The Nakuru Town Campus College of Egerton University (NTCC) was started in 2001. Operating as a campus then, under the leadership of a Director, its aim was to accommodate students enrolling as Self Sponsored Students (SSP) in Bachelor of Commerce and Masters in Business Administration (MBA). It was elevated to its current status of a Campus College in 2011 replacing the office of the Director with that of a Principal. With years, its student population has grown with the introduction of new programmes in the following Faculties: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Faculty of Commerce, Faculty of Education and Community Development, Faculty of Health Sciences, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Law, and Faculty of Environment and Resource Development (FERD). The Campus also offers courses from the Institute of Women, Gender and Development Studies (IWGDS). It also runs a Radio Station (Egerton Radio, 101.7 FM) which is a teaching radio for students taking Communication and Media Studies but which is accessible to all students and staff who wish to learn skills in radio journalism and communication. The Campus is located in Nakuru Town along the main Nakuru-Eldoret highway; just before the DT Dobie show room along the George Morara Avenue. It has excellent facilities for learning that include well equipped Computer Laboratories, a Modern Library, an Electronic Media Studio, a Students’ Cafeteria and spacious Lecture Rooms.

The University has undertaken major research projects, including: Vegetable Oil Protein System (VOPS), Agricultural Management Project (AMP), Policy Analysis Matrix (PAM), Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA), Lake Nakuru Research Project, the Horticultural Technology Experimental Project, Fingerponds Project, Wetland Project, River Njoro Watershed, Soil Fertility Replenishment, Tropical Legumes Project, Managing the Process of Growing Up, and Epidemiology, Blood Safety and Research Project (EBR), evaluation and promotion Pigeon pea Genotypes, genetic improvement of East African Zebu cattle for milk production in ASAL, cassava post-harvest value addition, identifying socio economic constraints to and incentives for faster technology adoption.