Admission requirements:
-A candidate must satisfy the prescribed University of Nairobi requirements. In addition, the minimum qualifications for admission to an Ordinary Diploma are:
-KCSE certificate with a minimum aggregate of C (Plain), or equivalent;
O Level certificate with a minimum grade of Division II, or equivalent, or Division III with evidence of relevant academic or professional training or
A Level qualification with a minimum of one (1) Principal pass or equivalent.
Each Ordinary Diploma candidate shall be required to successfully take at least five (5) approved course units as well as a project paper. The Ordinary Diploma programme shall consist of lectures, lecture-discussions, class presentations, seminars, demonstrations, fieldwork, student-teacher consultations, supervised independent study, coursework or any combination of these, as well as written final examinations, and shall run for a minimum of two (2) semesters of fifteen (15) weeks each.
-Students shall undergo continuous assessment in each taught course each semester.
-Duration of the course: nine (9) months/two (2) semesters.