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Department of Finance, Accounting, Economics and Procurement

Dr. Peninah Tanui

Chair of Department

Alupe University is a Kenyan University located on a 200 acre piece of land, approximately 7 kilometres from Busia town on the Busia-Malaba Road and 23 kilometres from Malaba town, which are both border towns linking Kenya and Uganda. It is situated in Busia County and is currently the only Public University in the county. AU is a product of a memorandum handed to former President of Kenya, His Excellency Hon. Mwai Kibaki, on 18th September, 2007 by the then Busia Community. It began as the Alupe Campus of Moi University in 2008.

DEPARTMENT PROGRAMMES
BACHELOR OF ECONOMICS (BECON)
  • Entry Requirements: Mean Grade of “C+” and a minimum of C in both Mathematics/Business Studies and English/Kiswahili
  • Duration: 4 Academic Years
  • Mode of Study: Full time
BACHELOR OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT (BBM)
  • Entry Requirements: Mean Grade of “C+” and a C (plain) in both Mathematics and English Language
  • Duration: 4 Academic Years
  • Mode of Study: Full time
BACHELOR OF COMMERCE (BCOM)
  • Entry Requirements: Mean Grade of “C+”  and C (plain) in both Mathematics and English Language
  • Duration: 4 Academic Years
  • Mode of Study: Full time
DIPLOMA IN ECONOMICS (DECO)
  • Entry Requirements: Mean grade of C- (minus), with C- (minus) in either English or Kiswahili and D+ (plus) in Mathematics
  • Duration: 2 Academic Years
  • Mode of Study: Full time

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Dr. Peninah Tanui

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