Commonwealth College of Medical and Related Studies (CCMRS) was founded in 2016 and registered by TVETA NO. TVETA/PRIVATE/TVC/0117/2018. The main campus is located in Kisumu Milimani while the Nairobi Campus is located at Agro house 4th floor Tom Mboya Street, Opposite Afya Center. The college was created to enable access to medical training in the region in three main ways: Create geographical proximity, affordability that allows fees to be paid in three installments per term, access to desired course as prescribed by the regulatory bodies. Currently, there are more than 30 approved TVETA training programs in the levels of craft, certificate and diploma courses. We train various courses including Human Nutrition and dietetics, Health Records and Information Technology, Perioperative theatre technology, Health care support assistant, Community health, Public health, Medical Engineering, Electrical engineering, Information communication technology, Emergency medical Technology, Mortuary science, Orthopedic medicine, Community health and HIV AIDs, Community health and development, Applied Biology, Science laboratory technology, Food Production and Bakery technology. Our courses have been organized into four departments namely: department of public health, department of human nutrition and dietetics, department of Medical engineering and department of Health records and information technology. To enable access, the college has organized training into regular, evening, weekend and distance learning modes. These programs ensure the college taps into both form four leavers and the working class. The office of the dean ensures an active and rich student life incorporating student and staff counseling, career talks, motivational talks, soft skills training, clubs, games, CSR, spiritual growth etc. Headed by the registrar, the academic division delivers quality training combining both theory and practical and tapping into the various MOUs with different public and private hospitals. Upon graduation, the human resource department retains student’s data base for referral to job opportunities. The human resource department also organizes for talks concerning how to apply for abroad market jobs.
The campus center manager works together with all divisions to ensure the students joining the campuses are cared for in areas of academics and social wellbeing. Together, the commonwealth team strives for excellence in line with our mission, vision and core values.