Telecommunication Engineering Requirements | Technical University of Kenya

Telecommunication Engineering is a subset of Electrical Engineering and that is one of the reason it is house in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Technical University of Kenya (tukenya) and their entry requirements is usually same. 

As a discipline it involves inventing, designing and developing the technologies, machines, equipment and gadgets that make communication at a distance possible and at affordable price. 

The Telecommunication Engineering details including entry requirements at Technical University of Kenya (tukenya) are stated below. 


Course Name:  Bachelor of Telecommunication Engineering 

  • Faculty: Engineering and Built Environment 
  • School: Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Department: Telecommunications and Information Engineering
  • Study Level: Undergraduate  
  • Study Mode: Full Time  
  • Mode of Delivery: On-campus 
  • Duration of Study: five (5) years minimum 
  • Degree Awarded: Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) 
  • Accreditation: Engineering Board of Kenya (EBK)


Bachelor of Engineering in Telecommunication is taught at the tukenya as a means of the institution contribution to the development of the ever growing sector of Kenya economy by research and the provision of the skill manpower.  


Listed below are the minimum entry requirements for the Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering.  


Entry Requirements Bachelor of Telecommunication Engineering, Tukenya 

For the bachelor degree, Department of Telecommunication and Information Engineering requires: 

Holders of Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE)

  • KCSE Mean Grade C+(Plus) 
  • C+ (Plus) in Mathematics A, 
  • C+ in Physics, 
  • C+ in Chemistry and in
  • Biology or any Group III/IV/V 

Holders of Diploma

  • Higher diploma in: Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Telecommunication Engineering or other relevant engineering programmes. 


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