Kisii University is based in Bosango in the Gusii Highlands, Kenya. The university also has smaller campuses in Kericho, Migori and Eldoret.
It attained full public university status in 2013.
Students can study across a range of schools including arts and social sciences, education and human resources eevelopment, business and economics, pure and applied science, science and technology, and health sciences, technical and vocational education and training and law.
The university has a partnership with the University of Manchester which aims to develop degree courses in medicine, nursing and dentistry and build a 1,000 bed University Hospital as a treatment hub for Western Kenya.
Other developments include hostel places for more than 2,500 students.