[4] After the relocation, Kabianga Farmers Training Centre was established in 1959 at the premises.
Its objective was to serve as an Agricultural Training facility for farmers from the South Rift and beyond.
[6] The university is situated in the tea-growing highlands of Kericho in the southwestern end of the Rift Valley Province of Kenya and within the proximity of the multinational tea growing companies, Unilever, James Finlay, and George Williamson.
[9] The institution was[10] the fifth best University nationally and 51st best in Sub-Saharan Africa by Times Higher Education in 2023.
The University of Kabianga offers academic programmes at the undergraduate and graduate levels.