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The Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service has opened applications for 13 diploma and certificate courses at Kenya Utalii College KUCCPS said the application window will remain open until April 1, 2026, targeting candidates who sat the KCSE in 2025 and earlier years Applicants seeking careers in tourism and hospitality can apply through the KUCCPS Student Portal for the programmes on offer Didacus Malowa, a journalist at TUKO.co.ke, brings over three years of experience covering politics and current affairs in Kenya.
Form Four leavers hoping to build careers in tourism and hospitality have been presented with an opportunity to enrol at Kenya Utalii College.
KUCCPS CEO Agnes Mercy Wahome during a past event. Photo: KUCCPS.
Source: Twitter This is after the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) opened its application portal for several courses at the institution.
The placement agency announced that applications are now open for 13 diploma and certificate programmes offered at Kenya Utalii College (KUC).
How can students apply for Kenya Utalii College courses? It gives students across the country a chance to access one of the region’s most respected hospitality training institutions through the national placement system.
According to KUCCPS, the application window will remain open until April 1, 2026, and targets candidates who sat their Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination in 2025 and preceding years.
Interested applicants have been advised to submit their applications online through the KUCCPS Student’s Portal available on the KUCCPS website.
Candidates who need help with the application process can visit the KUCCPS offices at ACK Garden House on 1st Ngong Avenue in Nairobi.
Assistance is also available at Kenya Utalii College and at any of the 58 Huduma Centres located across the country.
The development marks a significant shift in how students join the institution, which has historically admitted learners directly.
It represents a new chapter for Kenya Utalii College, a long-standing training institution that has played a central role in shaping the country’s tourism workforce.
Which courses are available at Kenya Utalii College? Available diploma programmes include Diploma in Hospitality Management, Diploma in Culinary Arts, Diploma in Front Office Operations, Diploma in Food and Beverage Management, Diploma in Housekeeping and Laundry Management, Diploma in Travel and Tourism Management and Diploma in Tour Guiding and Administration.
Students can also apply for several certificate programmes such as Certificate in Front Office Operations, Certificate in Pastry and Bakery, Certificate in Housekeeping and Laundry Operations, Certificate in Food and Beverage Service and Sales, Certificate in Travel and Tour Operations and Certificate in Tour Guiding and Administration.
KUCCPS said opening the programmes on its portal is aimed at expanding access to hospitality and tourism training while ensuring fairness in student placement.
Kenya Utalii College students during a past graduation ceremony. Photo: Kenya Utalii College.
Source: Facebook Established 47 years ago, the college has built a strong reputation in hospitality education and has trained more than 60,000 graduates from Kenya and other countries.
Many of its alumni now work in hotels, tour companies, cruise lines and hospitality establishments across the world.
For decades, the institution operated under the Ministry of Tourism and handled its own admissions independently.
However, the latest partnership now integrates Kenya Utalii College into the KUCCPS placement system, placing it among institutions that rely on the platform to admit students.
Kenya Utalii College is the latest institution outside the Ministry of Education to adopt the KUCCPS system.
More than 155 colleges in other ministries have already joined the platform, including Kenya Medical Training Colleges (KMTC) and the Kenya School of Law, which used to admit students directly.
Did KUCCPS open applications for TVET? Earlier, the KUCCPS announced that applications had opened for Technical and Vocational Education and Training programmes ahead of the May 2026 intake.
In a notice to prospective students, the agency said candidates who sat the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education in 2025, as well as those who completed secondary school in previous years, were eligible to apply.
Applicants were required to submit their course choices through the KUCCPS student portal.
Source: TUKO.co.ke
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