Kenya
The University of Leicester welcomes students from Kenya.
You can find country specific information here including entry requirements for our courses, and information about the Kenyan student community.
The Future Students Office
The Future Students Office can provide you with more information about studying in the UK at Leicester.
Please visit our contact us page for details.
Useful information
Entry requirements
Undergraduate (Bachelors) degrees
If you are studying A-levels or the International Baccalaureate (IB) then you can begin from the first year of a Bachelors degree. Please see individual course pages for entry requirements.
If you have already completed the first year of an undergraduate degree at a Kenyan university, you may be considered for entry to the first year of a Bachelors degree if you have studied relevant subjects.
For more information about available degrees please see individual course pages.
Postgraduate (Masters) degrees
If you hold a Bachelors degree from Kenya will be considered for entry to a Masters degree. Students should have at least a second class honours degree (some degrees may require a second class upper).
For more information about available degrees please see the individual course pages.
PhDs and other research degrees
To apply for a PhD (or other postgraduate research qualification) you must have at least a second class honours undergraduate (Bachelors) degree from a recognised Kenyan university, usually in a related subject area (depending on the subject that you wish to study) which is equivalent to a UK Upper Second Class Honours degree (also known as a 2:1).
You must also be able to demonstrate practical knowledge of appropriate research methodologies. Research degrees are demanding and intensive: to succeed at this level you must be highly motivated, be able to work independently, and have an appropriate familiarity with the discipline and its associated research techniques/methodologies.
Where a Masters degree is required, this is indicated in the relevant description on our Postgraduate Research webpages, together with further information about requirement.
English language requirements
Please see details of our English language requirements.
Agents in your region
We work with the following agent in Kenya:
- CRAYDEL, Nairobi
- IDP Kenya
- Paedeia Consulting Limited, Nairobi
- S3 Education (Nairobi and Eldoret)
- Study International UK (SI-UK), Mombasa and Nairobi
- UniHub Education Consultants
- UNISERV, Mombasa and Nairobi