Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) is a public university near Nairobi, Kenya. It is situated in Juja, 36 kilometres North East of Nairobi, along Nairobi-Thika Highway. It offers courses in Engineering, Science, Architecture and Building sciences. The university has a strong research interest in the areas of biotechnology and engineering.
The university was started in 1981 as Jomo Kenyatta College of Agriculture and Technology (JKCAT), a Middle Level College by the Government of Kenya with the assistance from the Japanese Government. Plans for the establishment of JKCAT started in 1977. In early 1978, the Kenyan president, Jomo Kenyatta, donated two hundred hectares of farmland for the establishment of the college. The first group of students were admitted on 4th May 1981. The new president Daniel Arap Moi formally opened JKCAT on 17th March 1982. The first graduation ceremony was held in April 1984 with Diploma Certificates presented to graduates in agricultural engineering, food technology and horticulture. On 1st September 1988, Daniel Arap Moi, declared JKCAT a constituent College of Kenyatta University through a legal Notice, under the Kenyatta University Act (CAP 210C). The name of JKCAT officially changed to Jomo Kenyatta University College of Agriculture and Technology (JKUCAT). It was finally established as a University through the JKUAT Act, 1994 and inaugurated on 7th December 1994.
Currently Jomo Kenyatta has the following campuses, schools, faculties, institutes and colleges:
Lecture Theatre JKUAT 
The Jomo Kenya University library.The university has a library that has a seting capacity of 600 students and it is stocked with a book stock of 80,000 volumes.The library also offers other essential services like; online services, reference, interlibrary loan, user-education, orientation, online information services, photocopying, binding and repair.
History
The university was started in 1981 as Jomo Kenyatta College of Agriculture and Technology (JKCAT), a Middle Level College by the Government of Kenya with the assistance from the Japanese Government. Plans for the establishment of JKCAT started in 1977. In early 1978, the Kenyan president, Jomo Kenyatta, donated two hundred hectares of farmland for the establishment of the college. The first group of students were admitted on 4th May 1981. The new president Daniel Arap Moi formally opened JKCAT on 17th March 1982. The first graduation ceremony was held in April 1984 with Diploma Certificates presented to graduates in agricultural engineering, food technology and horticulture. On 1st September 1988, Daniel Arap Moi, declared JKCAT a constituent College of Kenyatta University through a legal Notice, under the Kenyatta University Act (CAP 210C). The name of JKCAT officially changed to Jomo Kenyatta University College of Agriculture and Technology (JKUCAT). It was finally established as a University through the JKUAT Act, 1994 and inaugurated on 7th December 1994.
Currently Jomo Kenyatta has the following campuses, schools, faculties, institutes and colleges:
- Board of Postgraduate Studies
- College of Engineering
- Faculty Agriculture
- Faculty of Science
- Institute for Biotechnology Research
- Institute of Computer Science & IT
- Institute of Energy & Environment Technology
- Institute of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases
- School of Architecture & Building Sciences
- School of Human Resource Development
- School of Civil, Environmental and Geospatial Engineering
- School of Electrical, Electronic and Information Engineering
- School of Mechanical, Manufacturing and Materials Engineering
- Main Campus - Juja
- Karen Campus
- Taita Taveta Campus
- Nairobi Campus
- Nairobi CBD
- Mombasa CBD
- Nakuru CBD
- Kisii CBD
- Kitale CBD
- Arusha Centre
Accommodation and Catering
There are three students' dining cafeterias; the candle in the wind, main mess and the Hall six dining mess. The university offers accommodation to students at subsidized rates. There are six students' hostels inside the school compound of which three are solely occupied by males while two of them are occupied by females only. One of the hostels is occupied by both males and females where the males occupy the ground floor of the building while the females occupy the first and second floors. 
Library
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