Sciences - University of Ghana

KADE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE: Researches into production of forest zone
crops with special interest in agroeconomy of Perennial crop plants.
SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE: The School will maintain cutting edge excellence
in basic and applied biomedical and veterinary sciences research with emphasis on control of
animal diseases and the control of such diseases with the potential for transmission to humans.
FACULTIES
ARTS: Classics, English, Language Centre, Linguistics, Modern Languages (Arabic, French,
Russian, Spanish, Swahili), Mathematics, Philosophy, Study of Religions and The School of
Performing Arts (with Departments of Dance Studies, Music and Theatre Arts).
LAW: (non-departmentalized).
SCIENCE: Biochemistry, Botany, Chemistry, Computer Science, Fisheries and Oceanography,
Geography & Resource Development, Geology, Mathematics, Nutrition and Food Science,
Psychology, Physics, Statistics and Zoology.
SOCIAL STUDIES: Archaeology, Economics, Geography and Resource Development, History,
Information Studies, Mathematics, Political Science, Psychology, Statistics, Sociology and
Social Work.
BUSINESS SCHOOL: Accounting, Public Administration & Health Service Management,
Marketing & Consumer Management, Banking & Finance, Organization & Human Resource
Management and Management Information Systems.
ENGINEERING SCIENCES: Agricultural, Biomedical, Food Process, Materials Science and
Engineering (Ceramics Option) and Computer Engineering.
RESEARCH INSTITUTES AND SCHOOLS
THE BUSINESS SCHOOL: The Business School was originally established by statutory
instrument in January 1960, as the College of Administration, at Achimota. It had begun as the
Department of Commerce in the then Kumasi College of Technology (now Kwame Nkrumah
University of Science and Technology); this Department was transferred to the Western
Compound of Achimota to form the nucleus of the College of Administration. The main idea
behind the transfer was that the new College would serve as a comprehensive institution, which
would provide various training programmes required to meet the needs of administrative and
accounting personnel in the rapidly expanding economy of Ghana. The move was also intended
to give the College scope for expansion within the relatively more mature business environment
of Accra and to afford both Faculty and students opportunities for close contact with the business
community. The College was responsible for organizing courses in Accounting, Secretaryship,
Central and Local Government Administration and Hospital Administration. These courses led
to the examination of United Kingdom statutory bodies: The Association of Certified and
Corporate Accountants (ACCA), The Chartered Institute of Secretaries (CIS), The Corporation
of Certified Secretaries (CCS), The Clerical Examinations for Local Government Officers
(NALGO) and Institute of Hospital Administration. Though useful, the courses were not fully
satisfactory because they were foreign oriented, dealing mainly in United Kingdom institutions
and were not properly adapted to experience and practice in Ghana. It was, therefore decided in
1961 to reshape them and make them more relevant to national needs. In order to give the study
of Administration its proper place in the country‘s higher education system, and to attract the
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