Eldoret Polytechnic (TENP)

The Eldoret National Polytechnic (TENP) is a public TVET institution established in 1985 as a middle-level technical training institution in Uasin Gishu County in Kenya. It is mandated to offer and promote quality technical, industrial, vocational, and entrepreneurship training.

Located in The institution town, the polytechnic is situated near several key industries which ensures practical training opportunities for its students. TENP offers diploma, certificate, and artisan programmes across engineering, business, ICT, and applied sciences departments, and is one of the national polytechnics gazetted under the TVET Act.

Eldoret Polytechnic conducts applied technical research and skills innovation aligned with the TVET CDACC Competency-Based Education and Training (CBET) framework and Uasin Gishu County development priorities. The institution hosts annual technical trade exhibitions and participates in regional KATTI research fairs, showcasing student and faculty innovations in renewable energy (solar and biogas installations), metal fabrication, agricultural mechanization, electrical building services, and ICT business solutions. Applied research projects collaborate with local informal sector artisans (Jua Kali), county vocational directorates, and community micro-enterprises to deliver practical engineering prototypes and community-level economic solutions.

The college requires a minimum KCSE mean grade of C- (Minus) for diploma programmes, D (Plain) for certificates, and KCPE for artisan courses. The college accepts KUCCPS-placed and self-sponsored students. Government capitation and HELB loans are available for eligible students.