11 KMTC Certificate Courses That Can Be Upgraded to Diploma

List of KMTC Courses You Can Upgrade from Certificate to Diploma

Students who study a certificate course at the Kenya Medical Training Colleges (KMTC) can still upgrade to study diploma courses.

This means that a student who did not meet the requirements for admission to a diploma course after the Kenya Certificate of Secondary education (KCSE) can still pursue a dream course at the KMTC.

At KMTC, you can upgrade from a certificate to a diploma in Nursing, Medical Engineering, Clinical Medicine, Medical laboratory sciences, Emergency Medical Technician and health records.

Other courses include a diploma in public health, Nutrition & Dietetics, Orthopaedics and Trauma Medicine, Community Health, mortuary science, Health Records and Information.

A certificate course takes two years, while a diploma course takes three years.

However, if you are upgrading from a certificate to a diploma or from a diploma to a higher diploma, the course will take two years.

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Courses for Students with D+ and C- Grades

Certificate courses in medical engineering and Nutrition and Dietetics require a mean grade of D+, with a D+ in English/Kiswahili, and D in Mathematics.

It will also require a D- in any one of the following subjects: Physics/Physical Sciences, Biology/Biological Sciences, or Chemistry.

Certificate courses that require a C-minus (C-) grade include Community Health Assistant, Public Health, Health Records and Information Management, Community Health Nursing, Emergency Medical Technician, and Orthopaedic and Trauma Medicine.

A Diploma in Mortuary Science also requires a mean grade of C Minus (C-).

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The minimum mean grade to study a diploma in Nursing is C plain, with C in English or Kiswahili and Biology/Biological Sciences, and C- in any one of the following: Chemistry, Physics/Physical Sciences, or Mathematics. The course duration is three years.

However, if you have a certificate in Community Health Nursing, you can easily upgrade to a Diploma in Community Health Nursing.

The mean grade required to study a certificate in Nursing is C-, with C- in English or Kiswahili and Biology/Biological Sciences, and D+ in any one of the following: Physics/Physical Sciences, Chemistry, or Mathematics.

KMTC Certificate Courses That Can Be Upgraded to Diploma

Department	Course	Entry Requirements	Duration	Intake Month	Campus
Department of Nursing	Diploma in Community Health Nursing (Distance Learning)	Certificate in Community Health Nursing (KECN) Registration by the Nursing Council of Kenya 2 Years post-graduation experience	2 Years	March September	Embu, Kitui, Kisii, Eldoret, Meru, Garissa, Muranga, Nakuru, Mombasa, Lodwar, Kisumu, Kitale, Kapkatet, Kabarnet
	Diploma in Community Health Nursing – Enhanced Nursing or Emergency Module (EN/EM)	Certificate in Enrolled Nurse and Certificate in Enrolled Midwifery Registration by the Nursing Council of Kenya. 2 Years post-graduation experience	2 Years	September	Nyeri
Department of Public Health	Diploma in Public Health (upgrading)	Certificate in Environmental Health Sciences. 2 years working experience	2 Years	March, September	Kuria, Othaya, Lugari, Manza, Nakuru, Embu, Karuri, Lake Victoria
Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences	Diploma in Medical Laboratory Sciences (upgrading)	Certificate in Medical Laboratory Sciences. Registration by the Kenya Medical Laboratory Technicians and Technologists Board (KMLTTB)	2 Years	March, September	Lake Victoria
Department of Medical Engineering	Diploma in Medical Engineering (upgrading)	Certificate in Medical Engineering. 2 years working experience	2 Years	March, September	Loitokitok, Eldoret, Kilifi, Embu, Nairobi, Makindu, Meru, Bomet
Department of Nutrition & Dietetics	Diploma in Nutrition & Dietetics (upgrading)	Holder of a Certificate in Community Nutrition/Nutrition & Dietetics/Food Science & Nutrition KNEC Certificate in Nutrition & Dietetics for TVET graduates	2 Years	March, September	Kapenguria, Karen, Lodwar, Kwale, Makueni, Mbuvo, Molo, Thika, Nyandarua, Homa Bay
Department of Orthopaedic & Trauma Medicine	Diploma in Orthopaedics and Trauma Medicine (upgrading)	Certificate in Orthopaedics Plaster Technology/ Certificate in Orthopaedic Trauma Medicine	2 Years	March, September	Port Reitz, Mbooni, Nairobi, Nakuru, Makindu, Kangundo, Makueni, Machakos, Thika, Sigowet, Kaptumo, Bungoma, Kakamega
Department of Health Promotion & Community Health	Diploma in Community Health (upgrading)	Certificate in Community Health from KMTC	2 Years	March, September	Embu, Imenti, Iten, Kabarnet, Kangundo, Kapenguria, Kuria, Lake Victoria, Lodwar, Lugari, Makindu, Makueni, Mbuvo Satellite, Mandera, Manza, Mbooni, Nairobi, Ndhiwa, Chemolingot, Nyahururu, Nyamache, Othaya, Port Reitz, Rachuonyo, Sigowet, Tana River, Taveta, Teso, Trans-Mara, Ugenya, Webuye
Department of Health Records & Information Technology	Diploma in Health Records and Information (upgrading)	Certificate in Health Records and Information Technology from KMTC or any other accredited institution Registration by Health Records and Information Management (HRIM) Board.	2 Years	March, September	Kitui, Nakuru, Tana River, Siaya, Mombasa, Muranga, Kuria, Msambweni, Imenti, Lamu, Bondo, Rera, Teso, Webuye, Kaptumo, Othaya, Molo, Kapenguria, Manza, Rachuonyo, Chwele, Nyamache, Lugari, Makueni, Mbuvo, Ugenya, Meru, Maua, Nairobi, Nyeri (E-Learning)
Department of Clinical Medicine	Diploma in Mortuary Science (upgrading)	Certificate in Mortuary Science from a recognized institution.	2 Years	March	Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu
	Diploma in Emergency Medical Technician (upgrading)	Certificate in Emergency Medical Technician from KMTC or any other recognized institution.	2 Years	March, September	Nairobi, Kapenguria, Mombasa, Makindu