The Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC) has urged applicants who missed the September intake to apply to other programmes in the institution.
In a statement on Tuesday, August 5, the college urged applicants to apply for Higher Diploma, Upgrading Diploma, or Short Courses, which are also available at the college.
"If you haven’t secured a slot for the September 2025 intake, consider applying for our higher diploma, upgrading diploma, or short courses," the notice read in part.
Unlike for candidates who applied for certificate and diploma courses through the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS), these three programmes can be accessed through the KMTC official website.
Interested candidates have been advised to access the portal at .
After accessing the portal and logging in, you will need to choose from the available courses listed for each programme. First-time applicants will be required to register first.
Among the short courses available on the site are Health Care Assistant, Safe Phlebotomy, Sign Language for Health Workers, HIV Testing Services and Echocardiography.
Others include Monitoring and Evaluation (part-time), Community Health Extension Work, Integrated Basic Life Support/First Aid, Adherence Counselling, Infection Prevention for Health Professionals, and Point of Care Ultrasound for Midwives.
Higher diplomas and upgrading diploma courses are also available on the site, and they are all for in-service applicants who already have a diploma and would like to upgrade.
Some of the available upper diploma courses on the site are in Physiotherapy (Orthopaedic Manual Therapy), Physiotherapy (Neurorehabilitation), Medical Engineering (Therapeutic Equipment), Kenya Registered Nurse Anaesthesia, Critical Care Nursing, and Psychiatric Nursing, among others.
In 2022, the Kenya National Qualifications Authority (KNQA) designated KMTC’s Higher National Diploma as an equivalent of a university degree.
Applicants who already have a certificate course can also apply for an upgrading diploma in Mortuary Science, Emergency Medical Training, Community Health, Medical Laboratory Sciences, Community Health Nursing (distance learning), and Public Health, among others.
