Here, you’ll find non formal and some formal information about the University of Ghana. Now the info you’ll find here have been written from my own experience of being once a student of the University of Ghana. You’ll read what you can expect to experience should you become a student here. Many things that are true of the University of Ghana also apply to some other universities in Ghana, especially the government or public universities. But first, here is a list of the universities in Ghana.
University of Ghana, Legon
University of Cape Coast
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
University College of Education, Winneba
University for Development Studies
Valley View University
Central University College
Ashesi University
Western University, Formerly School of Mines
Regent University College of Science and Technology
Ghana Telecom University College
Presbyterian University at Kwahu
Methodist University College of Ghana, Dansoman
Islamic University College of Ghana, East Legon
Catholic University, Fiapre
Now here goes the beginning of my treatise of the University of Ghana.
The University of Ghana is the oldest and largest of the five Ghanaian public universities. 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 24,000 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 north-east of the centre of Accra. It has lush vegetation which is more beautiful during and after the rainy season.
