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Colleges and Universities Offering Diploma in Project Management(Project Management) in Kenya

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Course Name
Diploma in Project Management(Project Management)
Major Subject
Project Management
Course Category
Diploma
Average Study Duration
1 year
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About Diploma in Project Management(Project Management)

Colleges Offering Diploma in Project Management(Project Management)

Kenya Institute of Project Management
Nairobi
Duration: 8 months

Tuition Fees:
1. Distance Learning and E- Learning Mode Fees- 60,000
2. On campus Mode Fees- 70,000

Minimum Entry Requirements:
– A mean grade of C and above in KCSE
– A Certificate and /or a diploma and /or Advanced diploma and /or Degree in any field

Course Units:
1. Module 1: Project Identification & Analysis
-Project design – LogFrame methodologies
-Project Cycle Management
-Outcomes & Deliverables
-Assumptions
-Functional Analysis
-Terms of Reference (ToRs)
-Project Case
-Assignment 1: Concept Paper

2. Module 2: Project Appraisal & Assessment
-Risk Management
-Health & Safety Management
-Work Breakdown Structures
-Organisational Structures
-Client-Beneficiary-Stakeholder Link
-Fall-Back & Contingency
-Assignment 2: Project Appraisal Report

3. Module 3: Project Definition & Planning
-Leadership & Performance Management
-Specs, Standards & Targets
-Roles & Responsibilities
-Legislation & Contracts
-Gantts Perts & Resources
-Time, Quality & Cost Modeling
-Assignment 3: Project Plan

4. Module 4: Financial Management & Approval
-Budgets & Cross-Tabs
-Financial Modelling & Ranking
-Estimating
-Resourcing using PM Software
-Financial Approval
-Assignment 4: Baseline Plan

5. Module 5: Project Management & Implementation
-Change Management
-Conflict Management & Negotiation
-Implementation, Tracking & Monitoring
-Reports & Presentation
-Slippage, Crashing & Variation
-Assignment 5: Implementation Report

6. Module 6: Project Closure & Handover
-Contract Closure
-Handover Checklists
-Contingency & Fall-Back Plan
-Tracking Gantt
-Project Evaluations against ToRs
-Final Reports
Nairobi Institute of Business Studies Distance Learning and E-learning Centre
Ruiru
Exam Body: ICM
Duration: 12 months
Requirements
• Entry Grade: C-(minus) in KCSE
• Copy of National ID/ Passport
• 2 passport size photographs

Course Overview
This course aims to develop students’ knowledge and understanding of the role of project management in organizations. It further explores the methods adopted for robust project management including techniques for planning, monitoring and controlling complex projects and the role of computing in this process.
We at NIBS College pride ourselves with helping students learn how to lead, plan and execute projects to strict deadlines and budgets with a practical, hands-on approach to learning.

Course Content
• Projects in Contemporary Organizations
• Strategic Management & Project Selection
• The Project Manager
• Project Organization
• Project Planning
• Conflict & Negotiation
• Budgeting & Cost Estimation
• Scheduling & Resource Allocation
• Project Control
• Project Auditing
• Project Termination
Amity Global Institute Nairobi
Nairobi
Minimum entry Grade: KCSE C-

Module 1
Communication Skills
Life Skills
Information Communication Technology
Entrepreneurship Education
Fundamentals Of Project Management
Financial Accounting
Resource Mobilization
Project Financing
Module II
Cost Accounting
Project Quality Management
Quantitative Methods
Project Procurement And Management
Project Monitoring And Evaluation
Project Management Information Systems
Business Plan
Module III
Operations Management
Fundamentals Of Strategic Management
Risk Management In Projects
Legal Issues In Project Management
Principles And Practices Of Management
Research Methods
Trade Project

Fee Structure:
Number of Terms: 6
Fee for Each Term: 40000khs (400USD)
Total fee for the course: ksh 240000 ($ 2400)
ICS College Mombasa Branch
Mombasa
Course outline

Module I
Communication skills
Life skills
Information communication
Entrepreneurship
Fundamentals of project management
Financial accounting
Resource mobilization
Project financing
Business plan




Module II
Cost accounting
Project quality management
Quantitative techniques
Project procurement & management
Project monitoring & evaluation
Project management information systems


Module III
Operations management
Fundamentals of strategic management
Risk management in projects
Legal issues in project management
Principles and practices of management
Research methods
Trade project


Requirements

Course Duration: 24 months

Exam Body: KNEC

Grade:C- and Above.
HELITES College
Lamu
Duration: 12 months

Minimum entry requirements:
- KCSE C plain or any diploma or degree from a recognized institution

Modules:
Module 1
a) Communication skills
b) Information communication technology
c) Entrepreneurship
d) Fundamentals of project management
e) Resource mobilization

Module 2
a) Financial and Cost accounting
b) Project quality management
c) Quantitative techniques
d) Project procurement and management
e) Project monitoring and evaluation

Module 3
a) Operations management
b) Fundamentals of strategic management
c) Risk management in projects
d) Principles and practices of project management
e) Research project
Kenya Institute of Management KIM
Nairobi
Admission Criteria:
Either of the following qualifications:
- KIM Certificate in Management
- P 1 certificate
- KATC final
- CPA 1 /CPS 1
- KNEC Certificate in a Business related field
- Equivalent qualifications from a recognized institution
- KCSE mean grade C+, with C+ in English and C+ in Mathematics/ Accounting/ Commerce/ Economics/ Business Studies
Regional Centre for Tourism and Foreign Languages
Nairobi
Course subjects
- Planning and Scheduling
- Computers and Project Management
- Managing worth and costs
- Nature & organization of Project Management
- The Financial and Commercial Framework
- Purchasing and Material Management.

Job opportunities
- Graduates can work as project managers, supervisors, assessors, facilitators among others.
Litmed College Kerugoya
Kerugoya
Minimum Entry requirement:
- Passed relevant craft course in project management
OR
- Passed Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) with an average grade of C plain and must have attained a minimum grade C- in mathematics and English.
OR
- Equivalent qualifications as determined by the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC).
Thika School of Medical and Health Sciences Mombasa Campus
Mombasa
Entry:

An aggregate grade of D in K.C.S.E. with D in Mathematics
Division Four (4) in O-Level or
Any other equivalent qualifications approved by Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC).
Duration: 3Trimesters

Mode of Learning: –

Full-Time
Distance Learning
School Based program
Examination Body: KNEC
Kaimosi Friends University College
Kaimosi
Minimum Course Entry Requirements:
Minimum mean grade of C- (minus) in KCSE. Or KCE Division II Or KACE with at least 1 principal Pass. Or Certificate in the relevant area from MMUST or any other recognized institution.

Duration & mode of Study:
Three (3) semesters full time.

Tuition Fees in (KES): 30,000/= per semester
Kentrac College
Nairobi
Course Duration: 1 year.
Course Structure
- Integration management
- Scope management
- Time management (1) and (2)
- Cost management
- Quality management
- Human resource management
- Communication resource management
- Risk management
- Procurement management
Beam International Training Centre Nairobi
Nairobi
Admission requirements
A mean grade of C- and at KCSE

Tuition fees
Ksh.12,000 per term

Fees per year
Ksh. 48,000

Course duration
1 1/2 years

Examination body
(i) ABMA
(ii) KNEC
(iii) ICM
Thika School of Medical and Health Sciences
Thika
Exam Body: KNEC

Duration: 6 trimesters

Minimum Entry requirement:
-A mean grade of C and above in KCSE
-A Certificate and /or a diploma and /or Advanced diploma and /or Degree in any field
Christemberg College
Voi
Duration:2 years
Fee per term:Ksh 15000

Entry requirement:Must have passed relevant
Craft Course or passed
KCSE with C Plain or
equivalent qualification
Kisii University
Kisii
Admission requirements
- A C in KCSE or its equivalent or
- Hold a certificate in project management from a recognized institution
Course duration
- 3 years
Jubilee College
Kitui
Course duration: 1 1/2 Years

Fees Per Term: 13 000

Minimum entry requirement: C- (Minus)

Examination Body: KNEC

Universities Offering Diploma in Project Management(Project Management)

The Management University of Africa
Nairobi
Admission shall be offered to holders of any of the qualifications below:
(i) KCSE mean grade C- (Minus) or its equivalent; or,
(ii) MUA certificate in respective diploma programme or any related area; or,
(iii) A KNEC/KIM certificate in respective diploma programme or related areas or its equivalent; or,
(iv) A KNEC/KIM Diploma or its equivalent from a recognized institution of learning in a related area.

Tuition fees
Ksh. 40,000 per semester

Semester dates
(i) January-April
(ii) May - August
(iii) September - December

Course duration
Two years( 6 semesters)
Moi University
Eldoret
Admission requirements
-Admission shall be granted
to holders of any one of the
qualifications below:
(i)A minimum of C- in KCSE
with C in either English or
kiswahili
(ii)Bachelor's degree in relevant
discipline with a lower Second
Class Honours from a recognized
university
(iii)A pass at degree level with
at least two years working experience
in relevant discipline.

Course duration
-Two years
Kenyatta University Digital School of Virtual and Open Learning
Nairobi
Requirements:-

Mean grade of C (Plain) at KCSE or equivalent

OR

Mean grade of C- (Minus) at KCSE or equivalent with a Certificate in relevant area from a recognized institution.

OR

A holder of KACE with One Principal and One Subsidiary.



Tuition fees:-

East Africans - Kshs. 52,000/- p.a
Non-East Africans - Kshs. 65,000/- p.a
Statutory fees - Kshs. 19,900/- p.a
University of Eldoret
Eldoret
Course: Diploma in NGO and Environmental Project Management.

Entry requirements
(a) Minimum grade of C- at KCSE level with a minimum of at least C- in Geography, History,
Business Studies, OR

(b) A levels subsidiary with at least a subsidiary pass, OR

(c) Any other certificate awarded by the institution recognized by University of Eldoret.

Mode of study
Full time

Venue
Town campus
Kenyatta University School of Business
Nairobi
Entry Requirements:

To qualify for admission to this programme, candidates must meet any of the following minimum requirements:-
i. A holder of KCSE C (plain) or its equivalent or
ii. A holder of KCE Division III or its equivalent or
iii. A holder of KACE with One Principal and One Subsidiary or
iv. A Holder of KCSE C- (minus) with a relevant certificate from a recognized institution
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology Karen Campus
Karen
After taking this program,students are equipped with
diverse skills needed in organizing and controlling
resources to accomplish a certain a mission.

Course requirements
- A minimum of a C in KCSE or hold
a relevant certificate from a recognized
institution.

Course duration
- The program takes three years
Mount Kenya University School of Business and Management
Thika
Course requirements
- To qualify for this program,
one must have scored a minimum
of C in KCSE or C- and a certificate
in project management or its equivalent
with a credit

Course duration
- Three trimesters

Tuition fees
- Sh.20,550 per trimester
Kenya Methodist University
Meru
Course requirements
A mean grade of C and above at KCSE

Program duration
3 years

Mode of study
Part time, full time and distance learning

Intakes
January, May and September
KCA University
Nairobi
Entry requirements
- One must have scored
a minimum of C in KCSE
or its equivalent.

Course duration
- Nine months

Tuition fee
-Kshs.32,000 per trimester
Kabianga university school of business
Kericho
Entry requirements
-A C in KCSE or its equivalent or
-A project management certificate from a reputable institution
Period of study
-3 years
Mode of study
-full time

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