1 University of Ghana

Welcome,The development of world-class humanresources and capabilities is fundamentalto the progress of any community. Andquality teaching, learning, research and knowledgedissemination is absolutely fundamental to thechallenges that confront the global community.Today’s higher education demands that students beequipped with knowledge and competencies to findworkable solutions to ever-increasing local and globalchallenges.At the University of Ghana, we take a serious viewof what it takes to nurture competencies becausemost of our students come from developing landswhere healthcare, basic education and food securitycontinue to limit the quality of life. Six decades ofteaching and learning has reaffirmed our belief thata multidisciplinary approach to finding solutions isthe way to go. For this reason, our faculties work atthe forefront of academia, industry and governanceproviding the needed leadership in research,technology, policy and advocacy. For instance, lastyear saw some 1,070 publications and 1,300 researchprojects being conducted in collaboration with bothlocal and foreign partners.Given the enormous diversity of teaching and learningactivities at the University, this admission prospectusis just a glimpse of what we do here. Nevertheless, Ihope it will give you some insight into the way we canassist you nurture your intellectual capital. Regardlessof your career ambitions, I encourage you to honeyour skills and competencies so you can assume theleadership roles necessary to shape the needs of yourcommunity, nation or continent.Sincerely,Professor Ernest AryeeteyBA (Econ), MSc (Kumasi), PhD (Dortmund).Vice-Chancellorwww.ug.edu.gh 2