In as much as every course on offer has its own importance, some are more marketable with a lot of career prospect. Due to the present economic situation, it’s important to find out if a course has more job opportunities and will fetch a good salary before applying to study that course.

The marketability of a course is defined by the chances of getting a job quickly and easily after studying the course. These courses don’t just guarantee you a job, but a job that pays really well. You should also know that due to the career prospect of these courses, there is stiff competition among students to study these courses.

Studying these courses mentioned below does not in any way guarantee you immediate success. It’s a good way to start with because of the many opportunities they offer. Success can only be achieved with hard work and dedication. This article will help you identify ten of the best courses to pursue in Ghana.

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  1. Medicine

Medicine is a vocational course, one in which the student is trained to become a medical professional.

Medicine is the most popular course in Ghana. In our world today, the human race can’t go on without falling sick at one point in their lifetime or in need of medical assistance and with the outbreak of diseases and pandemics, the medical professionals are always in want. This makes medicine one of the most in-demand courses at the university.

In fact, it’s the dream of every parent for their ward to become a doctor in Ghana. For this reason, medicine has remained the most marketable course to study in Ghanaian universities. Also, there is a general belief that graduates of medicine get jobs as a medical doctor with ease.

Furthermore, medical doctors also rank as one of the best-paid professionals in Ghana. Considering all these, you see why Ghanaian parents want their parents to study medicine at the university.

2. Nursing and Midwifery

Nursing encompasses autonomous and collaborative care of individuals of all ages, families, groups and communities, sick or well and in all settings. It includes the promotion of health, the prevention of illness, and the care of ill, disabled and dying people. They are often the first to detect health emergencies and work on the front lines of disease prevention and the delivery of primary health care, including promotion, prevention, treatment and rehabilitation.

Nursing is also one of the best courses to study in Ghana. There are so many opportunities for nurses and midwives both at home and abroad. In the medical sector, nurses are in high demand, but only very few are qualified to fill these spaces.

Interestingly, nurses are also in high demand in foreign countries as well. This is why so many nurses and medical personnel are migrating out of the country. Although a fresh graduate might not earn so much, you can be sure of a job and can also boost a career by doing professional courses in other sub-specialties of nursing.

3. Engineering (Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering)

Engineering is the use of scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridges, tunnels, roads, vehicles, and buildings.

Engineering courses are among the best programmes with good job prospects in Ghana. Engineering courses such as Mechanical, Electrical and Civil engineering are generally in demand in almost every sector of the Ghanaian economy. There is also a high competition for students looking to get admission into these courses.

Petroleum is one of the driving forces of the Ghanaian economy today. Also, workers in the oil and gas sectors are among the best paid in the world. A reason why most students want to study chemical and petroleum engineering. There is a huge competition but the pay is rewarding once you scale through the application process.

With a degree in mechanical engineering, you can secure a job as a mechanical engineer, industrial engineer, automotive engineer, mechanical engineering technician and much more

Civil Engineering and Built Environment is also an aspect of engineering which is lucrative. With a lot of constructions popping up across the country, the demand for experts in civil engineering, architecture, surveying, estate management is in demand. A degree in any of these courses gives places you an edge in the construction and building sector of the economy.

4. Accounting

Accounting is the process of recording financial transactions pertaining to a business. The accounting process includes summarizing, analysing, and reporting these transactions to oversight agencies, regulators, and tax collection entities.

Accounting is one of the most marketable courses to study in a Ghanaian university. Positions for accountants are needed in every sector of the Ghanaian economy. Sectors where accountants can work, include government agencies, accounting firms, companies, hotels, banks, schools, airports, etc.

You can enroll to become a chartered accountant in Ghana. There are other professional courses and certifications that make accounting degree even more marketable. Write a professional course and get registered with a professional body to increase your chances as an accountant.

5. Pharmacy

Ghanaian Pharmacists are well-trained professionals who carry out their work with high ethical and moral standards.  Pharmacists provide adequate, timely and current information on medicines to prescribers, other healthcare workers and the general public. 

Pharmacy is another course that is sought after in the medical field. It’s a very competitive course, and also one of the most difficult courses to study at the university. Pharmacists are trained to formulate medicines, study how medicines work, and its interaction with the body.

A graduate of pharmacy can work in any pharmaceutical company, hospital, or medical facility. Such can also work for government establishments. You can also establish your own pharmaceutical company.

6. Information Technology

Information technology (IT) is the use of computers to create, process, store, retrieve, and exchange all kinds of data and information.

Information and technology drive the world. In Ghana and other countries when you have knowledge about IT, the chances of you getting a job are very high. All you need is to get your qualification, computer and internet connection.

Courses like computer science, web designing and many others are available. When you finish up your course, you can become a software developer, website designer, computer programmer and many other opportunities out there. And one of the advantages of being in this field is that you can have multiple jobs making extra cash. The world is getting digitalized and in high need of IT experts. This makes computer science, computer engineering and IT-related courses among the most marketable courses to study in Ghana.

 All over the world, IT professionals and computer science graduates are in hot demand. With special IT skills, you stand a chance of landing a job with a huge financial benefit. The downside is that anybody can learn IT skills.

7. Education

Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits.

The educational sector is also another sector that guarantees job security. Teachers in Ghana are always in demand, most especially in rural areas. Most people prefer to teach in the urban centers and in cities. So, if you can accept postings in the rural areas and ready to teach as a teacher, then teaching (education) will be another job opportunity course you can consider.

Even though these days, it’s hard to get postings as a graduate teacher, the education sector can still absorb you when you go to college or university to study education. You can become a teacher at the basic, secondary, or tertiary level.

8. Human Resource Management

Human resource management (HRM) is the process of employing people, training them, compensating them, developing policies relating to them, and developing strategies to retain them.

Human resources are the set of people who make up the work force of an organization, business sector, industry or economy. A narrower concept is human capital, the knowledge which the individuals embody. Similar terms include manpower, labour, personnel, associates or simply people.

When you take courses under this, the job opportunities include Career Advisor, Recruitment Consultant, Office Managers, Human resource officers and many more. Human Resource Managers are among the highest paid workers in the country even though getting a job as an HRM is competitive.

9. Agriculture

Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture is central to Ghana’s foreign exchange earnings and overall economic well-being.

The business of producing something that people will always need is a sure way to gain income and make it big. There are various occupations in agriculture some of which are; fish farming, soil scientist, farm manager, agricultural consultant and so on.

Agriculture is one of the most underrated courses to study but it is also one of the most lucrative courses to study at the university. Everyone needs food and it’s the duty of agriculturist to meet this demand.

Graduates can be employed in Institutions that carry out scientific research of the soil resources of Ghana for increased and sustainable agriculture.

10. Geology

Geology is the study of the structure, evolution and dynamics of the Earth and its natural mineral and energy resources.

Geology is one of the best courses to study but it is not very popular. However, it’s the toast of the mining and oil and gas sector. Graduates of geology are much sort after in the oil and gas industry. They are mostly needed in the upstream sector for drilling and exploration of crude oil and natural gas.

Ghana is Africa’s largest producer of Gold and a major producer of other minerals, as such many major mining companies in Africa are heading to Ghana creating more job opportunities for students of geology.

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