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GTC meeting
UoN Explores Collaboration with GTC to Enhance Student Opportunities
Monday, February 3, 2025 - 10:48

The Chairman of the Department of Real Estate, Construction Management, and Quantity Surveying at the University of Nairobi, Arch. Peter Njeru, led a team of staff members and students in a strategic meeting with representatives from GTC in Westlands. The discussions centered on fostering

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DFGE Graduates
The First Cohort of ‘Design for Greater Efficiency’ course Graduates!
Thursday, June 6, 2024 - 13:50

The Department congratulates the first cohort of 66 talented graduates of the 'Design for Greater Efficiency' (DfGE) course, organized by IFC and trained by the department’s members of staff. The students recently received their well-deserved certificates on 28th

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Erasmus + Mundus Grant
Department wins Erasmus+ Staff Mobility Grant
Tuesday, April 30, 2024 - 17:49

Through the Erasmus+ staff mobility program, the Chairman, Arch. Peter Njeru, travelled to the host institution, Klaipėdos Valstybinė Kolegija (KVK), in Klaipeda, Lithuania. During the nearly two-week visit to the Baltics, which included visiting Latvia and Poland, Arch. Njeru

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ISK Career Talk
Department hosts Real Estate Career Talk with Institution of Surveyors of Kenya (ISK)
Monday, April 22, 2024 - 15:52

On April 17th, 2024, the Institution of Surveyors of Kenya, in partnership with the Construction & Real Estate Students Association (CRESA) and the Department of Real Estate, Construction Management & Quantity Surveying (RECMQS) Department, hosted a compelling Real

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Faculty Library

The Faculty of The Built Environment library is located in A.D.D. building located along Lower State House Road.  It is one of the branches of the University of Nairobi Library System with a sitting capacity of 82 students.  The library mainly provides information services to academic staff, non-academic staff, postgraduate, undergraduate students of the Faculty of The Built Environment and Design, and alumna of the University of Nairobi. The A.D.D library has a sitting capacity of 82 students.

About Us

The Department has existed since 1956 when the Royal College, (presently University of Nairobi) was established. The Royal College was part of the University of East Africa. However, the Department has existed under different names in the various times of existence. Upon its inception, the Department offered Diploma courses allied to the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), of United Kingdom, and admitted the first Bachelor degrees programmes bunch of students in 1967.

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