University of Ghana
The University of Ghana is the oldest and largest of the thirteen national public universities in Ghana. It was founded in 1948 in the British colony of the Gold Coast, as the University College of the Gold Coast, and was originally affiliated to the University of London which then supervised its academic programs and awarded degrees.
After independence in 1957, the college was renamed the University College of Ghana. It changed its name again to the University of Ghana in 1961 when it gained full university status. The University of Ghana is situated on the West view of the Accra Legon hills and northeast of the center of Accra. The University now has four colleges with schools and research institutes under them;
- School of Biomedical and Allied Health Sciences
- School of Medicine and Dentistry
- School of Nursing
- School of Pharmacy
- School of Public Health
- Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research
- Centre for Tropical, Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics
- West African Genetic Medicine Centre (WAGMC)
College of Basic and Applied Sciences
- School of Agriculture
- Livestock and Poultry Research Centre (LIPREC), Legon
- Soil and Irrigation Research Centre (SIREC),Kpong
- Forest and Horticultural Crops Research Centre (FOHCREC), Kade
- School of Biological Sciences
- School of Engineering Sciences
- School of Nuclear and Allied Sciences
- School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
- School of Veterinary Medicine
- Institute for Environment and Sanitation Studies
- Institute of Applied Science and Technology
- Biotechnology Research Centre
- West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement
- West African Center for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens
- Center for Climate Change and Sustainability Studies (C3SS)
- Business School
- School of Law
- School of Arts
- School of Languages
- School of Social Sciences
- School of Performing Arts
- Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research
- Institute of African Studies
- Maria Sibylla Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa
- Regional Institute for Population Studies
- Centre for Social Policy Studies
- Centre for Migration Studies
- Centre for Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems
- Legon Centre for International Affairs and Diplomacy
- Centre for Gender Studies and Advocacy
- Language Centre
- University of Ghana Accra City Campus
- School of Information and Communication Studies
- School of Education and Leadership
- School of Continuing and Distance Education
The University Council
Position | Personality |
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Vice-Chancellor | Prof. Nana Aba Appiah Amfo |
Chancellor | Mary Chinery-Hesse |
Council Chair | H.L Sophia Akuffo |