New Students

On behalf of the Tharaka University Governing Council, the Management Board, the Senate, Faculty and staff, I welcome you to Tharaka University. Congratulations on your admission to Tharaka University. The University is going to provide a conducive environment to enable you actualize your career. Tharaka University became the 36th Public University in Kenya gazetted in July 2017 through Legal Gazette Notice No. 146. as a Constituent College of Chuka University. The College was chartered on 2nd August 2022 and became a fully-fledged Tharaka University. As a University, it enjoys operational autonomy, financial independence and academic freedom to offer degrees and Diplomas. Indeed, our motto is Education for freedom. Our core belief is that education is the most important weapon to free humanity from poverty, disease and ignorance, the very issues that have continued to derail us from the path of transformation and prosperity since independence. Our vision is to be an adaptive Centre of excellence in teaching, research, innovation and outreach for the transformation of our communities, our great nation and the world. This handbook provides you critical information regarding your academic pursuits and how you are supposed to conduct yourself both within and outside the University. We hope that through the information in the handbook, you will be able to acquire an education that also gives you the ingredient of character. Our University has provided you with a robust ICT infrastructure which we hope will make your study enjoyable, and motivate you to be researchers, innovators, and creators of knowledge. I wish you a wonderful, fruitful and fulfilling stay at Tharaka University