What is KYVC and is it a real university?
KYVC is an abbreviation for Kentucky Virtual Campus and it is not a real university in terms of bricks and mortar. It is a clearinghouse for all classes and programs that colleges place online. KYVC provides a listing of online degrees and classes from many different colleges, including KCTCS. Although KYVC can provide the online application so you can request a class, it can NOT admit you, bill you, or confer your degree.

The Kentucky Virtual Campus provides a wealth of Help Desk services and KYVC 101 tutorials will help you become a successful online student. Go to www.kyvu.org to learn more!


What is a Home College?
Anyone who takes a KCTCS class must declare or be assigned a Home College. The Home College provides all the services to students that are provided on campus. The Home College admits you, advises you, bills you, provides your grade report, maintains your financial aid paperwork, etc. Importantly, the KCTCS Home College is the college that confers the degree credential.

When you submit a request for a class through KYVC, that request goes to the Registrar at your Home College. The Registrar will admit you and enroll you in the requested class, ONCE ALL THE REQUIRMENTS FOR ADMISSION HAVE BEEN MET. This is emphasized because so many students believe that they are automatically enrolled in a class once they submit the request. However, students must be formally admitted at a KCTCS College before the student's Home College will officially enroll the student in an online class.

What are college admission requirements?
A student enrolling at a Kentucky community or technical college for the first time must file an application for admission. Students who are re-entering the community or technical college after being out for one or more semesters must update their admissions records with the admission office. Students may be admitted to a community or technical college as freshmen, as students with advanced standing from other institutions, as visiting students, or as non-degree students. Kentucky community and technical colleges admit students who have graduated from a public high school or certified non-public high school; who have earned a high school general equivalency diploma (GED); who are eligible to pursue a GED; or who have graduated from a noncertified high school or have completed a home school curriculum and are subject to the ability to benefit criteria for KCTCS financial aid purposes and to the KCTCS Assessment and Placement Policy. Click Here To Learn more