Since inception of the Graduate School, KEMRI has taken deliberate steps to offer its core staff opportunities to seek further training both locally and abroad.Indeed,its Kemri's tradition that members of staff joining the institute at th Diploma or Bachelors degree,or equivalent levels, proceed to obtain higher degrees at various local or international universities .In furthering the mission of the Graduate School,KEMRI has entered into very useful collaborations with various local, regional and universities through which several members of staff of the Institute have been able to obtain MSc. and PhD degrees.

While recognizing this impressive achievement in capacity building of its own staff, the Institute has had a desire to extend such capacity building in health sciences to non-KEMRI staff under the umbrella of its Graduate school.It is for this reason that KEMRI enterd into special collaborative agreements with two leading local universities: Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) and the University of Nairobi. JKUAT and KEMRI agreed,under a signed memorandum of understanding, to forge further development of advance eduacation and research activities in the promotion of health in Kenya,and indeed, globally, through a postgraduate programme at the Institute of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases (ITROMID).

By combining the academic, research, training and linkage capacity available at both institutions, ITROMID provides a very fertile academic and research enviroment for young scientists in particular, to carry out research on the current pressing health issues in the world today.

These scientists will be expected to strive, as they aim for higher degrees, to find practical and workable solutions that they themselves will be proud to apply in their local communities.

These programmes, available both for Master of Science and PhD, include the following

1. Clinical Tropical Medicine,
2. Medical Microbiology,
3. Medical Virology,
4. Medical Mycology,
5. Mycobacteriology,
6. Medical Parasitology and Entomology,
7. Molecular Medicine in the following specialization area:
   • Applied Immunology,
   • Clinical Immunology and
   • Molecolar Biology,
8. Medicinal Phytochemistry,
9. Medical Chemistry,
10. Epidemiology,
11. International Health, and
12. Public Health

The total student population at the INTROMID graduate programme now stands at 200, out of which 149 students are pursuing MSc degree and the rest PhD. To date,3 students have successfully completed their PhD programme, while 19 students have received MSc degree.

As for the University of Nairobi, KEMRI has signed a memeorandum of understanding with the University of Nairobi Institute of Tropical and Infectious Diseases (UNITID).Through the Graduate School of Health Sciences, KEMRI ands UNITID shall collaborate in areas such as research, training, exchange of scientific isits and information, and student attachment programmes.Discussions on details of initiating joint collaborative ventures in thes areas are underway.