Open University of Kenya (OUK): Qualifications, Courses, and Fee

Open University of Kenya (OUK): Qualifications, Courses, and Fee

OUK is Kenya’s only university that provides 100% virtual and flexible distance education. OUK recognises KCSE, international qualifications, professional experience, and prior education as entry requirements. The Open University of Kenya (OUK) website provides detailed minimum entrance requirements.

The university’s goal is to remove existing barriers and provide more Kenyans with quick and flexible access to post-secondary education.

When researching available programmes, it is critical to examine elements such as the institution, programmeme code, programmeme name, year-one fees, and past cut-off points. The following is a breakdown of some offered programmes for the academic year.

Qualifications to enrol at the Open University of Kenya.

Job expertise, short courses, or recognition of prior education is considered when determining whether to admit students to degree programmes, according to the university’s admission guidelines.

The flexibility of learning, allows students to learn at their own time, pace, and location, which benefits Kenyans who missed early opportunities or faced impediments to university education such as official grades, age, capacity to pay, gender, or geographical location.

Admission to undergraduate courses requires a portfolio to recognise prior learning as well as verification of a KCSE certificate or equivalent.

OUK offers five courses

Bachelor of Data Science, Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity, and Digital Forensics, Bachelor of Technology Education, Bachelor of Business & Entrepreneurship.

The two most prestigious postgraduate programmes are the Postgraduate Diploma in Learning Design and Technology and the Postgraduate Diploma in Leadership and Accountability.

The number of course units for the degree and postgraduate diploma programmes varies each academic year, from 12 to 14. Postgraduate programmes last one year, and bachelor’s degree programmes last four years.

However, for open and self-paced study, a student may choose the alternative flexible mode and intend to take longer periods, completing a course unit at a time.

Programme Fees at Open University of Kenya (OUK) and Other Universities

Bachelor of Technology Education.

Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology provides the Bachelor of Technology Education (Building Construction) course with course code 1082192. The programme fee is KSH 244,800 for the first year. In 2021, the cut-off mark for this programme was 16.787.

Murang’a University of Technology offers the Bachelor of Technology Education course with the programme code 1246192. The first-year cost is KSH 244,800, the same as for the MMUST curriculum. The cut-off point for 2021 was 16.787.

The Bachelor of Technology Education programme is offered by the Open University of Kenya, but no particular information on costs or cut-off points for prior years is available. The programme code is 5145192.

Bachelor of Economics and Statistics

Cut-off points: 19.914

Bachelor of Science in Cyber Security and Digital Forensics

Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology offers the Bachelor of Science (Computer Security and Forensics) programme for KSH 244,800 in the first year.

Kabarak University offers the Bachelor of Science in Computer Security and Forensics degree at a first-year cost of KSH 211,150.

KCA University provides the Bachelor of Science in Information Security and Forensics course, which costs KSH 206,180 in the first year.

Machakos University offers the Bachelor of Science (Cloud Computing and Information Security) curriculum at a first-year cost of KSH 306,000.

Meru University of Science and Technology offers the Bachelor of Science in Computer Security and Forensics curriculum for KSH 244,800 in the first year.

The Open University of Kenya offers a Bachelor of Science in Cyber Security and Digital Forensics curriculum. There are no details available about past years’ first-year costs or cut-off points.

Bachelor of Business and Entrepreneurship

Bachelor of Data Science

Cluster 10 – Mathematics, Actuarial Science, Statistics, Accountancy, Economics.

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