Admission requirements

A candidate must satisfy the prescribed University of Nairobi requirements. In addition, the minimum qualifications for admission to an Ordinary Diploma programme are:

Application is done on a rolling basis online. There is an intake in September of every year.

• Use the link below to apply.

https://application.uonbi.ac.ke

• Admission requirements are as follows:
• . Applicants should have the minimum qualifications for admission to an Ordinary Diploma programme which are:

(i)    KCSE certificate with a minimum aggregate of C (plain) or equivalent

(ii)   KCSE With a Mean grade C- or equivalent Plus a Certificate from a recognized post- secondary institution

(iii) ‘O’ level certificate with a minimum grade of Division III plus evidence of relevant academic or professional training

(iv) ‘A’ level qualification with a minimum of one (1) principal pass, or equivalent

Contacts of support persons: Chairman’s office, Examination officer  and Programme  coordinator:

-TEL. 0204913217

-Department Email: dept-sociology@uonbi.ac.ke

 Examination regulations

Final University of Nairobi examinations shall be given at the end of every semester in each taught course unit; and each final examination shall be in the form of a two-hour written examination paper. Where a semester-long project paper is required, work on the project paper shall be started and completed during the final semester of the ordinary diploma programme.

To be awarded the ordinary diploma, a candidate must pass all specialized, core and elective course units taken, as well as the Project Paper where applicable.

1. All examinations shall be governed by the following rules:

1. The written final examination shall account for seventy percent (70%) of all the marks in each course unit, while continuous assessment tests shall account for thirty percent (30%).  The Project Paper or “Independent Research” paper shall be marked over 100, as there shall be no continuous assessment test associated with them.
2. A candidate who fails in any examination in any unit may sit a supplementary examination when it is scheduled provided that he/she shall pay such fees as may be prescribed by the Faculty and the University.
3. A candidate who fails in any examination in an elective course unit may, at his/her own discretion, after payment of the request fees register in an alternative elective course unit.
4. A student who, for good cause supported with authenticated documentary evidence, fails to sit or complete an end-of-course examination may be allowed to sit a special examination for the paper(s) concerned when the examination is next scheduled, without paying additional fees.
5. Where these regulations are silent on any aspect of University examinations, existing University of Nairobi, Faculty of Arts regulations shall apply.

 

Award of Ordinary Diplomas

Each successful candidate for an Ordinary Diploma shall be awarded a University of Nairobi Ordinary Diploma certificate, which shall specify the candidate’s broad area of study or training.  In addition, each candidate shall receive a University Transcript specifying, inter alia, all the course units taken, their course codes, and the letter grades obtained in each.  The class of the Ordinary Diploma awarded shall be based on the average marks obtained in all course units.

The Ordinary Diploma shall be graded as follows:-

70% and above           =          [Distinction]

50% to 69%                =          [Credit]

40% to 49%                =          [Pass]

Below 40%                 =          E[Fail]