{"id":113020,"date":"2025-10-14T16:18:48","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T16:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/ur-explains-entry-criteria-as-it-admits-14000-new-students"},"modified":"2025-10-14T16:34:01","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T16:34:01","slug":"ur-explains-entry-criteria-as-it-admits-14000-new-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/culture-and-art\/ur-explains-entry-criteria-as-it-admits-14000-new-students","title":{"rendered":"UR explains entry criteria as it admits 14,000 new students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>University of Rwanda (UR) is set to welcome 14,152 first-year students for the 2025\/26 academic year after merging the 2024 and 2025 student intakes.<\/p>\n<p>Didas Kayihura Muganga, UR\u2019s Vice Chancellor, announced on October 13 that 6,867 students were selected from those who completed secondary school in 2024, and 7,285 students from those who completed secondary school in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, secondary school graduates had to wait a whole year before being admitted to the University of Rwanda.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe merged the two intakes so that secondary school graduates no longer wait the whole year to be admitted to UR. The number of those admitted is almost the same as in the previous intake, which admitted around 7,000 new students. The number of those from 2025 is higher than those from 2024,\u201d said Kayihura.<\/p>\n<p>The minimum cut-off mark to be admitted to UR was 50 out of 73 for those completed in 2024 and before. Applicants must have scored between 50 percent and 75 percent in the 2025 Advanced Level National Examinations, depending on the programme they wish to pursue.<\/p>\n<p>However, those with higher grades, especially science and technical graduates, are prioritised depending on the available capacity to receive new students across 88 programmes, he explained.<\/p>\n<p>Admission is based on published criteria, including performance in specific subjects, overall results, alignment with priority national programmes (especially STEM), and programme availability.<\/p>\n<p>Those admitted have to register and also apply for a study loan. The student loan application for students who completed secondary school in the year 2025 started from October 11, 2025 to October 17, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA two-week induction will start on October 27. The classes will kick off on November 10,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Muganga explained that university hostels are still not enough to accommodate all students, despite efforts to increase the number.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is why we chose to accommodate first-year students, with girls prioritised. While there are new hostels at the Nyarugenge campus, the other campuses will use the ones they already have.We will keep improving annually,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Over 900 additional rooms were built at the Nyarugenge campus to meet students&#8217; housing needs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA number of lecturers have been recruited. We do not have a recruitment season. We recruit based on demand. This time, we even started recruitment before the academic year started. We continue to recruit even after the academic year starts,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>He added that there has been a slight increase in laboratories.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can\u2019t say students are 100 percent comfortable or that all the needed facilities are available on campus. But we are continuously improving,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n<p>Raymond Ndikumana, Deputy Vice Chancellor for Strategic Planning and Administration at the University of Rwanda, added: \u201cAs for hostels, they are not enough, and we have never been able to accommodate all students, since only 20% are housed across the University.<\/p>\n<p>What we planned this year is to reserve the few available spaces for new students, and we are working with local authorities and the private sector to secure additional accommodation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, UR officials said they were planning to increase its hostel capacity to accommodate up to 60 per cent of undergraduate students.<\/p>\n<p>The institution currently accommodates about 23 per cent of undergraduate students.<\/p>\n<p>The university has about 31,000 students in seven colleges. It offers 87 undergraduate and 138 postgraduate programmes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Rwanda<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. University of Rwanda (UR) is set to welcome 14,152 first-year students for the 2025\/26 academic year after merging the 2024 and 2025 student intakes. 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