Multimedia University of Kenya

The university has two campuses:

• The main campus is located near the western side of the Nairobi National Park on Magadi Road in Nairobi. It has a telecommunications museum and several residential halls.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mmu.ac.ke/|title=Multimedia University of Kenya|website=Mmu.ac.ke}}
• The second campus is located in the Nairobi Central Business District, in Uniafric House on Loita Street.{{Cite web|title=About Us – Multimedia University of Kenya|url=https://www.mmu.ac.ke/about-us/|access-date=2020-11-14|website=mmu.ac.ke}}

MMU was founded in 1948 when the institution was founded as Central Training School to serve as East African Post Training School before changing to Kenya Posts and Telecommunications Corporation (KPTC).{{Cite web|title=Brief History of MMU|url=https://www.mmu.ac.ke/history-and-future-of-mmu/|date=2020|website=Multimedia University of Kenya|access-date=30 May 2020}}[http://www.studies.co.ke/college_page.php?content_id=67 Multimedia University College of Kenya, Nairobi] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304092616/http://www.studies.co.ke/college_page.php?content_id=67 |date=4 March 2014 }} This was after the collapse of the East African community in 1977. In 1992, the college was upgraded to Kenya College of Communications Technology under KPTC and later (1999) became a subsidiary of Telkom Kenya Ltd (TKL), after KPTC split into Postal Corporation of Kenya, Telkom Kenya Ltd and Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK).{{Cite web|title=History and Future of MMU – Multimedia University of Kenya|url=https://www.mmu.ac.ke/history-and-future-of-mmu/|website=mmu.ac.ke|access-date=2020-05-29}} The college became a subsidiary of CCK after the privatization of TKL in 2006. In 2008, it was upgraded under Legal Notice No. 155 of 2008 to Multimedia University College of Kenya as a constituent college of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology.{{Cite web|title=History and Future of MMU|url=https://www.mmu.ac.ke/history-and-future-of-mmu/|date=2020|website=Multimedia University of Kenya|access-date=30 May 2020}}

After an inspection conducted by the Commission for University Education, a body set aside by the Kenyan government to oversee the quality of higher education in the country,{{Cite web|url=http://www.cue.or.ke/|title=Commission for University Education – Home|website=Cue.or.ke}} the immediate former president, Hon. Mwai Kibaki, granted a university charter to the college, thereby giving it university status on 1 March 2013. From then, the institution became known as the Multimedia University of Kenya.

MMU courses include certificate, diploma, bachelor's degree and master's degree courses. Through its centre for further Education, the university offers short courses aimed at complementing the academic programmes being offered and offer students extra training.

The MMU academic calendar operates on two semesters that run from January to April and September to December.

The six faculties of MMU are:{{Cite web|url=https://www.mmu.ac.ke/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=82&Itemid=63|title=Historical background|website=Mmu.ac.ke}}-

• Faculty of Engineering and Technology{{Cite web|title=Faculty of Engineering and Technology – Multimedia University of Kenya|url=https://www.mmu.ac.ke/faculty-of-engineering-and-technology/|website=mmu.ac.ke|access-date=2020-05-29}}
• Faculty of Computing and Information Technology{{Cite web|title=Faculty of Computing and Information Technology|url=https://www.mmu.ac.ke/faculty-of-computing-and-information-technology/|date=2020|website=Multimedia University of Kenya|access-date=30 May 2020}}
• Faculty of Media and Communication{{Cite web|title=Faculty of Media and Communication – Multimedia University of Kenya|url=https://www.mmu.ac.ke/faculty-of-media-and-communication/|website=mmu.ac.ke|access-date=2020-05-29}}
• Faculty of Business and Economics{{Cite web|title=Faculty of Business and Economics – Multimedia University of Kenya|url=https://www.mmu.ac.ke/faculty-of-business-and-economics/|website=mmu.ac.ke|access-date=2020-05-29}}
• Faculty of Science and Technology{{Cite web|title=Faculty of Science and Technology – Multimedia University of Kenya|url=https://www.mmu.ac.ke/faculty-of-science-and-technology/|website=mmu.ac.ke|access-date=2020-05-29}}
• Faculty of Social Sciences and Technology{{Cite web|title=Faculty of Social Sciences and Technology|url=https://www.mmu.ac.ke/faculty-of-social-sciences-and-technology/|date=2020|website=Multimedia University of Kenya|access-date=2020-05-29}}

The collection covers all programmes offered by the university, that is, Media and Communication, Engineering, ICT and Business programmes. The library conducts training on how to access the e-resources in the e-resources centre located within the library. The MMU library contains four sections: circulation services, technical services, collection development and e-resources centre.

MMU has an ICT museum. The ICT museum is located in the main campus along Magadi road, and is open to the general public as well. It is actually the largest Ict museum in East and Central Africa.

MMU is going to be involved in the development Konza Technology City.{{Cite web|url=https://www.capitalfm.co.ke/business/2013/01/government-data-centre-set-for-konza/|title=Government data centre set for Konza|date=24 January 2013|website=Capitalfm.co.ke}} MMU Kenya has adopted a similar strategy as MMU Malaysia in which MMU Kenya is to accelerate the development of Kenya's Information and Knowledge sectors. This is one of the pillars meant to transform Kenya to a middle income economy under Vision 2030 .

In 2012, MMU was recognized as the top ranking public university in Kenya in ICT excellence. It is also the training centre for the SAP Skills for Africa Program whose main purpose is to train African university graduates in software engineering.{{Cite web|url=https://www.triplepundit.com/story/2013/world-bank-sap-jointly-address-skills-development-africa/48311|title=World Bank, SAP Jointly Address Skills Development in Africa|website=Triplepundit.com}}

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