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Why KUCCPS no longer releases diploma placement results with university admissions
09th July, 2026 06:24 PM
For years, students who applied through the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) would receive university and diploma placement results around the same time.
However, in recent admission cycles, KUCCPS has changed this approach, with degree placement results being released first while diploma placements are announced later.
In a report by the KUCCPS Board Chairmam Cyrus Gituai relaesed on Wednesday July 8 2026, confirmed that the Placement Board developed criteria for placement to universities, through a consultative process that involved universities and professional or regulatory bodies.
“The Placement Board developed criteria for placement to universities, through a consultative process that involved universities and professional or regulatory bodies,” Gituai stated.
According to Gituai, the new criteria has removed entry barriers to some programmes, aligned programme clusters to address stakeholder concerns, and expanded possible career pathways for learners taking technical subjects at KCSE level.
“The new criteria removed entry barriers to some programmes, aligned programme clusters to address stakeholder concerns, and expanded possible career pathways for learners taking technical subjects at KCSE level,” Gituai explained.
At the same time, KUCCPS Board chairman revealed that the new criteria has been implemented for the first time in the 2026 university placement cycle and is expected to run through the Education system.
KUCCPS placement results
Thousands of students who sat the 2025 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination can now learn where they will pursue higher education after the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) officially released the 2026 placement results.
Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba announced the placement results on Wednesday, July 8, 2026, during an event held at The Edge Convention Centre in South C, Nairobi, bringing to an end months of anxious waiting for students seeking admission to universities, Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions and teacher training colleges.
Ogamba noted that 293,869 students have been placed in universities and colleges.
“I am pleased to announce that the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service has completed the 2026/2027 Placement Cycle of students to universities and colleges. Since 2014 when we began centralized placement under the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service, there has been significant growth and advancement in the placement sphere,” Ogamba said.
