Intake dates
Three doors a year. Each one closes four weeks early.
Rounds begin in January, May and September. Apply four weeks ahead, book your placement check, and start with a Cohort instead of on your own.
- Rounds a year
- 3
- Length of a level
- ~12 wks
- Applications close
- 4 wks before
The calendar
January. May. September. That is the whole calendar.
Exact start dates change each round, so admissions confirms them when you apply. What never moves is the rhythm: three rounds, four weeks of applications, twelve weeks to a level.
- Round 01
January
Start the year already one level in.
- Applications close
- Four weeks before
- Placement check
- Before day one
- Start date
- Confirmed by admissions
- Round 02
May
The round for anyone who promised themselves a start date.
- Applications close
- Four weeks before
- Placement check
- Before day one
- Start date
- Confirmed by admissions
- Round 03
September
The long run: a full level before the year closes.
- Applications close
- Four weeks before
- Placement check
- Before day one
- Start date
- Confirmed by admissions
The run-up
What happens between "I should apply" and day one.
- Any time before 01
Choose
Compare programmes, levels and exam pathways on the programme table, then pick the round you want.
Compare programmes - Four weeks before 02
Apply
Send the Student Applicant form with the KSh 2,500 application fee. It is paid once per application, never again for a later round.
Application routes - After the form 03
Get placed
Admissions replies within one working day and books your 45-minute placement check, so day one starts at the right level.
- On your offer 04
Confirm
Accept the place with the KSh 5,000 confirmation deposit. The full payment schedule arrives with the offer.
What it costs - Day one 05
Start
Small cohort, Kendahouse, 4th Floor, or your online session. Your Instructor knows your name by week two.
Why four weeks
The gap is for your placement, not our paperwork.
A placement check takes 45 minutes and decides the room you sit in. Sending the form four weeks ahead gives admissions time to reply within a working day, book the check, and hold your seat in a Cohort that stays small enough for everyone to speak.
Miss the window and you are not rejected, you are simply moved to the next round. January, May, September: there is always another door, but it opens on its own schedule.
Count backwards
One level is about twelve weeks.
- January start first level assessed around April
- May start first level assessed around August
- September start first level assessed around December
Work backwards from the date you want a level finished, not the date you want to start. That is the number that decides which round you apply for.
Professional programmes run on their own calendars. Ask admissions for the current one.
Exact dates
Want the date, not the window?
Admissions confirms this round's start and close dates the same working day you ask: +254 714 772 289 or admissions@kiflaps.ac.ke.