experts from more than 25 countries to advance research on weather systems, climate resilience and atmospheric science across Africa.

The Faculty of Science & Technology congratulates distinguished alumnus Professor Robert Mokaya, OBE, FRS, on his appointment as President of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), becoming the first Black President in the Society's 185-year history.

The University of Nairobi marked a major milestone this week with the formal installation of Eng. Prof. Ayub Njoroge Gitau as its ninth Vice Chancellor, in a ceremony that combined long-standing academic tradition with a forward-looking agenda.

FST Receives Diagnostic Kits Donation

The University of Nairobi Faculty of Science and Technology has received diagnostic kits worth KES 3 million from Prognosis Biotech Kenya Ltd in a move set to strengthen food safety research, laboratory training, and innovation in contaminant detection.

The University of Nairobi hosted the APHREA-DST Curriculum Validation and Dissemination Workshop from 13 to 15 May 2026 in Nairobi, bringing together researchers, government officials, students, and international partners to assess the progress of data science training initiative and chart its future across Eastern Africa.

Universities are increasingly being challenged to prepare graduates for the demands of the digital economy. Through the Erasmus+ UNIHUBS project, educators and innovation practitioners from Africa and Europe gathered at the University of Nairobi to explore new ways of integrating digital innovation and entrepreneurship into university education.

The African Climate and Environment Centre – Future African Savannas (AFAS) is inviting applications for 18 fully funded Master’s fellowships.

Successful candidates will study at the University of Nairobi or Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny and undertake interdisciplinary training and stakeholder-oriented research focused on climate change adaptation, biodiversity conservation and sustainable development in African savannas through Nature-based Solutions (NbS).

Thematic areas: Water, Agriculture, Energy, One Health and Biodiversity.

The Faculty of Science and Technology has partnered with German technology leader ZEISS to officially launch the broader Youth Innovation Challenge 2026.

PhD candidates, Fatuma Sheramo Fora and Henry Momanyi from the Department of Biology, are at the forefront of an urgent international research collaboration, as profiled in the German newspaper Die Rheinpfalz. While participating in the Erasmus Mundus Exchange Program at Rhineland-Palatinate Technical University of Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU), their vital work addresses a severe food safety crisis in Kenya.