The University of Ghana is the oldest and largest of the seven Ghanaian public universities. It is by far the most prestigious university in West Africa. It was founded in 1948 as the University College of the Gold Coast , and was originally an affiliate college of the University of London, which supervised its academic programmes and awarded degrees. It gained full university status in 1961, and now has nearly 42,000 students.
The original emphasis was on the liberal arts, social sciences, basic science, agriculture, and medicine, but (partly as the result of a national educational reform programme) the curriculum was expanded to provide more technology-based and vocational courses and postgraduate training.
The University is mainly based at Legon, about twelve kilometres northeast of the centre of Accra. The medical school is in Korle bu, with a teaching hospital and secondary campus in the city of Accra.
College of Health Sciences
There are four faculties, one school and one research institute under this college.
University of Ghana Medical School
- Department of Anaesthesia
- Department of Anatomy
- Department of Chemical Pathology
- Department of Child Health
- Department of Community Health
- Department of Haematology
- Department of Medical Biochemistry
- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics
- Department of Microbiology
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Department of Pathology
- Department of Pharmacology
- Department of Physiology
- Department of Psychiatry
- Department of Radiology
- Department of Surgery
University of Ghana Dental School
- Department of Biomaterials Science
- Department of Oral Pathology, Medicine and Radiology
- Department of Oral and Maxillo-Facial Surgery
- Department of Orthodontics & Pedodontics
- Department of Public Health Dentistry
- Department of Restorative Dentistry
- Department of Biomedical sciences
School of Allied Health Sciences
Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences
Department of Physiotherapy
Department of Radiography
Department of Dietetics
School of Nursing
This is located on the Legon campus though its students receive practical training at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital
School of Pharmacy
Institutions and Schools
- School of Public Health
- Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research
College of Agriculture and Consumer Sciences
- Department of Agricultural Economics & Agribusiness
- Department of Agricultural Mechanization
- Department of Agricultural Extension
- Department of Animal Science
- Department of Home Science
- Other Faculties
There are six more faculties outside the above Colleges. They are Arts, Social Studies, Law, Science, Administration (Business), and Engineering Sciences.
Faculty of Arts
- Department of Classics
- Department of Linguistics
- Department of English
- Department of Modern Languages(Arabic,Spanish,Swahili,French,German and Chinese)
- Department of Philosophy
- Department for the Study of Religions
- school of performing arts
Faculty of Social Studies
- Department of Anthropology
- Department of Archaeology
- Department of Economics
- Department of Geography & Resource Development
- Department of Global and Cultural Studies
- Currently in the testing phase
- Department of History
- Department of Information Studies
- Department of Political Science
- Department of Psychology
- Department of Sociology
- Department of Social Work
mathematics statistic computer
- Department of Biochemistry
- Department of mines
- Department of Mathematics
- Departement of telecom
- Department of Zoology
- Department of Botany
- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Computer Science
- Department of Geology
- Department of Statistics
- Department of Nutrition & Food Science
- Department of Oceanography & Fishries
- Department of Physics
- Department of Psychology
- School of Nuclear And Allied Sciences (postgraduate training only,campus located at the Ghana Atomic Agency Corporation)
University of Ghana Business School
- Department of Accounting
- Department of Finance
- Department of Marketing
- Department of Operations & Management Information Systems
- Department of Organization & Human Resources Management
- Department of Public Administration and Health Services Management
Faculty of Law
The law faculty at the university of ghana has decided to make law a second degree course.
Faculty of Engineering Sciences
- Department of Food Process Engineering
- Department of Computer Engineering
- Department of Agricultural Engineering
- Department of Material Science and Engineering
- Department of Biomedical Engineering
Institutes and schools
- Institute of Statistical Social and Economic Research
- Institute of African Studies
- Institute of Adult Education
- Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research
- Regional Institute for Population Studies
- School of Public Health
- School of Communication Studies
- School of Research & Graduate Studies,
- School of Performing Arts (with the following departments):
- Department of Theatre Arts
- Department of Music
- Department of Dance Studies
- Abibigromma Theatre Company
Research and learning Centres
- Centre for Social Policy Analysis
- Centre for Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System
- Legon Centre for International Affairs
- Centre for Migration
- International Centre for African Music and Dance
- Centre for Tropical Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
- Centre for Biotechnology Research
- Centre for African Wetlands
- Language Centre
- west african centre for crop improvement
- the united nations university for natural resources in Africa
- Centre for Gender Studies and Advocacy(CEGENSA)
- Regional Training Centre for Archivists
- Ecological laboratory
- Centre for African wetlands
- Centre for West African Wetlands
- Centre for Ghana Wetlands
- legon Botanical Gardens
- The Ghana Herbarium
- Centre for African Foods
- Centre for West African foods
- Centre for International foods
- centre for Ghana foods
- African regional centre for training in post graduate insect science
Workers Colleges
The university has these facilities in the various regions where it runs a variety of programmes including degree courses. The Awudome College has residential facilities that enable short courses over weekends and other durations to be run there.
- Accra Workers’ College, Accra
- Awudome Residential Workers’ College, Tsito
- Bolgatanga Workers’ College, Bolgatanga
- Cape Coast Workers’ College, Cape Coast
- Ho Workers’ College, Ho
- Koforidua Workers’ College, Koforidua
- Kumasi Workers’ College, Kumasi
- Takoradi Workers’ College, Takoradi
- Tamale Workers’ College, Tamale
- Tema Workers’ College, Tema
- Sunyani Workers’ College, Sunyani
- Wa Workers’ College, Wa
Halls of Residence
- Legon Hall ( Land of the Gentlemen )
- Akuafo Hall ( The Farmers )
- Commonwealth Hall ( The Vandals )
- Volta Hall ( Ladies with Vision and Style )
- Mensah Sarbah Hall ( The Vikings )
University Of Ghana Hostels
- International Students' Hostel (I and II)
- Valco Trust Hostels
- Presidential Hostel
- Jubilee Hall
- VIP Hall, by VIP (2006 YR GROUP)
- Evandy Hostel
- Pentagon
Private Hostels On Campus
- Ghana Hostels Ltd(pentagon).
- Bani International Hostel
- Evandy Hostel
- Bani hostel
Bank and Postal Services
The Ghana Commercial Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, Barclays Bank, HFC Bank and ECOBANK Ghana have branches on the University campus. They provide services to the students, staff and people living around the campus. Apart from the Internal Mail Office which facilitates postal services within the University, the University has a national postal service (Ghana Post) branch on campus.Other banks with no branch on campus do provide ATM services
Affiliated Institutions
A number of institutions and colleges hold affiliations with the university for the purpose of enrolment, teaching and award of degrees and diploma
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