University of Ghana opens Kumasi Campus to enroll more students

The management of the University of Ghana as part of an effort to ensure students who were not able to gain admission to its main campus in Accra, Legon to access tertiary quality education has opened the Kumasi City Campus

The campus was established as one of two satellite campuses of the College of Education, fully accredited to offer undergraduate programmes in Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.

Speaking to the media, the Vice-Chancellor of UG, Prof. Nana Aba Appiah Amfo said the establishment of the various city campuses was the university’s aspiration to extend its premium services to students in the other regions across the country.

This, she noted, would enable university authorities to have manageable numbers across the campuses to ensure quality teaching, learning and effective lecturing to nurture the students into citizens who would be responsive to both local and global challenges.

“Unfortunately, the university turned down the application of many qualified individuals who wanted to study at the Legon campus because of inadequate facilities and resources to support a large intake.

We, therefore, encourage prospective students and guardians to seriously consider the programmes we offer at the various city campuses to increase their chances of gaining admission to pursue a programme with the premium university”, she said

She said her outfit admitted 11,246 students for the 2023/2024 academic year and out of the number, 56.6 per cent were females and 46.4 per cent were males, an indication of the university policy and commitment to affirmative action for women.

Professor Nana Aba amid the Kumasi City Campus promised to create a world-class city campus with a full complement of facilities and services to support the realisation of the vision and mission of the university.

The University of Ghana Vice-Chancellor applauded the city campus implementation team for their commitment and urged them to ensure the campuses were well-resourced and nurtured into a semi-autonomy state.

The Acting Principal of the Kumasi City Campus, Prof. Edward Nketiah-Amponsah encouraged the newly admitted students to be protective in building a long-standing network that would provide mentorship and job opportunities after their education.

He urged the students to embrace the new beginnings with an open mind and to create an environment where critical thinking and excellence in diversity were celebrated with the needed support to succeed.