Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology
Public university in Bondo, Kenya
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Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology (JOOUST) is a public university in Bondo in Siaya County, Kenya.[1][2] It is named after Kenya's first vice-president Jaramogi Oginga Odinga.[3][4]
A corner of a flower pod in Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology in Bondo, Kenya. | |
Former names | Bondo Teachers College |
|---|---|
| Established | 11 May 2009, as Bondo University College |
| Vice-Chancellor | Prof. Emily Achieng Akuno |
| Location | , Siaya County , Kenya |
| Website | www |
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Prof. Emily Achieng Akuno, has been the Vice Chancellor of JOOUST since August 2023 when Prof. Stephen G. Agong's term elapsed.[5][6]
Location
Overview
JOOUST was founded in 2009, through a Legal Order, as Bondo University College, a constituent college of Maseno University.[9] In 2013, the law was repealed and the university received its own charter as an independent institution of higher education.[10][11]
Academics
As of February 2019, the university maintained the following academic units:[12]
- Schools
- School of Agricultural and Food Sciences[13]
- School of Biological & Physical Sciences[14]
- School of Business & Economics[15]
- School of Education[16]
- School of Engineering and Technology[17]
- School of Health Sciences[18]
- School of Humanities & Social Sciences[19]
- School of Informatics & Innovative Systems[20]
- School of Mathematics and Actuarial Sciences[21]
- School of Spatial Planning and Natural Resource Management[22]
- Institutes
- Institute of Cultural Heritage and Material Science[23]
- East African Community Integration Institute[24]
- Centers
Future plans
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.[30]
