About us- History

The Faculty of Built Environment and Design (Formerly part of the College of Architecture and Engineering (CAE) was created through the University of Nairobi Act of 1985.  The Faculty offers an extensive variety of academic disciplines in areas of the built environment, design, nuclear science and technology.  The vision of the Faculty is to be a leading centre of professional training in creativity, innovation and design”, with the mission of “training top-notch professionals in the disciplines of engineering, technology, design and the built environment through teaching, research and technology.

The mandate of the Faculty of Built Environment and Design is to train a pool of professionals in the disciplines of, architecture, quantity surveying, valuation, property and facilities management, land management, construction management, planning, nuclear science, art and design. The goal of training is to facilitate professionals to embrace critical thinking and creativity as modes of research in responding to the needs of the local and international communities.

Faculty Profile

The Faculty is made up of three 4 Departments that offer 18 Programmes that offer Bachelors, Masters and PhD programmes levels

  1. ARTS AND DESIGN
  1. B05-BACHELOR OF ARTS IN DESIGN
  1. B321-BACHELOR IN INTERIOR DESIGN
  1. B51-MASTER OF ARTS IN DESIGN
  1. B804-DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN DESIGN
  1. ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDING SCIENCE

 

 

  1. B02-BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE/BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURAL STUDIES
  1. B52-MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE
  1. W50-MASTER OF URBAN MANAGEMENT
  1. B806-DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN URBAN MANAGEMENT
  1. B802-DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN ARCHITECTURE
  1. REAL ESTATE, CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND QUANTITY SURVEYING
  1. B66-BACHELOR OF QUANTITY SURVEYING
  1. B76-BACHELOR OF CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
  1. B53-MASTER OF ARTS IN CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
  1. B805-DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
  1. B_04-BACHELOR OF REAL ESTATE
  1. B92-MASTER OF ARTS IN VALUATION AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
  1. URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING
  1. B65-BACHELOR OF ARTS IN PLANNING
  1. B63-MASTER OF ARTS IN PLANNING
  1. B803-DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN PLANNING

Strategic Action Plans

The College wants to strategically position itself in future by:

  • Maintaining its leadership in Architecture, Design and Real Estate.
  • Working towards financial self-reliance and self-sustenance
  • Reviewing existing undergraduate and graduate programmes to attract more students
  • Marketing College programmes internationally
  • Enhancing compliance with all regulatory requirements 
  • Strengthening research infrastructure and facilities and building strong research teams
  • Strengthening partnership with private sector and government agencies
  • Modernizing its teaching and learning facilities through the development of ADD 2 and Engineering & Science Complex.

The History of the University of Nairobi

History of College of Architecture and Engineering