The general entry requirements to read Masters Programmes at the University of Ghana is a good first degree, preferably second class lower or better (or a Final Grade Point Average of at least 2.0), in a relevant field of study at the University of Ghana or any recognized/accredited University. Applicants with third class may be considered for admission based on work experience and/or other qualifications.
A minimum of two to three years working experience is required from all applicants desiring to pursue programmes at the University of Ghana Business School.
For more details in respect of Admission requirements, applicants are advised to contact the various Departments/Schools/Institutes/Centres for additional information on the various programmes.
For purposes of assessing an applicant’s eligibility, he/she may be required to take an entrance examination and/or interview at the Department/Institute/School/Centre.
For programmes marked with asterisks (*), all applicants are admitted into the MA/MSc programme at the first instance. Students who obtain an average of B+ or better in the first semester examinations MAY upgrade to the MPhil programme upon recommendation by the Head of Department in consultation with the Graduate Studies Committee of his/her Department.
To read PhD programmes, applicants may apply for a PhD programme with a Masters’ degree or a very good first degree. Applicants with relevant Masters’ degree from the University of Ghana or any recognized/accredited University may apply for a PhD programme.
Applicants with very good first degree from the University of Ghana or any recognized/accredited University may apply for a PhD programme. Such applicants, when admitted, shall be required to take first year courses of the Masters’ (Level 600) programme of their departments. They shall be required to pass all examinations in the courses. On successful completion of the Level 600 courses and depending on their performance, they would then progress into the four-year Ph.D. programme.
All PhD programmes in the University are now fee-paying and the durations are as follows
Full-Time – Four (4) years
Part-Time – Six (6) years
Tuition fees are as follows:
GHANAIANS
| MSc Actuarial Science | – GHS 4,971.50 per semester |
| Other Non-Business Programmes | – GHS 4,573.50 per semester |
| Business School Programmes | – GHS 16,820.00 (GHS 8410.00 per semester) |
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
MSc. Actuarial Science
| West African Nationals | – $2,733.00 per semester |
| Other African Nationals | – $3476.00 per semester |
| Non-African Nationals | – $4,589.00 per semester |
Business School Programmes
| Foreign, Ecowas and other Africans | – $7,400 for the year ($ 3,700 per sandwich semester) |
Other Non-Business Programmes for International Applicants
| West African Nationals | – $2,424.00 per semester |
| Other African Nationals | – $3,042.00 per semester |
| Non-African Nationals | – $3,970.00 per semester |
Here are all the postgraduate courses offered at the University of Ghana, Legon:
COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES
SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES
MA/MPHIL/PHD PROGRAMMES
| Translation | MA |
| Arabic | MA/MPhil |
| Russian | MA/MPhil |
| Spanish | MA/MPhil |
| Linguistics | MA/MPhil/PhD |
| English | MA/MPhil/PhD |
| Teaching English as a Second Language | MPhil (Top up) |
| French | MPhil/PhD |
| Conference Interpreting | MA |
SCHOOL OF ARTS
MA/MPHIL/PHD PROGRAMMES
| Classics | MPhil/PhD |
| Museum & Heritage Studies | MA/PhD |
| Archaeology | MPhil/PhD |
| History | MPhil/PhD |
| Philosophy | MPhil/PhD |
| Study of Religions | MPhil/PhD |
SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS
MA/MPHIL/PHD PROGRAMMES
| Theatre Arts | MA/MFA/MPhil/PhD |
| Music Options available: Theory & Composition, Ethnomusicology | MPhil/PhD |
| Dance (Choreography/Performance) | MFA |
| Dance Options available for MPhil Dance: Dance Ethnology, Dance in Education | MPhil |
SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
MA/MPHIL/PHD PROGRAMMES
| Economic Policy Management | MA/Weekend/Evening/Fee Paying |
| Economics | MPhil |
| Development Economics | PhD |
| Social Work | MPhil/PhD |
| Geography & Resource Development | MPhil/PhD |
| Psychology Options Available: MPhil Clinical Psychology MPhil Social Psychology MPhil Industrial and Organizational Psychology MPhil in Counselling Psychology MPhil in Development Psychology | MPhil |
| Psychology | PhD |
| Political Science | MA/MPhil/PhD |
| Sociology* | MA/PhD |
| Climate Change &Sustainable Development | MSc/MPhil |
INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC RESEARCH
MA/MPHIL/PHD PROGRAMMES
| Development Studies* | MA/MPhil/PhD |
CENTRE FOR SOCIAL POLICY STUDIES
PROGRAMMES
| Social Policy Studies | MA/PhD |
REGIONAL INSTITUTE FOR POPULATION STUDIES
MA/MPHIL/PHD PROGRAMMES
| Population Studies* | MA/MPhil/PhD |
LEGON CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AND DIPLOMACY
MA/MPHIL/PHD PROGRAMMES
| International Affairs (One Year, Regular) | MA |
| International Affairs (Two year Part Time) | MA |
| International Affairs | PhD |
CENTRE FOR AGEING STUDIES
MA PROGRAMMES
| Counselling | MA |
CENTRE FOR MIGRATION STUDIES
MA/MPHIL/PHD PROGRAMMES
| Migration Studies* | MA/MPhil/PhD |
INSTITUTE OF AFRICAN STUDIES
MA/MPHIL/PHD PROGRAMMES
| African Studies* | MA/MPhil/PhD |
UNIVERSITY OF GHANA BUSINESS SCHOOL
MA /MSC/MBA/MPHIL/PHD PROGRAMMES
| Information Systems | PhD |
| Management Science | Ph.D |
| Operations Management | MPhil |
| Management Information Systems | MBA/MPhil |
| Health Services Management | MBA/MPhil |
| Human Resource Management | MBA/MPhil |
| Public Administration | MPA/MPhil |
| Marketing | MBA/MPhil/PhD |
| Accounting | MBA/MPhil/PhD |
| Finance | MBA/MPhil/PhD |
| Public Administration and Policy Management | PhD |
| Health Policy and Management | PhD |
| Risk Management and Insurance | MPhil |
UNIVERSITY OF GHANA BUSINESS SCHOOL SPECIAL WEEK-END /EXECUTIVE MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION PROGRAMMES
| Accounting and Financial Services Management | EMBA |
| Finance | MBA /EMBA |
| Health Services Administration | MBA |
| Human Resource Management | MBA /EMBA/PHD |
| Management Information Systems | MBA |
| Marketing | MBA/EMBA |
| Public Administration | MPA |
| Project Management | EMBA |
| Entrepreneurial Management | EMBA |
| Accounting and Financial Services Management | EMBA |
| Development Finance | MSC |
| Business Analytics | MSC |
| Business Analytics (ACCESS) | MSC |
| Management and Administration | MA |
| Accounting and Finance (ACCESS) | MSC |
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SCHOOL OF LAW
TO BE OFFERED ON PART-TIME BASIS
| Alternative Dispute Resolution | MA (a two year evening programme) |
| Human Rights and Administration | MA (a two year evening programme) |
| **Alternative Dispute Resolution | LLM (a two year evening programme) |
| **Oil and Gas Law | LLM (a two year evening programme) |
**Only for persons with degrees in law
MA/LLM Programme
Applicants would be required to take an entrance examination
| Law | PhD |
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
SCHOOL OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION STUDIES
MA/MPHIL/PHD PROGRAMMES
| Information Studies* | MA/PhD |
| Communication Studies* | MA/MPhil/PhD |
SCHOOL OF CONTINUING AND DISTANCE EDUCATION
MA/MPHIL/PHD PROGRAMMES
| Distance Education & E-Learning* (Distance) | MA |
| Adult Education* | MA/MPhil |
| HIV/AIDS Management (Distance)* | MA/MPhil |
| Human Resource Development | MA/MPhil |
| Adult Education & Human Resource Studies | PhD |
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AND LEADERSHIP
MA/MPHIL PROGRAMME
| Educational Leadership and Management | MA/MPhil |
| Education | MA/MPhil |
COLLEGE OF BASIC AND APPLIED SCIENCES
SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL AND MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
MSC/MPHIL/PHD PROGRAMMES
| Petroleum Geoscience | MSc |
| Mineral Exploration | MSc |
| Engineering Geology | MSc/MPhil |
| Geology | MSc/MPhil |
| Hydrogeology | MSc/MPhil |
| Applied Geophysics | MSc/MPhil |
| Applied Geochemistry | MSc/MPhil |
| Economic Geology | MSc/MPhil |
| Mathematics | MSc/MPhil/PhD |
| Chemistry | MPhil/PhD |
| Physics | MPhil/PhD |
| Statistics | MPhil/PhD |
| Actuarial Science | MSc (evening/weekend)/MPhil |
| Computer Science | MSC(evening/weekend) MEng/MPhil/PhD |
| Earth Science | PhD |
SCHOOL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
MSC/MPHIL/PHD PROGRAMMES
| Fisheries Management | MSc |
| Coastal Zone Management | MSc |
| Aquaculture | MSc/MPHil |
| Molecular Biology | MPhil |
| Biochemistry | MSc/MPhil/PhD |
| Molecular Cell Biology of Infectious Diseases | MPhil/PhD |
| Zoology | MPhil |
| Biodiversity & Conservation Science | PhD |
| Applied Parasitology | MPhil/PhD |
| Botany | MPhil/PhD |
| Food Science | MPhil/PhD |
| Nutrition | MPhil/PhD |
| Marine Science | MPhil/PhD |
| Fisheries Science | MPhil/PhD |
INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND SANITATION STUDIES
MSC/MPHIL/PHD PROGRAMMES
| Environmental Science | MPhil/PhD |
| Sustainability Science | MPhil |
| Environmental Sanitation Studies | MPhil |
CENTRE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABILITY DEVELOPMENT
| Climate Change and Sustainable Development | MSc/MPhil |
SCHOOL OF NUCLEAR AND ALLIED SCIENCES
MPHIL/PHD PROGRAMMES
| Applied Nuclear Physics | MPhil/PhD |
| Computational Nuclear Sciences & Engineering | MPhil/PhD |
| Health Physics and Radiation Protection | MPhil/PhD |
| Medical Physics | MPhil/PhD |
| Nuclear Agriculture | MPhil/PhD |
| Nuclear Earth Science | MPhil/PhD |
| Nuclear Engineering | MPhil/PhD |
| Nuclear & Environmental Protection | MPhil/PhD |
| Nuclear and Radiochemistry | MPhil/PhD |
| Radiation Processing | MPhil/PhD |
| Radiation Protection | MPhil/PhD |
| Nuclear Science and Technology | MPhil |
| Nuclear Technology Applications in Petroleum and Mining Industries | MPhil |
SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE
MSC/MPHIL/PHD PROGRAMMES
| Extension & Livelihood Studies | MSc |
| Home Science | MPhil |
| Family and Consumer Sciences Options available: Food Utilization and Community Nutrition Child and Family Studies Family Resource Management | PhD |
| Agricultural Economics | MPhil |
| Agribusiness | MPhil/ PhD |
| Agricultural Extension | M.Agric/MPhil/PhD |
| Applied Parasitology | MPhil/PhD |
| Animal Science | M.Agric/ MPhil/PhD |
| Biodiversity Studies | MPhil |
| Biodiversity and Conservation Science | PhD |
| Crop Science | M.Agric/ MPhil/PhD |
| Soil Science MPhil Specialization Areas Available: Soil Chemistry and Fertility Pedology and landscape Processes Soil Physics and Conservation Soil Microbiology and Biochemistry Environmental Soil Science PhD Specializations Areas Available: Soil Fertility Soil Chemistry Pedology and landscape Processes Soil Physics and Conservation Soil Microbiology and Biochemistry Environmental Soil Science | M.Agric/ MPhil/PhD |
| Agricultural Administration | M.Agric/MPhil/PhD |
| Agricultural Engineering | MPhil/M.Eng/PhD |
| Applied Agricultural Economics & Policy | PhD |
| Entomology | MPhil/PhD (ARPPIS) |
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING SCIENCES
MENG/MPHIL/PhD PROGRAMMES
| Computer Engineering | MEng/MPhil/PhD |
| Agricultural Engineering | MEng/MPhil/PhD |
| Biomedical Engineering | MEng/MPhil/PhD |
| Materials Science & Engineering | MEng/MPhil/PhD |
| Food Process Engineering | MPhil/PhD |
COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES
SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL AND ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCES
MSC/MPHILPROGRAMMES
| +Medical Ultrasonography | MSc |
| +Dietetics | MSc/PhD |
| +Audiology | MSc |
| +Medical Laboratory Sciences | MSc |
| Speech and Language Therapy | MSc |
| Physiotherapy | MPhil/MSc |
SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
MSC/MPHIL/PHD PROGRAMMES
| Applied Health Social Science | MSc |
| Clinical Trials | MSc |
| Occupational Medicine | MSc |
| Occupational Hygiene | MSc |
| Public Health Monitoring and Evaluation | MSc |
| MSc in Bioethics | MSc |
| Health Economics | MHE |
| Health Informatics | MHI |
| Applied Epidemiology and Disease Control | MPhil |
| Public Health | MPH |
| Public Health Option available for the PhD: Biological, Environmental and Occupational Sciences Biostatistics Epidemiology and Disease Control| Health Policy, Planning and Management Population, Family and Reproductive Health Social and Behavioural Science | PhD |
SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH SPECIAL WEEKEND PROGRAMME
| Public Health | MPH |
| Public Health Monitoring and Evaluation | MSc |
SCHOOL OF NURSING AND MIDWIFERY
MSC/MPHILPROGRAMMES
| Nursing | MSc/MPhil/PhD |
| Midwifery | MSc/MPhil |
| + =Two Years Master of Science Programmes | |
| Two Years Masters in Paediatric Nursing-New programme | |
UNIVERSITY OF GHANA MEDICAL SCHOOL
| Anatomy | MPhil |
| Haematology | MPhil |
| Immunology | MPhil |
| Medical Microbiology | MPhil/PhD |
| Pharmacology | MPhil |
| Physiology | MPhil |
| Chemical Pathology | MPhil |