✅ Successful national applicants must report only after paying 60% of the respective course fee.
International applicants pay twice the national 60% amount. Additionally, all candidates must meet academic prerequisites
and pay a non-refundable application fee as detailed below.
📚 Academic prerequisites — course eligibility
🔹 Subject-specific requirements
- Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Course – requires both Mathematics & Physics (or equivalent courses).
- Integrated Professional Pilot License Course – requires Mathematics or Physics (or equivalent courses).
- Flight Dispatch Course – requires Mathematics or Physics (or equivalent courses).
🌍 General entry standard (all applicants)
- English proficiency: Every applicant must have passed English at Ordinary level.
- Minimum O-Level credits: At least 5 credits (including English and the relevant science/maths subjects) at Ordinary Level.
📌 Equivalent qualifications (e.g., IGCSE, IB, national certificates) will be assessed by the admissions board.
💰 Application fee (mandatory before interview)
🏦 Every applicant must pay a non-refundable application fee of UGX 100,000 to the following account:
Bank: Stanbic Bank Uganda
Account Number: 9030005797054
Account Name: East African Civil Aviation Academy
Currency: Uganda Shillings (UGX)
Payment reference: Full Name + Course (e.g., “KATO_JAMES_PILOT”)
⚠️ Proof of payment (scanned deposit slip or bank confirmation) must be submitted together with your application documents before the aptitude exams. No application will be processed without this fee.
🇺🇬 National applicants — 60% payment (USD)
| Course | Total Fee (USD) | 60% to be paid before reporting |
|---|
| Integrated Professional Pilot License | 24,000 USD | 14,400 USD |
| Aircraft Maintenance Engineering | 18,000 USD | 10,800 USD |
| Flight Dispatch Course | 4,000 USD | 2,400 USD |
🌍
International Applicants — Payment requirement (60% of double fee)
As per aviation training policy, international candidates must pay
twice the amounts listed for national applicants.
✈️ Pilot License: 60% of 48,000 USD = 28,800 USD
🔧 Maintenance Eng.: 60% of 36,000 USD = 21,600 USD
📡 Flight Dispatch: 60% of 8,000 USD = 4,800 USD
※ Double total fees: Pilot $48k | Maintenance $36k | Dispatch $8k
📆 Mandatory schedule & reporting condition
🗣️ Aptitude / Interview
22 July 2026
Mandatory assessment for all applicants (academic verification + aptitude)
📋 Reporting Day (New Intake)
7 September 2026
Physical reporting + submission of original documents
⚠️ Important Condition: Only candidates who have paid the full 60% deposit (national or international applicable rate), successfully passed the aptitude exams (interviews on 22 July 2026), met the Mathematics/Physics/English requirements, and settled the UGX 100,000 application fee will be permitted to report on 7 September 2026. No exceptions.
📊 Payment summary — at a glance
| Applicant type | Course | 60% payment required (USD) |
|---|
| 🇺🇬 National | Pilot License | 14,400 |
| Aircraft Maintenance Engineering | 10,800 |
| Flight Dispatch | 2,400 |
| 🌐 International | Pilot License | 28,800 |
| Aircraft Maintenance Engineering | 21,600 |
| Flight Dispatch | 4,800 |
📖 Reminder — Ordinary level requirements
- ✔️ Pass in English (mandatory for every applicant).
- ✔️ Minimum 5 credits at Ordinary Level (including English and the specific subject prerequisites: Math/Physics depending on course).
- ✔️ Engineering course applicants must present both Mathematics and Physics credits.
- ✔️ Pilot & Flight Dispatch applicants must present at least Mathematics OR Physics credit.
Applicants with foreign qualifications (e.g., IGCSE, WASSCE, IB, or equivalent) must provide an evaluation letter from the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) or recognized equivalence body before the interview date.
✅ Action checklist for all applicants:
- Pay UGX 100,000 application fee to Stanbic Bank (9030005797054 – East African Civil Aviation Academy).
- Submit proof of payment & academic documents (certified copies of O-Level results, Math/Physics evidence).
- Attend mandatory aptitude exam / interview on 22 July 2026.
- If successful, pay 60% course fee (national/international rate) before 7 September 2026.
- Report on 7 September 2026 with original payment receipts and academic credentials.