All candidates who want to be admitted to the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degree programme or its equivalent must satisfy certain indexing requirements.
These include:
- For Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education holders, minimum university admission requirement is C+ (plus) and in addition, an average of B plain in each the of the following cluster subjects—
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Physics or Mathematics; and
- English or Kiswahili
- For Kenya Advanced Certificate of Education holders, a minimum of two principal passes in Biology, Chemistry and a subsidiary pass in either Mathematics or Physics;
- For International Baccalaureate (IB), a minimum of grade 5 or above in International Baccalaureate;
- For Diploma holders in Medical Sciences, a minimum “O” level Division II pass or C+ (plus) mean grade and a credit C+ pass in the cluster subjects in K.C.S.E., in addition to a three year diploma with a minimum of a credit pass from a medical training institution recognized by the Board;
- Proficiency in English language
- For holders of any degree in Biological Sciences or equivalent qualifications from a recognized university, subject to passing Graduate Record Examination (GRE);
- Other qualifications deemed to be equivalent to those in paragraphs (a)-(d) above from institutions recognized by the different institutions’ Senates.
