Maseno University will confer degrees, diplomas and certificates on 5,740 graduands on Friday, 13 November 2026, at Graduation Square on its Siriba Campus.

The 26th graduation ceremony starts at 8:00am. Guests must be seated by 7:30am.

It is the biggest class Maseno has sent out in three years. The official booklet lists 5,740 graduands for the 2025/2026 academic year, up from 5,678 last year and 4,683 the year before.

The School of Education leads with 1,497 graduands, followed by Business and Economics with 1,356 and Arts and Social Sciences with 1,215.

Today is rehearsal day. Graduands must attend a mandatory rehearsal at Graduation Square from 10:00am on Thursday, 12 November. The university says attendance is in person and not optional.

The money side, in full:

1. PhD — KSh 8,000

2. Master's — KSh 7,000

3. Postgraduate diploma — KSh 6,500

4. Bachelor's — KSh 6,000

5. Diploma or certificate — KSh 5,500

Each total includes a KSh 1,000 alumni fee. Graduands apply and pay through the Students' Portal under the Graduation menu.

Only graduands who have cleared all fees owed to the university will appear on the final list. The provisional list is on maseno.ac.ke, and students with portal trouble have been directed to studentssupport@maseno.ac.ke.

Guests are tightly controlled. Each graduand gets three electronic invitation cards and can bring a maximum of three guests. The university's line is blunt: no person will be allowed into the Graduation Square without an invitation card.

Academic dress was on hire from 2 to 11 November through the Deans of Schools.

The ceremony was earlier pencilled in for 20 November in a March notice to past cohorts. It now goes ahead a week earlier, on Friday.

The announcement was signed by Prof Erick O. Nyambedha, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs, who is also acting Vice-Chancellor. The ceremony will be streamed live on the university's YouTube channel and Facebook page.