Education Focus Magazine MarchApril Edition (2) compressed - Flipbook - Page 52
UNIVERSITY NEWS
Key Achievments:
Riara University received its Letter of Interim
Authority on 2nd August 2012 with a vision of
nurturing innovators and ethical leaders able
to impact society through the power of
innovation and service.
Since then, it has pursued a strategic and
controlled growth path.
Key milestones include: launching the Student
Association (2016), graduating its first cohort
(2017), fostering innovation with intervarsity
competitions
(2018),
and
advancing
technology with a CISCO Lab and digital
education hackathons (2019).
In 2020, Riara University became Kenya’s first
university to hold a virtual graduation, ensuring
uninterrupted learning during the Covid-19
pandemic.
In 2021, Riara University joined the Education
Collaborative, an Africa-wide network of likeminded universities with the aim of training
million
ethical
entrepreneurial
graduates
across the continent by the year 2030.
In 2023, Riara University broke ground for its
new Main Campus at the Konza Technopolis,
becoming the first private investor in Konza to
break ground for construction, reinforcing its
commitment to innovation.
Today, the University stands as a leader in
higher education, preparing students to thrive in
a dynamic world through its dedication to
excellence and innovation.
The University stands out for its exceptional
graduate outcomes, with over 93% of alumni
securing
employment,
entrepreneurship,
or
further studies within a year of graduation, and
nearly 50% achieving this before completing
their studies.The University has graduated over
2,500 alumni, including those who have excelled
globally,
such
as
earning
scholarships
to
prestigious institutions like Harvard Law School.
Further,
through
its
British
Council-funded
Virtual Accelerator, over 40 student businesses
have been successfully nurtured.
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