Polytechnic Institute

General

Before registration, each applicant must read the text of the ULK regulations on ULK Website or at the Academic Affairs Directorate Office and must accept to conform him/herself to its content and to the educational philosophy of ULK.

ULK Polytechnic Institute aims to produce for the country and the region competent engineers having the following :

  • Knowledge (very high scientific education);
  • Know -how (professional skills);
  • Good conduct (solid moral education).
Department Programme Duration
Electrical and Electronics Engineering

(Advanced Diploma A1)

 Electrical Technology 2 years (4 quarters per year)
Electronics and Telecommunication 2 years (4 quarters per year)
Electronics and ICT 2 years (4 quarters per year)
Civil Engineering

(Advanced Diploma A1)

 Construction Technology 2 years (4 quarters per year)
Engineering Survey (Topography) 2 years (4 quarters per year)
Quantity Survey 2 years (4 quarters per year)
Water and Sanitation 2 years (4 quarters per year)
Mechanical Engineering

(Advanced Diploma A1)

 Automobile Technology  

2 years (4 quarters per year)

ULK offers:
Day courses starting from 8:00 a.m to 2:00 p.m;
Evening courses starting from 5:30 p.m to 9:30 p.m.

1. REGISTRATION

To be registered at ULK, one must comply with the following conditions (extract from ULK regulations):

A-level with at least two principal passes;
Passing an English language proficiency test (if the applicant is from a country not using English as medium of instruction);
Student requesting entry with credit transferred from another Higher Education Institution must do so within two months before the beginning of the programme for which the entry is sought;

In order to be registered for any Advanced Diploma, the prospective student must hand in:

  1. A notified copy of the required certificate;
  2. A duly filled in registration form;
  3. Two passport photos taken at ULK;
  4. A copy of the identity card (for prospective candidates);
  5. A proof of fees payment.
III. REGISRATION FEES AND TUITION FEES
  1. Registration fees amount to 30,000 Rwandan francs.
  2. The tuition fees

The tuition fees are fixed as follows:

Two hundred thousand francs (RWF 200,000) per trimester for day section;
Two hundred and twenty thousand francs (RWF 220,000) per trimester for evening section;
One academic year has four trimesters.
The whole polytechnic programme of A1 is done in two academic years.

The tuition fees payment procedures are the following:

The tuition fee for each trimester is payable in advance, that is to say, it is paid at the beginning of the trimester;
Compulsory payment takes place at the beginning of the second month of the academic trimester;

Paying in instalments is negotiated and obtained from the Administrative and Financial Director (DAF) and the beneficiary must respect his/her written promise;
Due to several abuses (bouncing cheques and wrong signatures), cheques are not accepted. We accept banks’ deposit slips;
Tuition fees are paid into the following Bank accounts:

  • Account ACCESS BANK N° 1002100101066601
  • Account ECOBANK/Kigali N° 0010113801485001
  • Account BK /Kigali N° 040-0201556-23
  • Account KCB N° 4400464725
  • Account BCR N° 0014031-01-77
  • Account UNGUKA BANK LTD 224-2902392-07

Documents:

Registration Information
Student Guidebook
Internal Regulations
Academic Regulations