Location.

The Institute is a major branch of the Kenya Meteorological Department (KMD) of the Ministry of Information, Transport and Communication. It is located approximately eight kilometers, west of Nairobi City Centre along Ngong Road at Dagoretti Corner, within the premises of KMD Headquarters. Public transport is sufficiently catered for through a variety of commuter buses and mini-buses.

Mission

IMTR mission is:

• to train personnel in the Region, to observe, monitor, understand and predict Weather and Climate.
• to train manpower at both managerial and supervisory level for sustainable development while maintaining excellent standards in education and training, research and scholarship in the fields of Meteorology, Agrometeorology and Hydrology.
• to provide necessary education and training in Meteorological and related areas in Support of regional needs.

The Institute Focuses on:-

• Meteorology
• Agro-meteorology
• Aeronautical Meteorology
• Hydrology
• Remote Sensing
• Computer Application
• Computer Aided Learning (CAL)
• Web Site Building
• Research in various meteorological fields

History

The IMTR was established in 1963. In 1965 it was upgraded to the status of World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Regional Meteorological Training Centre (RMTC) for the Anglophone Africa. There are only 22 such training centres in the world. In 1991 the Postgraduate Programme in Hydrology was established with the support of well known academic institutions in Europe such as University College Galway (Ireland), Free University of Brussels (Belgium), University of Perugia (Italy), WMO and UNESCO.

The regular and tailor -made courses have a direct relationship to problems and developments in the developing world. Teaching is conducted in the English language by lecturers with considerable experience.

Contact

Email: imtr#lion.meteo.go.ke