Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KSCE)
The Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KSCE) is designed to prepare students for further study at university.
The University of Western Australia welcomes applications from students who have completed the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education program.
To be admitted to the University, you must:
- satisfy the University's English language competence requirement by satisfactory performance in one of the English subjects detailed in the table below
- achieve a sufficient number of points to be offered a place
- satisfy any prerequisite subject requirements for your chosen course and major
Minimum entry scores
KCSE students must meet equivalent entry standards to other applicants.
The following table provides an overview of the points considered equivalent to various Australian Tertiary Admission Ranks.
| KCSE Points | ATAR equivalent |
| 60 | 75 |
| 63 | 80 |
| 66 | 85 |
| 69 | 88 |
| 70 | 90 |
| 72 | 92 |
| 74 | 94 |
| 77 | 96 |
| 80 | 98 |
Notes
Selection Rank
Aggregate is calculated from the points of the best 7 subject grades, which are assigned to grades as per the table below: Selection Rank Aggregate is calculated from the points of the best 7 subject grades, which are assigned to grades as per the table below:
| Grades | A | A- | B+ | B | B- | C+ | C | C- | D+ | D | D- | E |
| Points | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Aggregate | Selection Rank |
| 84 | 99.00 |
| 83 | 98.75 |
| 82 | 98.50 |
| 81 | 98.25 |
| 80 | 98.00 |
| 79 | 97.00 |
| 78 | 96.50 |
| 77 | 96.00 |
| 76 | 95.50 |
| 75 | 95.00 |
| 74 | 94.00 |
| 73 | 93.00 |
| 72 | 92.00 |
| 71 | 91.00 |
| 70 | 90.00 |
| 69 | 89.00 |
| 68 | 87.00 |
| 67 | 86.00 |
| 66 | 85.00 |
| 65 | 84.00 |
| 64 | 82.00 |
| 63 | 80.00 |
| 62 | 78.00 |
| 61 | 77.00 |
| 60 | 75.00 |
| <60 | <75.00 |
English Language Competence
Grade of C+ or above in English