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Notice: HELB closes Monday, KUCCPS late degree applications are open, KMTC’s September intake has closed.
Several education money and placement windows open or close in the next few days. Here is where things stand today.
HELB and Universities Fund: closes Monday 21 September
The deadline was moved from 31 August to 21 September. It covers first-time university and TVET students and continuing students. By 31 August, 789,422 applications had come in. (KNN report)
First-time students: apply on the HEF portal, portal.hef.co.ke. You need your admission letter.
Continuing students: use the HELB app or dial *642#.
Help: HELB 0711 052 000. Universities Fund +254 207 903 331 or +254 746 737 935.
KUCCPS
The KUCCPS website shows late degree applications and Open University of Kenya applications as open. The inter-university transfer window closed on 14 August. KUCCPS says students who sat KCSE in 2025 can still transfer in 2026 or 2027. KUCCPS helpline: 020 5137400.
KMTC
Applications for KMTC's September intake ran from 24 July to 11 August and are closed.
Bursaries
The NG-CDF page for Kibra shows no 2026/27 bursary notice. Ask at the Kibra NG-CDF office in the DC's compound on Kibera Drive, or call +254 711 278 334. KNN has not found a 2026/27 application window for Nairobi County ward bursaries. Last year the county said each of its 85 wards got Sh3.5 million and 43,978 bursary cheques were issued.
Sources: Citizen Digital, Higher Education Financing, The Kenya Times, KUCCPS,, KUCCPS (KMTC), Kibra NG-CDF, Capital FM
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Several education money and placement windows open or close in the next few days. Here is where things stand today.
HELB and Universities Fund: closes Monday 21 September
The deadline was moved from 31 August to 21 September. It covers first-time university and TVET students and continuing students. By 31 August, 789,422 applications had come in. (KNN report)
First-time students: apply on the HEF portal, portal.hef.co.ke. You need your admission letter.
Continuing students: use the HELB app or dial *642#.
Help: HELB 0711 052 000. Universities Fund +254 207 903 331 or +254 746 737 935.
KUCCPS
The KUCCPS website shows late degree applications and Open University of Kenya applications as open. The inter-university transfer window closed on 14 August. KUCCPS says students who sat KCSE in 2025 can still transfer in 2026 or 2027. KUCCPS helpline: 020 5137400.
KMTC
Applications for KMTC’s September intake ran from 24 July to 11 August and are closed.
Bursaries
The NG-CDF page for Kibra shows no 2026/27 bursary notice. Ask at the Kibra NG-CDF office in the DC’s compound on Kibera Drive, or call +254 711 278 334. KNN has not found a 2026/27 application window for Nairobi County ward bursaries. Last year the county said each of its 85 wards got Sh3.5 million and 43,978 bursary cheques were issued.
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