The Confucius Institute at Egerton University (CIEU) was launched on 13th December, 2012 and is a partnership between Egerton University and the Chinese International Education Foundation (CIEF) under the Ministry of Education of China and Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU). It is the only Confucius Institute in the world which primarily focuses on Agriculture with Chinese Language and Cultural education programming, CIEU has been awarded several awards of “Confucius Institute of the Year” several years. The Chinese Ambassador has visited CIEU on various occasions with the aim of strengthening stronger ties between the Nations and Institutions involved.