Kimathi University College of Technology (KUCT) is a public, coeducational technological university located in Nyeri, Kenya. It is one of 19 public universities and constituent colleges in Kenya, one of four constituent colleges of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology and it employs a strong emphasis on scientific and technological programmes.

It started as a middle level National Technical and Business Oriented learning Institution in 1972 and was elevated in 2007 to a constituent University College of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) through a Kenya gazette notice to become a fully fledged university in three years.[1]

It is located approximately 6 km from Nyeri along the Nyeri - Mweiga highway. The entire college land spans about 1,000 acres (4.0 km2) – consisting of 350 acres (1.4 km2) of natural forest, 350 acres (1.4 km2) of mature coffee and 300 acres (1.2 km2) of open space for expansion

Campus

Kimathi University College of Technology is located about 6 km from Nyeri town. The campus constitutes educational facilities, a vast coffee plantation and a forest.
The campus is basically divided into two. The University Centre where the library, departmental offices and resource centre are located and what was the home of Kimathi Institute of Technology consisting of lecture rooms, workshops, hostels facilities and a football field.