Kabale University Admission Requirements

Kabale University Admission Requirements 2024/2025

Kabale University Admission Requirements

Minimum Admission Requirements

Doctoral (PhD) Programmes

The minimum entry requirement for admission to a doctoral degree is a master’s degree or its equivalent from a recognised university or institution.

Master’s Degree Programmes

a) At least a Second Class (Lower) Bachelor’s degree or its equivalent from a recognised university/institution.

b) Lower qualification may be considered upon presentation of academic growth.

Postgraduate Diploma Programmes

At least a Bachelor’s degree or its equivalent from a recognised university/institution

Bachelor’s Degree Programmes

An applicant for admission into the Bachelor’s degree programme will qualify under the following requirements:

a) Direct entry from Secondary School

Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) with at least 5 passes and at least two
principal passes at Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) or its
equivalent.
b) Mature age:
Aged 25 years and above and has passed the mature age entry examinations
(accredited by Uganda National Council for higher Education) with at least a 50%
mark

c) Diploma obtained at credit or distinction level from a recognised institution.

3.5 Undergraduate Diploma Programmes

a) Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) with at least three (5) passes; and

b) Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) with at least one principal pass and two subsidiary passes obtained at the same sitting or its equivalent.

3.6 Ordinary Certificate Programmes

A Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) with at least three (3) passes obtained at the same sitting.

4 Student Enrolment

4.1 Registration

a) All students must register within thirty (30) days from the commencement of the semester.

The students who shall have failed to register by the end of the thirty days shall be required to pay a late registration fee which may be determined from time to time by the Senate.

b) At registration, new students must present the following:

i. Original Admission Letter

ii. Original academic documents relating to levels of education already attained

iii. Identity cards issued by previous schools/colleges/institutions attended

iv. A valid receipt issued by the Kabale University Finance Office indicative of having paid a Senate approved percentage of the total fees to be paid for the entry semester

c) No new student shall be registered until his/her academic papers have been scrutinised and authenticated by the Registration Office.

d) Continuing students shall renew their registration every semester. At registration, each continuing student shall present the following:

i. Identity card and the registration card for the previous semester, which shall be photocopied and attached to the registration form.

ii. A valid receipt issued by the Kabale University Finance Office indicative of having paid a Senate approved percentage of the total fees to be paid for the semester.

e) Neither new nor continuing students shall be entitled to any university service unless they are duly registered with Kabale University.

4.2 Registration card

A registration card is issued to a student who has completed the registration process.

4.3 Student Identity card

i. Each duly registered student must have a valid student identity card issued by the Academic Registrar.