Kenya Universities and Colleges Directory: Search All 514 KUCCPS Institutions

Updated 17 October 2026

Use this directory to find any university or college that places students through KUCCPS: all 514 institutions on the official KUCCPS list, including 44 public and 33 private universities, 98 KMTC campuses, 23 national polytechnics, 39 teacher training colleges and hundreds of TVET institutes. Search by name, town or course, and filter by county, type and ownership. Open any university to see its degree programmes for 2026/2027 (2,226 across all universities) with their 2025 and 2024 cut-off points.

How to Use This Directory

Type part of a name, such as “Kenyatta”, “KMTC Nakuru” or “polytechnic”, and the list narrows as you type. You can also search by course: type “actuarial” or “nursing” and you will see every university offering a matching programme, with the matching programmes opened and their cut-offs shown. Use the county filter to see every institution near home, and the type filter to compare like with like. Clear resets everything.

The directory runs in your browser from a single data file, so filtering is instant and works on slow connections once the page has loaded.

What Is in the Data

Nairobi County has the most institutions (50), followed by Meru (22), Kiambu (21) and Kakamega (21). We grouped the types from the official KUCCPS categories: “KMTC Campus” covers institutions under the Ministry of Health, “University TVET” covers technical institutes run by universities, and “Specialised College” covers colleges under other ministries, such as Kenya Utalii College, Kenya School of Law and the Kenya Institute of Mass Communication.

Where the Data Comes From

The institution list, with names, codes, categories, ownership and counties, comes from the KUCCPS institutions list, retrieved on 17 October 2026. University programme names and cut-off points come from each university’s KUCCPS institution page for the 2026/2027 cycle, retrieved the same day. Cut-offs are weighted cluster points out of 48. When we checked, KUCCPS had not yet declared 2026/2027 programmes for colleges, including KMTC and TVET institutes, so colleges show no programme list yet. We will refresh the data when KUCCPS publishes them.

Cut-offs change every year. Use them to judge your chances, then confirm on the KUCCPS portal before you apply. To work out your own points, use our KUCCPS cluster points calculator.

Detailed University and KMTC Guides

For the most-searched institutions, we have written full guides covering location, every programme and cut-off, how to apply, entry requirements, fees and funding:

• University of Nairobi
• Kenyatta University
• Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
• Moi University
• Egerton University
• Maseno University
• Technical University of Kenya
• Masinde Muliro University of Science & Technology
• Dedan Kimathi University of Technology
• Multimedia University of Kenya
• Chuka University
• Kisii University
• Mount Kenya University
• Pwani University
• Technical University of Mombasa
• University of Eldoret
• Meru University of Science and Technology
• KMTC campuses list by county and how to apply

Before You Apply

Application portals reject oversized files, so prepare your documents first. Our KUCCPS document compressor, KMTC upload tool and HELB upload tool resize files in your browser. For funding, read our guides to university fees in Kenya, TVET fees and applying for HELB for the first time. If you are still choosing a secondary school, our county guides such as best schools in Nairobi County cover national and county schools.

Frequently asked questions

How many universities and colleges are on KUCCPS?

The KUCCPS institutions list showed 514 institutions on 17 October 2026: 77 universities and 437 colleges.

Can I search for a course instead of a university?

Yes. Type the course name, such as “pharmacy”, into the search box. The directory lists every university offering a matching degree programme and shows the 2025 and 2024 cut-offs.

Why does a college show no programmes?

KUCCPS had not yet declared 2026/2027 programmes for colleges when we last checked. University programmes for the cycle were already published.

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