JKUAT is one of the best universities in Kenya.The university offers PhD, Masters, Undergraduate, diploma and certificate courses. In the year 2020 the following courses are offered at the university plus admission requirements:
Undergraduate Courses
Degree Courses
- Bachelor of Business Information Technology
- Bachelor of Commerce
- Bachelor of Construction Management
- Bachelor of Landscape Architecture
- Bachelor of Purchasing & Supplies Management
- Bachelor Of Radiography
- Bachelor of Science Biochemistry
- Bachelor of Science in Industrial Biotechnology
- Bachelor of Architectural Technology formerly (Bachelor of Architecture)
- Agribusiness Economics and Food Industry Management
- Actuarial Science
- Agribusiness Management and Enterprise Development
- Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
- Analytical Chemistry
- Animal Health, Production and Processing
- Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
- Biomechanical and Process Engineering
- Biotechnology
- Botany
- Chemistry
- Civil Engineering
- Computer Science
- Computer Technology
- Control and Instrumentation
- Crop Protection
- Electrical & Electronic Engineering
- Electronic & Computer Engineering
- Environmental Horticulture And Landscaping Technology
- Financial Engineering
- Food Science and Nutrition
- Food Science and Postharvest Technology
- Geomatics Engineering
- Horticulture
- Human Nutrition and Dietetics
- Industrial Chemistry
- Information Technology
- Land Resource Planning and Management
- Mechanical Engineering
- Mechatronics Engineering
- Medical Laboratory Sciences
- Medical Microbiology
- Physics
- Soil, Water & Environmental Engineering
- Telecommunication & Information Engineering
Diploma courses
- Diploma in Clinical Medicine
- Diploma in HIV/AIDS Management
- Diploma In Architecture
- Diploma in Business Administration
- Diploma in Business Information Technology
- Diploma in Food Technology
- Diploma in Information Technology
- Diploma in Purchasing & Supplies Management
Certificate courses
- Bridging in Mathematics
- Certificate in HIV/AIDS Management
- Certificate in Information Technology
Graduate Studies
- Master in Business Administration
- Master of Medical Laboratory Sciences (MMLS)
- Master of Urban Design
- Agricultural Processing Engineering
- Applied Epidemiology
- Applied Mathematics
- Bio-systems Structural Engineering
- Biochemistry
- Biomechanical Engineering
- Biotechnology
- Clinical Tropical Medicine
- Construction Engineering and Management
- Energy Technology
- Entrepreneurship
- Environmental Engineering and Management
- Environmental Management & Legislation
- Epidemiology
- Food Science and Nutrition
- Food Science and Postharvest Technology
- Horticulture
- Human Resource Management
- ICT Policy & Regulation
- International Health
- Laboratory Management & Epidemiology
- Landscape Planning and Conservation
- Mechanical Engineering
- Medical Microbiology
- Medical Mycobacteriology
- Medical Mycology
- Medical Virology
- Medicinal Chemistry
- Medicinal Phytochemistry
- Molecular Biology & Bioinformatics
- Molecular Medicine (Applied Immunology, Clinical Immunology, Molecular Biology)
- Occupational Safety & Health
- Parasitology and Entomology
- Physics
- Plant Breeding
- Plant Health Science and Management
- Procurement & Logistics
- Public Health
- Research Methodology
- Software Engineering
- Soil and Water Engineering
- Statistics
- D Biochemistry
- D Biomechanical Engineering
- D Botany
- D Geo-Informatics
- D Geodesy and Photogrammetry
- D GIS
- D Inorganic Chemistry
- D Organic Chemistry
- D Physical Chemistry
- D Processing and Structures Engineering
- D Remote Sensing
- D Soil, Water and Environmental Engineering
- D Applied Mathematics
- D Architecture
- D Biotechnology
- D Entrepreneurship
- D Horticulture
- D Human Resource Management
- D in Food Science
- D Landscape, Planning & Conservation
- D Physics
- D Pure Mathematics
- D Telecommunication Engineering
- Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Statistics
- Postgraduate Diploma In Medical Laboratory Sciences
- Postgraduate Diploma in Occupational Safety & Health
Professional Courses
- CISCO-Certified Network Associate-Routing and Switching (CCNA) Certified Public Accountants (CPA)
- Certified Secretaries (CS)
- Certified Procurement and Supply of Kenya (CPSP-K) Associate in Procurement and Supply of Kenya (ASP-K)
| DEPARTME | COURSE | MINIMUM ENTRY REQUIREMENTS | DURATION | |||||||||
| NT | ||||||||||||
| Entrepreneursh | Bachelor of | Year I ENTRY: KCSE Mean of C+ and C in Mathematics and | Maximum 6 | |||||||||
| ip & | Science in | English. OR KACE of 2 Principal & 1 subsidiary passes, and a credit | ||||||||||
| Procurement | Procurement & | pass in Mathematics at KCE. | years and 4 | |||||||||
| Contract | years for mid- | |||||||||||
| Management | Year II ENTRY: Holders of JKUAT Diploma in relevant field | level entry; 2 | ||||||||||
| Years for | ||||||||||||
| [BPCM]. | with Credit & above will be exempted for the first Academic Year. | |||||||||||
| BSc in | Diploma | |||||||||||
| Entrepreneurshi | Holders | |||||||||||
| p. | ||||||||||||
| BSc in Human | ||||||||||||
| Resource | ||||||||||||
| Management. | ||||||||||||
| Business | Bachelor of | YEAR 1 ENTRY: | Maximum 6 | |||||||||
| Administration | Business | a Be a holder of KCSE (or equivalent examination) certificate with | ||||||||||
| years and 4 | ||||||||||||
| Information | a minimum aggregate of C+ and a minimum of C in both | |||||||||||
| Technology | Mathematics and English OR | years for mid- | ||||||||||
| [BBIT] | b Be a holder of KACE certificate with a minimum of two principal | level entry; 2 | ||||||||||
| passes and subsidiary pass and a minimum of credit pass in | Years for | |||||||||||
| Bachelor of | Mathematics at KCE OR | Diploma | ||||||||||
| c Be a holder of a diploma in a relevant discipline from an | ||||||||||||
| Holders | ||||||||||||
| Business and | ||||||||||||
| institution recognized by the University Senate. | ||||||||||||
| Office | ||||||||||||
| Management | ||||||||||||
| [BBOM] | ||||||||||||
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| NOTE: Holders of Diploma in a relevant discipline with a Credit | ||||||||||||||||||||
| & above from JKUAT or any institution recognized by the | ||||||||||||||||||||
| University Senate shall be exempted from Year I of study. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Business | Bachelor of | YEAR I ENTRY | Maximum 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Administration | Commerce and | KCSE (or equivalent examination) certificate with a minimum | ||||||||||||||||||
| years and 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Business | aggregate of C+ and a minimum of C in both Mathematics and English | |||||||||||||||||||
| years for mid- | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Administration | OR KACE with a minimum of two principal passes and a subsidiary | |||||||||||||||||||
| level entry; 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| pass and a minimum of credit pass in Mathematics at KCE OR Holder | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years for | ||||||||||||||||||||
| of a diploma in a relevant discipline from an institution recognized by | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Diploma | ||||||||||||||||||||
| the University Senate. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Holders | ||||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: Holders of Diploma in a relevant discipline with a Credit | ||||||||||||||||||||
| & above from JKUAT or any institution recognized by the | ||||||||||||||||||||
| University Senate shall be exempted from Year I of study. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| IT | Bachelor of | YEAR I ENTRY: KCSE with a minimum of C+ and C in both | Maximum 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Science in | English and Mathematics | OR KACE with 2 Principal and 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| years and 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Information | subsidiary passes OR JKUAT DIT with a PASS | |||||||||||||||||||
| years for mid- | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Technology | ||||||||||||||||||||
| level entry; 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| [BSCIT] | YEAR II ENTRY: JKUAT diploma in the relevant field with Credit | |||||||||||||||||||
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| BSc in Business | pass & above | |||||||||||||||||||
| Computing | Diploma | |||||||||||||||||||
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| CERTIFICATES & DIPLOMAS | ||||||||||||||||||||
| DEPARTME | COURSE | MINIMUM ENTRY | DURATION | |||||||||||||||||
| NT | REQUIREMENTS | |||||||||||||||||||
| I.T. | Certificate in Information Technology (CIT) | KCSE grade C- Or Division III | Maximum 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| in KCE Or the equivalent. | months | |||||||||||||||||||
| College of | Certificate in HIV/Aids Management & | KCSE a mean grade C-(minus) | Maximum 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Health | counseling | Or KCE DIV III | months | |||||||||||||||||
| Sciences | ||||||||||||||||||||
| COHRED | Certificate in Purchasing and Supplies | KCSE a mean grade D+ or KCE | Maximum 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| DIV IV | months | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| I.T. | Diploma in Information Technology (DIT)- | KCSE mean C and C- in English | Maximum 36 |
| Stage I | and Mathematics Or Div II in | months | |
| KCE with credit pass in | (Including | ||
| Mathematics and English | |||
| attachment) | |||
| College of | Diploma in HIV/Aids Management & | KCSE mean grade C and grades | Maximum 36 |
| Health | counseling | C – (minus) in English/Kiswahili | months |
| Sciences | and Biology | (Including | |
| attachment) | |||
| COHRED | Diploma in Purchasing and Supplies | KCSE mean grade C- and grades | Maximum 36 |
| Management | C- in English or DIV II in KCE | months | |
| Diploma in Business Administration | or KCE Div III with C- in Maths | (Including | |
| & English; OR relevant | |||
| attachment) | |||
| certificate with Credit Pass and | |||
| KCSE c- | |||
