The Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) has opened applications for 2024 university and college placements.

In a notice dated Thursday, February 8, KUCCPS directed that all course applications be done through their portal.

“The wait is over! The @KUCCPS_Official portal is now open! It’s time to apply for your preferred course in an institution of your choice. Keep it here for updates,” read part of the notice.

According to the update, 2023 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) candidates are allowed to submit their course applications.

Form Four leavers between 2000 and 2022 are also among those who can choose courses in preferred university and colleges within the country.

How To Apply For Courses Through KUCCPS

To initiate the application process, ensure you have your KCSE Index number, KCPE Index number, Birth Certificate number and some money on your mobile phone.

KCSE candidates who made previous applications while still in school are required to pay KSh1,000 while those who did not will pay KSh1,500.

Step 1: Visit the KUCCPS portal and click on Registration/Revision

Step 2: Key in your KCSE Index number, year you sat for KCSE and a password. Here, input your birth certificate number or KCSE Index number (as used in the exam registration) as your initial password.

Step 3: Review courses offered against your cut off points. Select your courses of interests (which match your cut off points) and the Programme code. Verify the codes before hitting the Submit button.

Step 4: Pay the required application fee through M-Pesa using paybill option- Business number 820201 followed by account number. Your acc no. is your KCSE examination year followed by your 11 Digit Index No.

Once you receive confirmation of the M-Pesa payment, keep the transaction ID for future reference.

Step 5: Log out of the KUCCPS student portal.

Choice 1 (a), (b) and (c) should be one course but in different institutions. Choices 2 to 6 can be different courses in your institution of choice for both degree and diploma courses.

Only public universities and colleges are eligible for government scholarships and HELB loans.

This comes barely a week after the Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) released the 2023 KCSE and KCSE result slips.

KNEC urged the candidates to collect their result slips from respective institutions.

“The 2022 KCPE certificates and 2023 KCSE result slips have been sent to all schools that presented candidates for the examinations.

Approximately 900,000 candidates sat for the 2023 KCSE examinations. Only 201,000 out of these acquired the minimum university entry grade of C+.