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World Engineering Day

The University of Nairobi hosted the first ever UNESCO World Engineering Day in the country today. March 4, was set aside on Nov 29th 2019 during the 40th UNESCO general conference held at Melbourne Australia to celebrate World Engineering Day. The day brought together engineers from all fields as well as students from both secondary and tertiary institutions.

IEK Registration drive.

Membership to a professional body is paramount to an Engineering students' holistic development. With this mind,the Engineering Students Association in partnership with the Institute of Engineers of Kenya organised for a registration drive on Wednesday, 5th February 2020.

Visit by Starehe Girls.

Students from Starehe Girls visited the School of Engineering for educational purpose. The students were received by Prof. Ayub Gitau (Dean School of Engineering) and Prof. Faith Karanja (Chairman Department of Geospatial and Space Technology)

Such visits offer students an insight into the courses available for them and how to qualify for them. It also aims at increasing the uptake of STEM courses among students as they interact with staff and university students who are already pursuing the courses.

ESA Career workshop

The Engineering Students Association (UoN) in collaboration with FIDIC GAMA future leaders connect
hosted a career workshop on Tuesday, 19th November 2019 at CELT. The workshop, with the theme "A
day in the life of a consulting engineer" and launch of the Young Buddy Mentorship program, attracted 6
engineers from Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, South Africa, DRC Congo and Zimbabwe and over 200
engineering students from Kenyan universities.
How have their careers been to date? Why choose consulting engineering? What is a typical day like for