Proposed fee increase for public universities: Bachelors degree and Masters degree
Getting a degree could become even more unbearable and unaffordable for government sponsored students if the proposal to increase tuition fee goes through. The fee increase proposal currently undergoing evaluation in 31 universities in Kenya encourages fee to be charged depending on the cost of the degree programme. This means that degree courses that require more practicals like engineering and medicine among others will charge a higher fee compared to other degree programmes.
The draft report of the proposal to increase fee in public universities is being handled by a committee of vice chancellors and chaired by TUK vice chancellor.
Below are proposed student unit costs for Module 1 for different Bachelors degree programmes
- Dental surgery-684,000
- Medicine (MB.ChB)-420,000
- Veterinary medicine, pharmacy-456,000
- Engineering, built environment-360,000
- Agriculture, health, sciences, education (sc), design, computing, music, performing arts, applied
technologies- 312,000 - Communication, information science, journalism, environment natural resources, hospitality, applied sciences, natural sciences,
mathematics -264,000 - Business, law, education (arts), economics, applied social sciences – 192,000
- Arts and humanities- 156,000
Below are proposed student unit costs for Module 1 for different Masters degree programmes
- Dental surgery-864,000
- Medicine (MB.ChB)-756,000
- Veterinary medicine, pharmacy-564,000
- Engineering, built environment-456,000
- Agriculture, health, sciences, education (sc), design, computing, music, performing arts, applied
technologies- 384,000 - Communication, information science, journalism, environment natural resources, hospitality, applied sciences, natural sciences,
mathematics-336,000 - Business, law, education (arts), economics, applied social sciences-240,000
- Arts and humanities-204,000
Source: Draft Report on Unit Cost 2015.
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