Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology

It is located in the town of Bondo, in Siaya County in the western part of Kenya, approximately {{convert|62|km|0}}, by road, west of the city of Kisumu.{{google maps| access-date=23 March 2021 | url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Kisumu,+Kenya/Bondo,+Kenya/@-0.0307191,34.2454678,10z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x182aa437ad4ac81d:0x2012a439d6248dd2!2m2!1d34.7679568!2d-0.0917016!1m5!1m1!1s0x19d55b0bb269ff4f:0x90fe7f3f989a3f05!2m2!1d34.2754988!2d-0.1003371!3e0 |title=Road Distance Between Kisumu, Kenya And Bondo, Kenya}} The geographical coordinates of the university's main campus are 0°05'38.0"S, 34°15'31.0"E (Latitude:-0.093889; Longitude:34.258611).{{google maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/0%C2%B005'38.0%22S+34%C2%B015'31.0%22E/@0.0055324,33.9948772,82611m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d-0.0938889!4d34.2586111 |title=Location of Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology |

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JOOUST was founded in 2009, through a Legal Order, as Bondo University College, a constituent college of Maseno University.{{cite web |date=January 2019 |url=https://www.jooust.ac.ke/index.php/2016-03-08-11-44-06/info-about-jooust/history |title=History of Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology |publisher=Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology (JOOUST) |author=JOOUST |access-date=7 February 2019 |location=Bondo, Kenya |archive-date=7 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207154103/https://www.jooust.ac.ke/index.php/2016-03-08-11-44-06/info-about-jooust/history |url-status=dead }} In 2013, the law was repealed and the university received its own charter as an independent institution of higher education.{{cite web | url=http://www.cue.or.ke/services/accreditation/status-of-universities | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130707022546/http://www.cue.or.ke/services/accreditation/status-of-universities | url-status=dead |title=Status of Universities: Universities Authorized to Operate in Kenya, 2013 | publisher=Commission for University Education |date=31 January 2013 |author=Commission for University Education | format=Archived from the original |access-date=7 February 2019 | location=Nairobi |archive-date=7 July 2013}}{{Cite web|title=History of Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology|url=https://www.jooust.ac.ke/index.php/2016-03-08-11-44-06/info-about-jooust/history|last=|first=|date=2020|website=Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology|access-date=29 May 2020|archive-date=7 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207154103/https://www.jooust.ac.ke/index.php/2016-03-08-11-44-06/info-about-jooust/history|url-status=dead}}

As of February 2019, the university maintained the following academic units:{{cite web|url=https://www.jooust.ac.ke/ |title=The Schools of Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology |access-date=7 February 2019 |date=7 February 2019 |publisher=Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology (JOOUST) |author=JOOUST |location=Bondo, Kenya}}

; Schools

• School of Agricultural and Food Sciences{{Cite web|title=School of Agricultural and Food Sciences|url=https://www.jooust.ac.ke/index.php/2016-03-08-12-16-32/2016-03-11-10-55-30/schools/school-of-agricultural-and-food-sciences|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019084824/http://www.jooust.ac.ke/index.php/2016-03-08-12-16-32/2016-03-11-10-55-30/schools/school-of-agricultural-and-food-sciences|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 October 2016|last=|first=|date=2020|website=Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology|access-date=29 May 2020}}
• School of Biological & Physical Sciences{{Cite web|title=School of Biological and Physical Sciences|url=https://www.jooust.ac.ke/index.php/2016-03-08-12-16-32/2016-03-11-10-55-30/schools/school-of-biological-physical-sciences|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813113414/https://www.jooust.ac.ke/index.php/2016-03-08-12-16-32/2016-03-11-10-55-30/schools/school-of-biological-physical-sciences|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 August 2020|last=|first=|date=2020|website=Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology|access-date=29 May 2020}}
• School of Business & Economics{{Cite web|title=School of Business and Economics|url=https://www.jooust.ac.ke/index.php/2016-03-08-12-16-32/2016-03-11-10-55-30/schools/school-of-business-economics|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813113834/https://www.jooust.ac.ke/index.php/2016-03-08-12-16-32/2016-03-11-10-55-30/schools/school-of-business-economics|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 August 2020|last=|first=|date=2020|website=Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology|access-date=29 May 2020}}
• School of Education{{Cite web|title=School of Education|url=https://www.jooust.ac.ke/index.php/2016-03-08-12-16-32/2016-03-11-10-55-30/schools/school-of-education|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813103612/https://www.jooust.ac.ke/index.php/2016-03-08-12-16-32/2016-03-11-10-55-30/schools/school-of-education|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 August 2020|last=|first=|date=2020|website=Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology|access-date=29 May 2020}}
• School of Engineering and Technology{{Cite web|title=School of Engineering and Technology|url=https://www.jooust.ac.ke/index.php/2016-03-08-12-16-32/2016-03-11-10-55-30/schools/school-of-engineering-and-technology|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019085210/http://www.jooust.ac.ke/index.php/2016-03-08-12-16-32/2016-03-11-10-55-30/schools/school-of-engineering-and-technology|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 October 2016|last=|first=|date=2020|website=Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology|access-date=29 May 2020}}
• School of Health Sciences{{Cite web|title=School of Health Sciences|url=https://www.jooust.ac.ke/index.php/2016-03-08-12-16-32/2016-03-11-10-55-30/schools/school-of-health-sciences|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813121947/https://www.jooust.ac.ke/index.php/2016-03-08-12-16-32/2016-03-11-10-55-30/schools/school-of-health-sciences|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 August 2020|last=|first=|date=2020|website=Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology|access-date=29 May 2020}}
• School of Humanities & Social Sciences{{Cite web|title=School of Humanities and Social Sciences|url=https://www.jooust.ac.ke/index.php/2016-03-08-12-16-32/2016-03-11-10-55-30/schools/school-of-humanities-social-sciences|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813112939/https://www.jooust.ac.ke/index.php/2016-03-08-12-16-32/2016-03-11-10-55-30/schools/school-of-humanities-social-sciences|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 August 2020|last=|first=|date=2020|website=Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology|access-date=29 May 2020}}
• School of Informatics & Innovative Systems{{Cite web|title=School of Informatics and Innovative Systems|url=https://www.jooust.ac.ke/index.php/2016-03-08-12-16-32/2016-03-11-10-55-30/schools/school-of-informatics-innovative-systems|last=|first=|date=2020|website=Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology|access-date=29 May 2020|archive-date=12 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812210744/https://www.jooust.ac.ke/index.php/2016-03-08-12-16-32/2016-03-11-10-55-30/schools/school-of-informatics-innovative-systems|url-status=dead}}
• School of Mathematics and Actuarial Sciences{{Cite web|title=School of Mathematics and Actuarial Sciences|url=https://www.jooust.ac.ke/index.php/2016-03-08-12-16-32/2016-03-11-10-55-30/schools/school-of-mathematics-actuarial-sciences|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812212458/https://jooust.ac.ke/index.php/2016-03-08-12-16-32/2016-03-11-10-55-30/schools/school-of-mathematics-actuarial-sciences|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 August 2020|last=|first=|date=2020|website=Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology|access-date=29 May 2020}}
• School of Spatial Planning and Natural Resource Management{{Cite web|title=School of Spatial Planning and Natural Resource Management|url=https://www.jooust.ac.ke/index.php/2016-03-08-12-16-32/2016-03-11-10-55-30/schools/school-of-spatial-planning-and-natural-resource-management|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813110415/https://www.jooust.ac.ke/index.php/2016-03-08-12-16-32/2016-03-11-10-55-30/schools/school-of-spatial-planning-and-natural-resource-management|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 August 2020|last=|first=|date=2020|website=Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology|access-date=29 May 2020}}

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;Institutes

• Institute of Cultural Heritage and Material Science{{Cite web|title=Institute of Cultural Heritage and Material Science|url=https://www.jooust.ac.ke/index.php/2016-03-08-12-16-32/2016-03-11-10-55-30/institutes/institute-of-cultural-heritage-and-material-science|last=|first=|date=2020|website=Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology|access-date=29 May 2020|archive-date=27 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927135505/https://jooust.ac.ke/index.php/2016-03-08-12-16-32/2016-03-11-10-55-30/institutes/institute-of-cultural-heritage-and-material-science|url-status=dead}}
• East African Community Integration Institute{{Cite web|title=East African Community Integration Institute|url=https://www.jooust.ac.ke/index.php/2016-03-08-12-16-32/2016-03-11-10-55-30/institutes/east-african-community-integration-institute|last=|first=|date=2020|website=Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology|access-date=29 May 2020|archive-date=9 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809224748/https://www.jooust.ac.ke/index.php/2016-03-08-12-16-32/2016-03-11-10-55-30/institutes/east-african-community-integration-institute|url-status=dead}}

; Centers

• Center for Research Innovation and Technology{{Cite web|title=Centre for Research Innovation and Technology|url=https://www.jooust.ac.ke/index.php/2016-03-08-12-16-32/2016-03-11-10-55-30/centres/centre-for-research-innovation-and-technology|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201220232926/https://www.jooust.ac.ke/index.php/2016-03-08-12-16-32/2016-03-11-10-55-30/centres/centre-for-research-innovation-and-technology|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 December 2020|last=|first=|date=2020|website=Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology|access-date=29 May 2020}}
• Centre for Gender Mainstreaming and Development{{Cite web|title=Centre for Gender Mainstreaming and Development|url=https://www.jooust.ac.ke/index.php/2016-03-08-12-16-32/2016-03-11-10-55-30/centres/centre-for-gender-mainstreaming-and-development|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201219111847/https://www.jooust.ac.ke/index.php/2016-03-08-12-16-32/2016-03-11-10-55-30/centres/centre-for-gender-mainstreaming-and-development|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 December 2020|last=|first=|date=2020|website=Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology|access-date=29 May 2020}}
• Centre for Outreach and Extension Services{{Cite web|title=Centre for Outreach and Extension Services|url=https://www.jooust.ac.ke/index.php/2016-03-08-12-16-32/2016-03-11-10-55-30/centres/centre-for-outreach-and-extension-services|last=|first=|date=2020|website=Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology|access-date=29 May 2020|archive-date=5 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805045147/https://www.jooust.ac.ke/index.php/2016-03-08-12-16-32/2016-03-11-10-55-30/centres/centre-for-outreach-and-extension-services|url-status=dead}}
• Centre for E-Learning{{Cite web|title=Centre for E-Learning|url=https://www.jooust.ac.ke/index.php/2016-03-08-12-16-32/2016-03-11-10-55-30/centres/centre-for-e-learning|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201218190413/https://www.jooust.ac.ke/index.php/2016-03-08-12-16-32/2016-03-11-10-55-30/centres/centre-for-e-learning|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 December 2020|last=|first=|date=2020|website=Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology|access-date=29 May 2020}}
• Africa Center of Excellence in Sustainable Use of Insects as Food and Feeds (INSEFOODS).{{Cite web|title=Center of Excellence in Sustainable Use of Insects as Food and Feeds (INSEFOODS)|url=https://www.jooust.ac.ke/index.php/2016-03-08-12-16-32/2016-03-11-10-55-30/centres/center-of-excellence-in-sustainable-use-of-insects-as-food-and-feeds-insefoods|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201219135123/https://www.jooust.ac.ke/index.php/2016-03-08-12-16-32/2016-03-11-10-55-30/centres/center-of-excellence-in-sustainable-use-of-insects-as-food-and-feeds-insefoods|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 December 2020|last=|first=|date=2020|website=Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology|access-date=29 May 2020}}

In February 2019, the Business Daily Africa reported that JOOUST in partnership with Siaya County Administration planned to establish a set up a constituent college named after former US president Barack Obama. The institution will focus on research in fisheries, agriculture and promote extension services for local farmers.{{cite web|access-date=7 February 2019 | url=https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/news/counties/Siaya-leaders-plan-new-college-named-after-Barack-Obama/4003142-4971704-12pa9s8/ |title=Siaya leaders plan new college named after Barack Obama |newspaper=Business Daily Africa |date=7 February 2019 | first=Elizabeth |last=Ojina |location=Nairobi}}

{{reflist}}

• {{Official website|http://www.jooust.ac.ke/}}
• [https://www.4icu.org/reviews/14820.htm Overview of Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology]

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