The Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) Chief Executive Officer, Agnes Wahome, has revealed four courses that most students who qualify for university placement prefer.
Speaking on Wednesday, February 26, 2025, during the 2nd Biennial Kenya Universities Funding Conference, Wahome listed nursing among the most sought-after courses by students.
The KUCCPS CEO also went on to list clinical medicine, teaching, and law as the four most preferred courses by students with a mean grade of C+ and above.
“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," the KUCCPS CEO commented.
She went on to add, "Last week, we put up an advertisement for a diploma in law, and we saw most students who had attained a C+ and above opting for the course."
However, despite the high demand for the four courses, Wahome reiterated that over the last two years, there has been a general trend of students preferring to pursue diploma programmes.
According to the KUCCPS boss, while more male applicants preferred science courses, more female students opted to pursue law and most 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," Wahome stated.
The latest update comes hardly a month after KUCCPS officially opened its portal for Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC) and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) students to apply for diploma and certificate courses.
While the application deadline lapsed on February 14, the placement service re-opened the portal on Wednesday, February 26, to allow those who did not secure slots to apply.
According to KUCCPS, the online application aims to fill 21 vacant KMTC slots for the March intake with students given one week to apply for the select courses.
"KUCCPS has re-opened the online application portal seeking to fill 21 KMTC courses that still have slots for the March 2025 Intake. The portal will remain open until March 4, 2025," KUCCPS announced.
"All applicants who were not successful in the last application and others who would like to join KMTC in March 2025 are invited to apply. The application portal is accessible via this link: students.kuccps.net."
