Diploma in Land Survey

Minimum Entry Requirement
KCSE Mean Grade C- (With C- in English, Mathematics, Physics) or KNEC Craft certificate in similar field or equivalent.

The Diploma course takes three (3) years full time.

Certificate in Land Survey

Minimum Entry Requirement
KCSE Mean Grade D (With D in English, Mathematics, Physics).

The Certificate course take two (2) years full time.

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In addition to the above regular courses, the department offers the following short term courses;

  • Global Navigation Satellite system (GNSS)
  • AutoCAD
  • Carlson survey

These short term courses are geared towards helping serving professionals keep abreast with the current technologies in this field.

The key mandate of the Land survey department is to teach on the core units of the land surveying course at both Diploma and certificate levels. In addition, the department teaches Land survey support unit to Cartography and Photogrammetry students.

The following core units are taught at different stages of the Land surveying course:-

Higher Diploma Courses

Year 1

  • Photogrammetry and remote sensing
  • Field Astronomy
  • Plane surveying
  • Survey adjustment
  • Geodesy

Year 2

  • Land law
  • Geophysics
  • Plane surveying
  • Survey adjustment
  • Geodesy

Diploma Courses

Diploma First year
  • Survey control
  • Topographical surveying
  • Surveying Instruments
Diploma Second year
  • Survey control
  • Engineering surveying
  • Surveying Instruments
  • Land survey support
Diploma Third year
  • Survey control
  • Engineering surveying
  • Cadastral surveying
  • Land law
  • Land survey support

Certificate Course units

First year
  • Land survey theory
  • Land survey practice
  • Surveying Instruments
Second year
  • Land survey theory
  • Land survey practice
  • Surveying Instruments
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CBET Courses

Land surveying level 5

  1. Surveying instruments
  2. Cartography
  3. Topographic surveying
  4. Engineering survey

Land surveying level 6

  1. Land Law
  2. Photogrammetry and remote sensing
  3. GIS
  4. Cartography
  5. Topographical surveying
  6. Engineering surveying
  7. Cadastral surveying
  8. Hydrographic surveying
  9. Mining survey
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