How to Apply for KUCCPS Inter-Institution Transfer

As the 2025/2026 academic cycle moves into its next phase, the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) has clarified the roadmap for students seeking to change their allocated institutions.

For the students who were placed in a course that wasn’t their first choice or had a change of heart regarding preferred campus location, the Inter-Institutional Transfer (IIT), KUCCPS opens a window for adjustment in order to ensure all students secure their preferred campuses and courses.

KUCCPS is tasked with placing all KCSE candidates into courses of their choice.

The placement service gives candidates an opportunity to apply for inter-university transfer, which enables those students who were not pleased with the university/college in which they were placed to transfer to the university/college of their choice.

How to apply for Inter-institution transfer

• Log in to the KUCCPS Student Portal at students.kuccps.net using your KCSE index number and password.

• Click on “Inter-Institution Transfer” on the dashboard.

• Select the course and institution you want to transfer to.

• The system will check eligibility based on your KCSE cluster points and course requirements.

• Submit the transfer request online.

• The request is sent electronically to:

  • The receiving institution (to approve), then

  • The releasing institution (to approve).

• After both institutions approve, KUCCPS reviews and confirms the transfer.

• Download and print the transfer letter from the portal once approved.

Note: You will only be allowed to proceed if you meet the previous year’s cut-off points and the specific subject requirements for that course.

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KUCCPS Terms and Conditions 

Before commencing the transfer application, please read these instructions carefully:

• To be eligible for transfer, the Placement Service must have placed the applicant in the programme from which one seeks a transfer.
• One will only be able to apply to transfer to a course whose minimum requirements one meets.
• Applicants to degree programmes must meet the applicable cut-off point for their respective placement year.
• The programme applied to must have been on offer in the year the applicant was placed.
• An applicant may only apply to transfer to one programme.

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• An applicant shall only transfer once for the duration of the programme.
• The applicant may view the available programmes and their requirements by clicking the Programmes tab above, and can search for courses by institution, using the Institutions tab above.
• Once the applicant has settled on a preferred programme, only the 7-Character Programme Code will be required.
• To apply, use the transfer applications tab and follow the instructions provided.
• An application-processing fee of Ksh1,000 is charged per application.
• A prompt for the M-PESA transaction code will appear at the point of submission. Please keep the transaction code safe, as it may be required again.

CAUTION! Do not make any payment before the applicant has been prompted or after the application deadline has passed!

Once one has made an application for transfer, the applicant may monitor the progress of their application via the student’s portal.

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