KMTC Courses You Can Join With a D+ Mean Grade
A D+ mean grade is the lowest entry bar KMTC publishes for a certificate award. Only two courses accept it, and here’s exactly what else you need to qualify for each one, straight from KMTC’s own Academic Programmes booklet.
Quick answer
Two KMTC certificates admit a mean grade of D+:
- Certificate in Medical Engineering
- Certificate in Nutrition and Dietetics
One short course also accepts a D+ minimum: Safe Phlebotomy. It isn’t a certificate-level award, but it’s worth knowing about if D+ is where you’re starting from.
Full entry requirements, subject by subject
Certificate in Medical Engineering
| Duration | Offered at | Entry requirements |
|---|---|---|
| 2 years | Selected Campuses | Mean Grade D+, D+ in English/Kiswahili and D in Mathematics. D- in any one of: Physics/Physical Sciences, Biology/Biological Sciences, Chemistry. |
This is the only KMTC health course where Biology isn’t a fixed requirement — Physics or Chemistry can stand in for it.
Certificate in Nutrition and Dietetics
| Duration | Offered at | Entry requirements |
|---|---|---|
| 2 years | Selected Campuses | Mean Grade D+, D+ in English or Kiswahili and D in Biology/Biological Sciences. D in Chemistry/Physical Sciences. D in any one of: Home Science, Agriculture, Mathematics, Physics/Physical Sciences. |
The one short course that also accepts D+
| Course | Duration | Campus | Fees (KES) | Requirements |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Safe Phlebotomy | 5 days full-time | Nairobi, Port Reitz, Lake Victoria, Nyeri, Kitui, Machakos, Meru, Kisii | 20,000 | Minimum D+ in KCSE |
Safe Phlebotomy is a short course, not a certificate programme — it trains you to draw blood for diagnostic purposes rather than leading to a KMTC certificate award.
Not quite a D+?
If your mean grade is D plain, one step below D+, only the Health Care Assistant short course is open to you. It runs for 1 year and costs KES 82,700, with intakes across dozens of KMTC campuses countrywide.
