Which universities in Kenya offer medicine degrees?

For many years, the only university in Kenya where you could study medicine used to be the university of Nairobi. There used to be an arrangement where students would first be admitted to university of Nairobi’s Chiromo campus for their pre-clinical studies (I think for two or three years). Then after passing a tough examination, they would transfer to the Kenyatta campus of the university of Nairobi (adjacent to the Kenyatta National Hospital) for the clinical program – which is a hybrid of classroom studies and practical exposure in the teaching hospital.

At some point, the Eldoret-based Moi university started offering Bachelor of Medicine degrees as well, using the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital as their teaching hospital. For many years, it was only the University of Nairobi and Moi University in Eldoret offering medicine degrees. But lately, others like Kenyatta university and I think Egerton University as well have started offering Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Science degrees. I also think that the Aga Khan university does offer postgraduate studies in medicine.

As long as high standards of training are maintained, the growth in the number of Kenyan universities offering medicine degrees is a good thing, because Kenya needs more and more doctors. And there is hope that as the number of doctors grows, we are likely to see a decline in the cost of medical services, which still remain beyond the reach of ordinary people.