Alupe University is a Kenyan University located on a 200 acre piece of land, approximately 7 kilometres from Busia town on the Busia-Malaba Road and 23 kilometres from Malaba town, which are both border towns linking Kenya and Uganda. It is situated in Busia County and is currently the only Public University in the county. AU is a product of a memorandum handed to former President of Kenya, His Excellency Hon. Mwai Kibaki, on 18th September, 2007 by the then Busia Community. It began as the Alupe Campus of Moi University in 2008. Later on it was established through the Alupe University College Order 2015, Gazette Notice No 153 of 24th July 2015 as a Constituent College of Moi University after a wide range of intergovernmental and ministerial consultations. The University College currently runs four schools i.e. School of Education and Social Sciences, School of Health Sciences, School of Business Economics and Human Resource Development, and School of Science. In its neighbourhood are KEMRI, KALRO and LBDA facilities which provide partnership opportunities with their scientists in teaching, research and extension services to the Kenyan populace in the vicinity.
Alupe University aspires to be a leader in fostering international understanding, and in developing the networks of students and scholars who collectively work to build a brighter future for the world. DVC ARSA’s office mission is to serve and support the entire AU community in this effort.
The Office also works with units and departments across the university to help encourage and support our faculty’s international research engagements. As unique institutions dedicated to the development of human ingenuity and talent, universities are central to this effort, and Alupe University is committed to becoming a global leader among them.
International students, and exchange students and visitors play an important role in the advancement of AU’s research and teaching missions. Their presence is key to enhancing AU’s tradition of global learning. We are pleased to provide the services that make it possible for them to be here, and to do our best to create a welcoming environment during their stay on campus.
A wonderful serenity has taken possession of my entire soul, like these sweet mornings of spring which I enjoy with my whole heart. I am alone, and feel the charm of existence in this spot, which was created for the bliss of souls like mine. I am so happy, my dear friend, so absorbed in the exquisite sense of mere tranquil existence, that I neglect my talents. I should be incapable of drawing a single stroke at the present moment; and yet I feel that I never was a greater artist than now. When, while the lovely valley teems with vapour around me.
We are open on Monday – Friday at 8am to 5pm, except on Saaturday, Sunday and Public holidays.
Vice Chancellor
Alupe University
P.O. Box 845
Busia (Kenya)