The Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) has extended the application deadline by nine days.
The application portal for university, TVET, and TTC applications, which opened on March 28, 2025, was initially set to close on April 21. However, it will now remain open until April 30, 2025.
“@KUCCPS Official opened applications for Degree, TVET and TTC programmes on 28/3/2025. The application will close on April 30, 2025,” it posted the reviewed dates on X.
The agency has also deployed officers at 63 universities and colleges, KUCCPS offices and all the 58 Huduma Centres across the country to guide and support applicants.
Eligibility
Form Four leavers who attained Mean Grades of C+ and above in the 2024 KCSE examination are eligible to apply for degree programmes. Those who qualified for university admission and got placed in diploma programmes recently can also apply for Degree programmes.
Form Four leavers who sat KCSE examinations in the years 2000 to 2024 and attained mean grades of C to E are eligible to apply for Level 4 (Artisan Certificate), Level 5 (Craft Certificate) and Level 6 (Diploma) programmes offered in TVET institutions.
Form Four leavers from 2000 to 2024 can apply for Diploma in Teacher Education Programmes.
Minimum KCSE Requirements
| Level | Minimum Mean Grade |
| Degree | C+ |
| Level 4 (Artisan Certificate) | E |
| Level 5 (Craft Certificate) | D |
| Level 6 (Diploma) | C – |
| Diploma in Primary Teacher Education | C |
| Diploma in Secondary Teacher Education | C+ |
KUCCPS, which uses cluster points to match students with courses during the placement process, has comprehensively explained what they are.
Here is the explainer for clusters and cut-off points
What is a subject cluster?
A subject cluster is a set of four KCSE subjects that a candidate must have sat to be eligible for a given Degree programme. For example, the cluster subjects for Health Science courses are Biology, Chemistry, Physics or Mathematics, and English or Kiswahili.
What is a programme cluster?
All Degree programmes that require the same set of four subjects is assigned to a cluster. (A list of Degree programme clusters is available on the KUCCPS Student’s Portal students.kuccps.net under Downloads.)
What is a cluster weight?
This is the ranking of a student’s performance in a specific subject cluster against all other candidates in the given year of KCSE. It is based on cluster subject requirements and the overall performance of a candidate.
What are cut-off points?
A cut-off point is the cluster weight of the last applicant who was placed in the programme by merit. Cut-off points are determined by the performance of the applicants for a degree course and the number of students a university can admit for the course.
During processing, the applicants are arranged in a descending order (highest to lowest cluster weight). The applicants take up the slots in that order until the last student is placed. The cluster weight of the last student placed becomes the cut-off point for the programme.
The process is automated and KUCCPS cannot predetermine cut-off points.
