The Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) has released a list of minimum subject requirements for various degree programmes.
In a document, KUCCPS listed all approved degree courses in universities and their specific subject combination requirement.
According to the document, learners seeking to pursue courses such as Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, and Nursing must demonstrate strong performance in Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics or Physics, and English or Kiswahili.
At the same time, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and related disciplines require solid grades of C+ or above in Mathematics and Physics, alongside Chemistry and either English or Kiswahili.
Below is the list of KUCCPS-approved degree courses and subject requirements:
| CLUSTER | COURSES | SUBJECT REQUIREMENT |
| Law, Business & Management | Law, Commerce, Business Administration, Procurement, Supply Chain, Entrepreneurship | English or Kiswahili; Mathematics (Alternative A or B) or any Group II subject; Any Group III subject; Another Group II, III, IV or V subject |
| Hospitality, Tourism & Human Resource | Tourism, Hospitality, Hotel Management, Human Resource Management | English or Kiswahili; Mathematics (Alternative A or B); Any Group II or Group III subject; Any Group II, III, IV or V subject |
| Arts, Communication & Social Sciences | Journalism, Mass Communication, Sociology, Psychology, Criminology, Political Science | English (C+ and above); Kiswahili (C+ for some courses); Any Group II subject; Any Group III, IV or V subject |
| Engineering, Geospatial & Physical Sciences | Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Geospatial Engineering | Mathematics; Physics; Chemistry or Geography; Any Group II, III, IV or V subject; Minimum grades mostly C+ and above in Mathematics and Physics |
| ICT, Computer Science & Technology | Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, Informatics | Mathematics; Physics or Computer Studies; Any Group II or III subject; Any Group II, III, IV or V subject |
| Architecture, Quantity Survey & Built Environment | Architecture, Quantity Surveying, Urban Planning, Construction Management | Mathematics; Physics or Geography; Any Group II subject; Any Group III, IV or V subject |
| Biological & Life Sciences | Biology, Biotechnology, Microbiology, Biochemistry | Mathematics; Biology; Chemistry or Physics; Any Group II, III, IV or V subject |
| Health Sciences & Medical | Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Clinical Medicine, Public Health | Biology; Chemistry; Mathematics or Physics; English or Kiswahili |
| Agriculture & Environmental Sciences | Agriculture, Agribusiness, Environmental Science, Forestry | Mathematics; Biology or Agriculture; Chemistry or Geography; Any Group II, III, IV or V subject |
| Mathematics, Economics & Statistics | Actuarial Science, Economics, Statistics, Financial Engineering | Mathematics; English or Kiswahili; Any Group II subject; Any Group III, IV or V subject |
| Education (Arts) | Education Arts, Early Childhood Education, Special Needs Education | Two teaching subjects from KCSE; English or Kiswahili; Mathematics or approved alternatives |
| Education (Science & Technical) | Education Science, Technical Education | Mathematics; Two science subjects (Biology, Chemistry, Physics); English or Kiswahili |
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