To be a leading centre for the development of knowledge in the discipline of engineering and and to inspire through our activities and relationships, in order to raise the standard of life of the people of Kenya and Africa as a whole.

The School of Engineering is served by the Jomo Kenyatta Memorial Library.  However, due to its strategic location near the students Halls of Residents it’s a popular study library for Engineering, Medical, Humanities, Biological and Physical Sciences students.

The School of Engineering, which was started under the Royal Technical College, has provided quality engineering education since 1956.  Students were admitted from the whole of East African region until the demise of the East African Community.  The School of Engineering has five Departments:-  Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, Department of Civil and Construction Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Department of Environmental and Biosystems Engineering and Department of Geospatial and Space Technology.