Electronic and Computer Engineering Entry Requirements | Jomo Kenyatta University

Browse this page fro the details -including admission requirements -of the Electronic and Computer Engineering as a taught programme at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT)

This programme teaches students how each of the electronic parts (hardwares: motherboard, graphic card, RAM, hard drive, and more) in computer are design, connected to work together and how software are design and develop and how the hardware and software work together to become machine we call computer. 

The details of the Electronic and Computer Engineering at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology is as follow: 


Programme: Electronic Engineering 

  • College: Engineering and Technology 
  • School: Electrical, Electronic and Information Engineering (EEIE)
  • Department: Electronic and Computer Engineering
  • Study Level: Undergraduate 
  • Study Mode: Full time 
  • Duration of Study: 10 semesters
  • Degree Awarded: Bachelor of Science 
  • Accreditation: Engineering Board of Kenya (EBK) 

Entry Requirements   

Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering accept the following: 

For the holders of Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE): 

  • A candidate must have a mean aggregate of at least B- (MINUS) 
  • The average of the total score in the four cluster subjects must be at least B (plain)

In each of the cluster subjects, an applicant must have at least the scores as follow:

  • Mathematics: C+
  • Physics: C+ 
  • Chemistry: C+ 
  • Geography or Biology, or C+
  • Any Group IV Subjects.  

OR

  • Mathematics: C+
  • Physical Sciences: B 
  • Biological Science: C+ 
  • Geography or 
  • Any group IV subjects 

Holders of Kenya Advanced Certificate of Education (KACE) or the A– level Equivalent

  • At least two principal passes in Mathematics and Physics and 
  • At least a total score of nine (9) points at the KACE or equivalent 
  • At least accredit pass in Chemistry at the KCE or its equivalent. 

Holders of Diploma Qualification 

  • Ordinary Diploma with Credit pass in an appropriate engineering discipline shall be admitted to the second year of any of the courses listed above. 
  • Higher National Diploma (HND) in a relevant field of study shall be admitted into the third year of study plus
  • All Diploma holders MUST meet the basic entry requirements at KCSE level or A’ level.  Departmental requirement could be applicable. 

Accreditation: 

BSc Electronic and Computer  Engineering at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) is accredited by the Engineering Board of Kenya (EBK). 


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