University of Eldoret
| Motto | Flame of Knowledge and Innovation |
|---|---|
| Type | Public |
| Established | Founded in 1956 by the white settlers as a Large Scale Farmers Training Centre. |
| Endowment | 20,300 |
| Chancellor | Prof. Judith Mbula Bahemuka |
| Vice-Chancellor | Prof. Thomas Kimeli Cheruiyot |
| Undergraduates | 25,000+ |
| Postgraduates | 8,000+ |
| Location | , |
| Campus | Urban, Town Campus, |
| Website | www.uoeld.ac.ke |
University of Eldoret is one of the 22 public universities in Kenya and situated approximately 9 km along the Eldoret-Ziwa road in Eldoret town, Uasin Gishu County. It was founded in 1946 by the white settlers as a Large Scale Farmers Training Centre. In 1984, it was converted to a teachers’ training college and renamed Moi Teachers’ Training College to offer Diploma Science Teachers Training. Due to the double intake crisis, the college was taken over by Moi University as a campus in 1990, renaming it Chepkoilel Campus. From 1990, the university made it a campus of Natural, Basic and Applied Science programmes.
In August 2010, President Mwai Kibaki, through Legal Notice No. 125 of 13 August 2010 upgraded the campus into a University College with the name Chepkoilel University College, a Constituent College of Moi University. Upon the award of charter by the president in March 2013, the University College was renamed University of Eldoret.