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Course Profile

Colleges and Universities Offering Diploma in Software Engineering(Software Engineering) in Kenya

Discover colleges and universities in Kenya currently offering Diploma in Software Engineering(Software Engineering), plus course details, typical duration and related programmes.

Course Name

Diploma in Software Engineering(Software Engineering)

Major Subject

Software Engineering

Course Category

Diploma

Average Study Duration

1 Year

About Diploma in Software Engineering(Software Engineering)

Colleges Offering Diploma in Software Engineering(Software Engineering)

Nairobi Institute of Business Studies

Nairobi

Course Duration: 1 Year
Entry Requirement: KCSE mean grade of D plain & above
Examination Body: City & Guilds
Fee per term:KSh 17500

Course structure/outline

1. First Semester
- Computer Applications
- Designing & Creating Multipage ( Web Design)
- Maintaining ICT equipment & Systems
- Digital Electronics II

Second Semester
- Creating Designs & Test Software Com¬ponents
- Electronic Systems
- Install Configure & Test ICT Networks
- Customer Support Provision II

3. Third Semester
- Create Software using Visual Basic
- Testing ICT Systems
- Install & Configure ICT Equipment & Operating Systems

Kenya Institute of Software Engineering

Thika

Course Study Duration : 18 months, 6 Terms
Tuition Fee Per Term : KES 16,500
Exam Bodies: City & Guilds, AETEB
Course Entry Requirements : C, pass in Cerificate in Software Engineering.
Exam Dates : June & December
Core Language : Java

Course Outline
- Prerequisite Pass JAVA01
- Algorithm and Data Structures II
- Planning and Documentation II
- Persistence-Files, Xml Transformations
- Database Programming –MYSQL, ODBC
- Software Testing, and JUnit and Ant
- IDES-Eclipse and Net Beans
- Network-Socket Programming, Http, SMS Programming
- Web-(Introduction, Jsp, Jstl , Services), EE [Maven, Hibernate].

Starnet College

Nairobi

Exam Body: City and Guilds

Duration: 1 year

Minimum entry requirements: A D plain and above

Course Content:
1. Semester one
-Computer Applications
-Designing & Creating Multi-page ( Web Design)
-Maintaining ICT equipment & Systems
-Digital Electronics II
2. Semester two
-Creating Designs & Test Software Components
-Electronic Systems
-Install Configure & Test ICT Networks
-Customer Support Provision II
3. Semester three
-Create Software using Visual Basic
-Testing ICT Systems
-Install & Configure ICT Equipment & Operating Systems

Railway Training Institute

Nairobi

Course Name: Diploma in Computer & Software Engineering- Part 1

Duration:3 semesters

Minimum entry requirements:
- KCSE Mean Grade D

Tuition fees per term: Ksh. 14,500.

Mode of study: Full time.

Exam body: City & Guilds.