Choosing university courses through the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) can be daunting, especially for students who did not take or performed poorly in Chemistry at the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) level. Chemistry is one of the cluster subjects that most of the competitive science, engineering, and medical courses require.
The Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) matches students to degree and diploma programmes based on their KCSE grades and subject combinations. Many competitive and science-oriented courses include Chemistry as a required or core subject within their entry criteria. Chemistry is considered extremely useful for a wide range of career areas such as: