There are some diploma courses you will study in Kenya that will take you anywhere, others are very marketable and will readily enable you secure employment in any leading institution. In this era of Covid-19, you should be extremely careful because some diploma courses have been rendered obsolete. If you aren’t guided well, you’ll end up pursuing a useless diploma course.
Some of the areas to avoid include real estate, tourism, hotel management and catering. If you make a mistake of pursing Tourism Management, you’ll end up being jobless forever.
Surprisingly, areas like nursing which used to be less attractive is no a hot cake. If you also pursue something related to marketing and pharmacy, you’ll secure employment so easily.
To pursue a diploma course in Kenya, you require KCSE mean grade of D+ and above. However, some courses demand more than a C minus.
In 2021, here are the best and most marketable diploma courses to study in Kenya:
- Diploma In Architecture–JKUAT
- Diploma in Clinical Medicine—JKUAT
- Diploma in HIV/AIDS Management–JKUAT
- Diploma in Business Administration–JKUAT
- Diploma in Business Information Technology–JKUAT
- Diploma in Information Technology–JKUAT
- Diploma in Purchasing & Supplies Management—JKUAT
- Diploma Programmes in Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences
- Diploma In Leather Technology–UoN
- Diploma In Estate Agency And Property Management–UoN
- Post Graduate Diploma In Housing Administration–UoN
- Diploma In Sales & Marketing(fes)–UoN
- Diploma In Adult Education And Community Development–UoN
- Diploma In Early Childhood Education–UoN
- Diploma In Public Relations–UoN
- Diploma In Guidance And Counseling–UoN
- Higher Diploma In Medical Diagnostic Ultrasound–UoN
- Diploma In Audiology And Public Health Otology–UoN
- Diploma In Chinese Language And Culture–UoN
- Diploma In Theatre And Film Studies–UoN
- Diploma In Criminology And Social Order–UoN
- Diploma In Purchasing And Supplies Management–UoN
- Diploma In Project Planning And Management–UoN
- Diploma in Information System–TUK
- Diploma in Communication & Computer Networks–TUK
- Diploma Technology in Computer Technology–TUK
- Diploma Technology in Computer Engineering–TUK
- Diploma in Civil Engineering Diploma in Technology in Civil Engineering–TUK
- Diploma in Water Engineering Certificate in AutoCAD–TUK
- Diploma in Electrical and Electronic Engineering–TUK
- Diploma in Telecommunication Systems Technician–TUK
- Diploma in Technology (Survey Technology)–TUK
- Diploma in Technology (Geo-information Technology)–TUK
- Diploma in Technology in Mechanical Engineering options–TUK
- Diploma in Technology in Mechatronic Engineering–TUK
- Diploma in Technology in Architecture–TUK
- Diploma in Quantity Surveying–TUK
- Diploma in Quantity Construction Management–TUK
- Diploma in Technology (Urban and Regional Planning)–TUK
- Diploma in Technology: Environmental Resource Management–TUK
- Diploma in Science Laboratory Technology–TUK
- Diploma in Technology in Applied Statistics–TUK
- Diploma in Technology: Health Records & Information Technology–TUK
- Diploma in Technology: Community and Public Health–TUK
- Diploma in Technology in Disaster Management–TUK
- Diploma in Technology in Hotel and Restaurant Management–TUK
- Diploma in Event Management–TUK
- Diploma in Accountancy–TUK
- Diploma in Secretarial Studies–TUK
- Diploma in Supplies Management–TUK
- Diploma in Legal Studies–TUK
- Diploma in Graphic Design and Communication–TUK
- Diploma in Clothing Technology–TUK
- Diploma in Fashion Design and Garment Making–TUK
- Diploma in Technology (Journalism and Public Relations)–TUK
- Diploma in Printing and Packaging–TUK
- Diploma in Printing Technology–TUK
- Higher Diploma in Printing Technology—TUK
- Diploma in Dental Technology—KMTC
- Diploma in Clinical Medicine and Surgery—KMTC
- Diploma in Occupational Therapy—KMTC
- Diploma in Optometry—KMTC
- Diploma in Orthopaedic Technology—KMTC
- Diploma in Pharmacy—KMTC
- Diploma in Radiography and Imaging (Medical Imaging Sciences)—KMTC
- Diploma in Orthopaedic and Trauma Medicine—KMTC
- Diploma in Nursing—KMTC
- Diploma in Monitoring and evaluation
- Diploma in Software Engineering
- Diploma in cake baking