FAQ

  • The College’s main intake is October every year.
  • The other intakes for select certificate courses are in January, April, July & October.
  • Intake for Short courses are throughout the year at dates announced to the public.

Kenya Utalii College offers diploma and certificate courses. We also offer short courses, as well as tailor-made courses that address individual gaps in different areas in the hospitality and tourism industry. 

Diploma courses:
Higher National Diploma in Hospitality Management
Diploma in hospitality Management
Diploma in Culinary Arts
Diploma in Food and Beverage Service Management
Diploma in Housekeeping and Laundry Management
Diploma in Front Office Operations and Administration
Diploma in Events Management
Diploma in Travel and Tourism Management
Diploma in Tour Guiding and Administration

Certificate Courses:
Certificate in Housekeeping and Laundry
Certificate in Front Office Operations
Certificate in Pastry and Bakery
Certificate in Tour Guiding and Administration
Certificate in Banqueting and Events Techniques
Certificate in Travel and Tour Operations

Diploma in Hospitality Management takes three (3) years while the rest of the diploma courses take two (2) years to study.
Certificate courses take one (1) year of study.

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Applications are done online via the College Application portal on application.utalii.ac.ke

Yes. The College students are among beneficiaries of the students’ loans from the Tourism Training Revolving Fund through the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB).

We have Nairobi Main Campus along Thika Super Highway and Kisumu Campus (domiciled at Kanyakwar Cultural Centre behind Lake Basin Mall).

Our accommodation fee ranges from Kes 14,000 per month.

Unfortunately, no you have to do our certificate course before proceeding to do a Diploma course at KUC. If you don’t qualify for a certificate course you have to do short course before doing a Certificate.

Diploma Courses (C plain)
Certificate Course (C minus)
Short Course (KCSE Certificate/O’ Level)

Yes, we do for those pursuing Diploma and Certificate Courses.

The cost for our Full-Time programmes ranges from (Kes 153,200 to Kes 164,700) per year.
While our short courses range from (Kes 30,000 to Kes 65,000) per course.

Only for our progression courses which are offered to KUC certificate graduates on a hybrid basis.