(humanities): 2009 - 2011 - University of Ghana

2. COLLEGE, FACULTIES, INSTITUTES, SCHOOLS
AND RESEARCH FACILITIES
Academic life of the University of Ghana is centered around Colleges, Faculties, Institutes/
Schools and Centres of Research/Learning.
COLLEGES
COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES
The College of Health Sciences is constituted by seven Schools which are of the status of
Faculty, and one research institute. These are:
MEDICAL SCHOOL: Anaesthetics, Anatomy, Medical Biochemistry, Centre for Tropical
Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Chemical Pathology, Child Health, Community
Health, Haematology, Medicine and Therapeutics, Microbiology, Obstetrics and Gynaecology,
Pathology, Pharmacology, Physiology, Psychiatry, Radiology, Surgery.
DENTAL SCHOOL: Biomaterial Science; Restorative Dentistry; Paedodontics and
Orthodontics; Preventive Dentistry; Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery; Oral Pathology and Oral
Medicine;
SCHOOL OF ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCES: Medical Laboratory Sciences, Radiography
and Physiotheraphy.
SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH: Health Policy, Planning & Management; Biostatistics,
Epidemiology & Disease Control; Population, Family & Reproductive Health; Social &
Behavourial Science; Biological, Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences
NOGUCHI MEMORIAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH: An institute for
research into medical and paramedical issues. Nutrition, Clinical Pathology, Immunology,
Parasitology, Virology, Electron Microscopy, Bacteriology, Animal Experimentation.
SCHOOL OF NURSING: Community Health, Maternal & Child Health, Mental Health, Adult
Health, Research, Education and Administration.
SCHOOL OF PHARMACY: The newest member of the College, the School is organized into
the following Departments: Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Pharmaceutics and Microbiology,
Pharmacognosy and Herbal Medicine, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Pharmacy Practice and
Clinical Pharmacy
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SCIENCES
The College is constituted by two Schools and three Research Institutions.
SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE: Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Agricultural
Extension, Animal Science, Crop Science, Home Science and Soil Science.
LEGON AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE: Research into animal breeding, animal
nutrition, veterinary medicine, pasture improvement and the development of dairy cattle by
crossbreeding.
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