The Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) Chief Executive Officer, Agnes Wahome, has revealed courses most preferred by University students.
Speaking on Wednesday, February 26, 2025, during the 2nd Biennial Kenya Universities Funding Conference, Wahome said nursing, clinical medicine, teaching, and law are the most-sought after courses by university students.
“For those who qualify for university placement, we have seen students who have attained a C+ and above opting for nursing, clinical medicine, and teaching,” Wahome said.
She further revealed that there has been a rising demand for diploma courses in recent years, with male students opting for science courses, while most female students opted to pursue law and arts programmes.
“There is a general trend of students preferring to take diploma or TVET programmes over the last two years. We still have more male students taking up science programmes and more females opting for law and most arts programmes,” she added.
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The KUCCPS portal for the September 2025 university intake is set to open in March 2025 to allow students to apply for various courses.
Already, the KUCCPS portal has been open since 24th January 2025, for the placement of applicants to the Kenya Medical Training College, Teacher Training Colleges, and Technical and Vocational Education and Training institutions, for the March and May 2025 intakes.
Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba on Thursday said all 246,391 students who qualified for direct entry to universities would be admitted.
“The minimum admission requirement for university, which will apply to the 2024 KCSE cohort, is a mean grade of C+ (plus). Therefore, all 246,391 students who attained a mean grade of C+ (plus) and above qualify for university admission,” Ogamba stated.
The Ministry projects that if all 246,391 candidates join university, Sh25.85 billion will be required to fund their education annually. The Sh100 billion projection represents the total cost over a four-year period.
