Established in 1984 as Kenya’s second public university, Moi University has experienced major growth and now has fourteen schools, three directorates and three institutes, and several centers of excellence. Its total student population of 30,000 are spread across the university's five campuses. Moi University also has two constituent colleges in Garissa and Rongo.
A leader in nurturing innovation and talent in science, technology and development, Moi University also plays host to the world-renowned AMPATH program, a holistic HIV/AIDS medical program developed in the late 1980s in partnership with the Indiana University School of Medicine. AMPATH, which has been nominated five times for the Nobel Peace Prize, oversees the health needs of more than three million people in western Kenya in partnership with the Kenyan Department of Health.
Moi University
#3Moi University ranked third among Kenyan universities in the URAP 2021-22 world ranking
152The university offers 152 Bachelor's, Master's, doctoral and postgraduate programs
60+Moi University has signed more than 60 partnerships with research and higher education institutions worldwide
Research
The AMPATH consortium, anchored by Moi University and Indiana University, serves a population of over 8 million in its western Kenya and there are currently 170,000 people living with HIV enrolled in care in over 800 care sites. Working with the Kenya Ministry of Health, AMPATH is focused on building a health system in the public sector that leads with care in responding to the needs of the population, including people with diseases such as malaria and tuberculosis as well as non-communicable diseases such as cancer, hypertension, and diabetes. This commitment to care provides the foundation for research to improve lives around the world and bidirectional educational opportunities to train future global health leaders from all member institutions of the partnership.
Moi University and the AMPATH Research Network are working towards meeting the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the 2030 Agenda of global transformation through several aspects of the Kenya partnership. Health has a central position in the agenda through SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-Being) and is closely linked to over a dozen targets in other goals related to urban health, equal access to treatments, and non-communicable diseases, among others.
Over 2,200 Kenyan and American medical trainees have participated in the AMPATH program and thousands of Kenyan health care providers have been trained by AMPATH. In addition, Moi University researchers, in collaboration with their AMPATH research partners, have published nearly 1,000 peer-reviewed publications and attracted over $187 million in cumulative funding for AMPATH-related research projects from NIH, CDC, and other sources.
Engagement with IU
Indiana University and Moi University have had an active partnership for more than 20 years, which continues to advance IU's international development objectives. Beyond the collaboration of the IU and Moi Schools of Medicine on the AMPATH program, many schools and departments on the Indianapolis and Bloomington campuses are now engaged in collaborative teaching and research with parallel academic units at Moi.
The IU School of Medicine has a general collaborative agreement with the Moi University School of Medicine.
