University of Eastern Africa, Baraton

University of Eastern Africa, Baraton

Motto	Mental, Physical, Spiritual
Type	Private
Established	1980
Academic staff	50
Location	Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County, Kenya 0°15′20″N 35°04′57″E / 0.255459°N 35.082561°E / 0.255459; 35.082561Coordinates: 0°15′20″N 35°04′57″E / 0.255459°N 35.082561°E / 0.255459; 35.082561
Campus	339 acres (1.37 km2)
Colors	Blue and gold
Website	www.ueab.ac.ke

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The University of Eastern Africa, Baraton (UEAB) is a private coeducational Seventh-day Adventist university located about 50 km from Eldoret Kenya. It offers degrees in graduate and undergraduate programs in the fields of Business, the Humanities, Agriculture, Technology, Health Sciences and Education. Baraton University, as it is popularly known, is run by the Seventh-day Adventist Church, and is part of its system of higher education. It is accredited by the Commission for Higher Education, Kenya Government, and was the first private university to receive a charter granted by the Republic of Kenya on March 28, 1991. The university is a member of the Inter-University Council for East Africa, The Association of Commonwealth Universities, and the Association of African Universities.

It is a part of the Seventh-day Adventist education system, the world's second largest Christian school system.^{[1][2][3] [4]}

The mission of UEAB is the provision of a Christian quality education for the youth with the aim of equipping them with necessary skills for service for God and humanity.^[5]

History

The beginning of the Seventh-day Adventist education in this part of Africa dates back to the establishment of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the region. The earliest church was established in Tanzania in 1903, followed by church work around Lake Victoria, especially with the 1906 establishment of a mission at the Homa-Bay County's Gendia, the current location of the Kendu Adventist Hospital, Gendia High School and the Africa Herald and Publishing House. In 1928 what is now known as Kamagambo Adventist College was established in Rongo Town, Migori County.

Many primary and secondary school have since been established. Some of these have been offering post secondary education, but none of them has offered a full bachelor's degree program. For this reason, students desiring that level of education in an Adventist institution before 1980 had to go outside Eastern Africa. During the 1970s, the Middle East University in Beirut Lebanon served many such students. Thus there was a great need for a full-fledged university in Eastern Africa.

In October 1978, the Board of the Afro-Mideast Division of Seventh-day Adventists took an action to establish such a university in Kenya on December 21, 1978. The Kenya Government allotted the Baraton Animal Husbandry Research Station of 339 acres (1.37 km²) in Nandi District to the Seventh-day Adventist Church for the purpose of founding what is now known as the University of Eastern Africa, Baraton. Classes began in January 1980 in the temporary farm structures. Some of these structures have since been replaced with new and modern buildings.

Purpose

The university hosts a local research centre of the Ellen G. White Estate. Faculty and students are engaged in research in areas that include biological science, agriculture, environmental science and technology. Great scholars, notably Prof. Ron Mackenzie, an educationist, Prof. Mutuku Mutinga, an entomologist, among others, have served the university as vice chancellors.

Schools

• School of Business ^[6]
• School of Humanities and Social Sciences ^[7]
• School of Health Sciences ^[8]
• School of Science and Technology ^[9]
• School of Education. ^[10]

See also

• List of Seventh-day Adventist colleges and universities
• Seventh-day Adventist education
• Seventh-day Adventist Church
• Seventh-day Adventist theology
• History of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
• Adventist Colleges and Universities
• East Kenya Union Conference

External links

• University of Eastern Africa, Baraton website

References

Kenyan universities
Public universities	Chuka University Dedan Kimathi University of Technology Egerton University University of Eldoret Garissa University College Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology Laikipia University University of Kabianga Karatina University Kenyatta University Kisii University Maasai Mara University Maseno University Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology Meru University of Science and Technology Moi University Multimedia University of Kenya University of Nairobi Pwani University South Eastern Kenya University Technical University of Kenya Technical University of Mombasa
Private universities	Adventist University of Africa Africa International University Africa Nazarene University Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA) Daystar University Great Lakes University of Kisumu Gretsa University Kabarak University KCA University Kenya Highlands Evangelical University Kenya Methodist University Kiriri Women's University of Science and Technology Mount Kenya University Pan Africa Christian University Presbyterian University of East Africa Riara University Scott Christian University Strathmore University University of Eastern Africa, Baraton USIU - Kenya