Research, Extension, Innovation and Resource Mobilization

Kisii University aims to be a leading University through academic research and social welfare. In order to promote research welfare and engender a vibrant research culture amongst staff and students, facilitative frameworks are being formulated at the university. The frameworks are equally geared at strengthening the university’s innovation and extension function and implementing its objective of commitment to social welfare by facilitating linkage between research output and community development. To this end the university always establishes linkages with other international and local Universities on various programs. These programs entail staff and student exchange, mentorship programs and joint research activities. The University further aims to contribute to the achievement of academic excellence by promoting integration of research results and teaching. Staff and students are thus encouraged and supported to enable the University to compete with peer institutions and be ranked amongst the top Universities in Research consultancy, Innovation and Extension. Kisii University recognizes that Research consultancy, Innovation and Extension forms a necessary and vital part of its function as a University. Through its policies and practices, it seeks to encourage the pursuit of excellence in research and innovation that is undertaken and the extension efforts emanating from this efforts. The university further supports areas which demonstrate or hold the promise of showing excellence in research, innovation and extension. The University has set a research agenda to conduct basic research that will provide basis for developing new knowledge and applied research that will contextualize prevailing knowledge in the different academic fields which are relevant through defined research categories.