The Rift Valley National Polytechnic Courses, Requirements and Fees

THE RIFT VALLEY NATIONAL POLYTECHNIC

Technology for Industrialization

Nakuru Njoro Road P.O. Box 7182-20100 Nakuru – Tel: 0720 66 82 38

Email: [email protected] Website: www.rvist.ac.ke

COURSES OFFERED

The Rift Valley Institute of Science and Technology (RVIST) is a giant institution offering a total of over 42 different courses in Higher National Diploma, Diploma, Craft and Artisan Programs.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

1.	Agricultural Extension	4	6 Months		KCSE E & D-(Minus)	CDACC
2.	Agricultural Extension	5	1	Year	KCSE D	CDACC
3.	Agricultural Extension	6	2	Years	KCSE C-(Minus)	CDACC
4.	Agripreneurship	4	6 Months		KCSE E & D-(Minus)	CDACC
5.	Agripreneurship	5	1	Year	KCSE D	CDACC
6.	Agripreneurship	6	2	Years	KCSE C-(Minus)	CDACC
7.	Dairy Farm Management	4	6 Months		KCSE E & D-(Minus)	CDACC
8.	Dairy Farm Management	5	1	Year	KCSE D	CDACC
9.	Dairy Farm Management	6	2	Years	KCSE C-(Minus)	CDACC
10.	Dairy Plant Management	5	1	Year	KCSE D	CDACC
11.	Dairy Processing	4	6 Months		KCSE E & D-(Minus)	CDACC
12.	Poultry Layer Production Operations	4	6 Months		KCSE E & D-(Minus)	CDACC
13.	Horticulture Production	4	6 Months		KCSE E & D-(Minus)	CDACC
14.	Sustainable Agriculture	5	1	Year	KCSE D	CDACC
15.	Sustainable Agriculture	6	2	Years	KCSE C-(Minus)	CDACC

 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

1.	Automotive Technician	4	6 Months	KCSE E & D-(Minus)	CDACC
2.	Motor Cycle Mechanics	4	6 Months	KCSE E & D-(Minus)	CDACC
3.	Automotive Engineering	5	1 Year	KCSE D+	CDACC
4.	Automotive Engineering	6	2 Years	KCSE C-(Minus)	CDACC
5.	Mechatronics	5	6 Months	KCSE E & D-(Minus)	CDACC
6.	Automotive Mechatronics Technology	6	2 Years	KCSE C-(Minus)	CDACC
7.	Mechanical Production (Lathe operations	4	6 Months	KCSE E & D-(Minus)	CDACC
	and Fabrication)
8.	Welding and Fabrication	4	6 Months	KCSE E & D-(Minus)	CDACC
9.	Welding and Fabrication	5	1 Year	KCSE D+	CDACC

 

10.	Welding and Fabrication	6	2 Years	KCSE C-(Minus)	CDACC
11.	Agricultural Engineering	6	2 Years	KCSE C-(Minus)	CDACC
12.	Agricultural Machinery & Equipment	5	1 Year	KCSE D+	CDACC
13.	Agriculture Machinery & Equipment	4	6 Months	KCSE E & D-(Minus)	CDACC

 

DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING

 

1.	Building Technology	5	1	Year	KCSE D	CDACC
2.	Building Technology	6	2	Years	KCSE C-(Minus)	CDACC
3.	Carpentry & Joinery	4	6 Months		KCSE E & D-(Minus)	CDACC
4.	Carpentry & Joinery	5	1	Year	KCSE D	CDACC
5.	Construction Management	6	2	Years	KCSE C-(Minus)	CDACC
6.	Land Surveying	5	1	Year	KCSE D	CDACC
7.	Land Surveying	6	2	Years	KCSE C-(Minus)	CDACC
8.	Masonry	4	6 Months		KCSE E & D-(Minus)	CDACC
9.	Plumbing	4	6 Months		KCSE E & D-(Minus)	CDACC
10.	Plumbing	5	1	Year	KCSE D	CDACC
11	Plumbing	6	2	Years	KCSE C-(Minus)	CDACC
12.	Architectural Draftsman	5	1	Year	KCSE D	CDACC
13.	Architecture	6	2	Years	KCSE C-(Minus)	CDACC
14.	Civil Engineering	6	2	Years	KCSE C-(Minus)	CDACC
15.	Quantity Surveying	6	2	Years	KCSE C-(Minus)	CDACC
16.	Road Transport Management	6	2	Years	KCSE C-(Minus)	CDACC
17.	Waste water and Sanitation	6	2	Years	KCSE C-(Minus)	CDACC
18.	Engineering Water Engineering	6	2	Years	KCSE C-(Minus)	CDACC

 

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS STUDIES

 

1.	Accountancy	6	2	Years	KCSE C-(Minus) or Accountancy Level 5	CDACC
2.	Banking & Finance	6	2 Years		KCSE C-(Minus) or Banking & Finance Level	5CDACC
3.	Business Management	5	1 Year		KCSE D or Business Management Level 4	CDACC
4.	Business Management	6	2 Years		KCSE C-(Minus) or Business Management Level 5	CDACC
5.	Cooperative Management	5	1 Year		KCSE D	CDACC
6.	Cooperative Management	6	2 Years		KCSE C-(Minus) or Cooperative Management Level 5	CDACC
7.	Human Resource Management	6	2 Years		KCSE C-(Minus) or Human Resource	CDACC
					Management Level 5
8.	Human Resource Management	5	1	Year	KCSE D+ or Dairy Farming Level 4	CDACC
9.	Office Administration (Secretarial)	5	1	Year	KCSE D or Office Administration Level 4	CDACC
10.	Office Administration (Secretarial)	6	2	Years	KCSE C-(Minus) or Office Administration	CDACC
					Level 5
11	Office Assistant	4	6 Months		KCSE E & D-(Minus)	CDACC
12.	Supply Chain Management	5	1 Year		KCSE D or Supply Chain Management
					Level 4	CDACC

 

13.	Supply Chain Management Store	6	2	Years	KCSE C-(Minus) or Supply Chain	CDACC
					Management Level 5
14.	Keeping Management	4	6 Months		KCSE E & D-(Minus)	CDACC
15.	Store Keeping Management	5	1	Year	KCSE D (Plain)	CDACC
16.	Road Transport Management	5	1	Years	KCSE D (Plain)	CDACC
17.	Road Transport Management	6	2	Years	KCSE C-(Minus) or Road Transport level 5	CDACC

 

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS

 

 

1.	Electronics Engineering	5	1	Year	KCSE D+
2.	Electronics Engineering	6	2	Years	KCSE C-(Minus)
3.	Electrical Engineering (Power Option)	6	2	Years	KCSE C-(Minus)
4.	Solar PV	4	6	Months	KCSE E & D-(Minus)
5.	Solar PV	5	1	Year	KCSE D+
6.	Telecommunication Engineering	5	1	Year	KCSE D+
7.	Telecommunication Engineering	6	2	Years	KCSE C-(Minus)
8.	Electrical Installation (Power)	4	6	Months	KCSE D-(Minus)
9.	Electrical Installation (Power)	5	1	Year	KCSE D+

 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND APPLIED SCIENCES

1.	Nutrition & Dietetics	Craft	2	Years	KCSE D+ (PLUS) with D in Math/	KNEC/
					Physics, D in Bio & D in Chem.	KNDI
					KCSE C- (MINUS) with D+ in
2.	Nutrition & Dietetics	Diploma	3	Years	Eng/Kisw, Bio, Chem and D in	KNEC/
					Math/Physics/Home Science/
						KNDI
					Agr.
3.	Science Laboratory	5	1	Year	KCSE D+	CDACC
4.	Science Laboratory	6	2	Years	KCSE C-(Minus)	CDACC
5.	Applied Biology	6	2	Years	KCSE C-(MINUS) with C- in Bio,	CDACC
					D+ in Chem, D+ in Math/Agr. &	CDACC
					D+ in Eng/Kisw.
6.	Analytical Chemistry	6	2	Years	KCSE C-(MINUS) with C- in	CDACC
					Chem, D+ in Math and D+ in
					Eng/Kisw.
					KCSE C-(MINUS) with C- in
7.	Medical Engineering	6	2 Years		Chem, D+ in Math and D+ in	CDACC
					Eng/Kisw.
8.	Petroleum & Geoscience	Craft	2	Year	KCSE D	KNEC
9.	Petroleum & Geoscience	Diploma	3	Years	KCSE C-(Minus)	KNEC
10.	Food Technology	6	2	Years	KCSE C-(Minus)	CDACC
	DEPARTMENT OF HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM
1.	Baking Technology	4	6 Months		KCSE E & D-(Minus)	CDACC
2.	Baking Technology	5	1 Year		KCSE D	CDACC
3.	Baking Technology	6	2	Years	KCSE C-(Minus)	CDACC
4.	Fashion Design	4	6 Months		KCSE E & D-(Minus)	CDACC
5.	Fashion Design	5	1 Year		KCSE D	CDACC
6.	Fashion Design Management	6	2 Years		KCSE C-(Minus)	CDACC

 

7.	Food & Beverage Production (Culinary Arts)	4	6 Months	KCSE E & D-(Minus)	CDACC
8.	Food & Beverage Production (Culinary Arts)	5	1 Year	KCSE D	CDACC
9.	Food & Beverage Sales & Service Manager	6	2 Years	KCSE C-(Minus)	CDACC
10.	Food & Beverage Sales Management	6	2 Years	KCSE C-(Minus)	CDACC
11	Food Technology	4	6 Months	KCSE E & D-(Minus)	CDACC
12.	Hair Dressing	4	6 Months	KCSE E & D-(Minus)	CDACC
13.	Hair Dressing	5	1 Year	KCSE D	CDACC
14.	Beauty Therapy	4	6 Months	KCSE E & D-(Minus)	CDACC
15.	Beauty Therapy	5	1 Year	KCSE D	CDACC
16.	House Keeping	4	6 Months	KCSE E & D-(Minus)	CDACC
17.	House Keeping & Accommodation	5	1 Year	KCSE D	CDACC
18.	House Keeping & Accommodation	6	2 Years	KCSE C-(Minus)	CDACC
19.	Tourism & Travel Management	5	1 Year	KCSE D	CDACC
20.	Tourism & Travel Management	6	2 Years	KCSE C-(Minus)	CDACC
21.	Tour Guide	5	1 Year	KCSE D	CDACC
	DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
1.	INFORMATION COMMUNICATION	4	6 Months	KCSE E & D-(Minus)	CDACC
	TECHNOLOGY
2.	INFORMATION COMMUNICATION	5	1 Year	KCSE D	CDACC
	TECHNOLOGY
3.	INFORMATION COMMUNICATION	5	1 Year	KCSE D	CDACC
	TECHNOLOGYTechnician
4.	Library and Information science	5	1 Year	KCSE D	CDACC
5.	Library and Information science	6	2 Years	KCSE C-(Minus) Pass in Level 5	CDACC
		6
6.	Records and Archives Management		2 Years	KCSE C-(Minus),Pass in Level 5	CDACC
		6
7.	Computer Science		2 Years	KCSE C-(Minus),Pass in Level 5	CDACC
		5
8.	Records and Archives		1 Year	KCSE D	CDACC

 

DEPARTMENT OF LIBERAL STUDIES

Counselling Psychology	5	1  Year	KCSE D	CDACC
Counselling Psychology	6	2 Years	KCSE C-(Minus)	CDACC
Social Work & Community Development	5	1 Year	KCSE D	CDACC
Social Work & Community Development	6	2 Years	KCSE C-(Minus)	CDACC

Those applying for KASNEB/ KISM courses for the first time to register with relevant bodies. Application Instructions:-

Fill in the application form available at www.rvist.ac.ke/downloads or at any of our campus and upload /submit copies of ID card, Birth Certificate, academic certificates (Result slip & leaving) and non-refundable fee of Kshs.500/- to be deposited in RVIST A/C Nakuru Branch at Cooperative Bank 01129087643400. Deposits may be made at any branch country wide. Include your mobile number in your application form. For more details visit our website www.rvist.ac.ke or email: [email protected]

Note: Rift Valley Institute of Science and Technology does not discriminate on account of gender or disability.

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