The Methodist University Ghana is a
private university
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in
Ghana
Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...
. It is located at
Accra in the
Greater Accra Region
The Greater Accra Region has the smallest area of Ghana's 16 administrative regions, occupying a total land surface of 3,245 square kilometres. This is 1.4 per cent of the total land area of Ghana. It is the second most populated region, befor ...
. It was established in October 2000
by the
Methodist Church Ghana
The Methodist Church Ghana is one of the largest and oldest mainline Protestant denominations in Ghana. It traces its roots back to the landing of the Rev. Joseph Dunwell on 1 January 1835 in Cape Coast, in the Gold Coast (now Ghana). The ...
after being granted accreditation by the
National Accreditation Board
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in August 2000.
Academic work started in November 2000 at the Wesley Grammar School campus.
Organization
The university has five faculties. Each is made up of departments which report to their respective deans.
Faculty of Business Administration
* Accounting Department
* Banking and Finance Department
* Human Resource Management and Management Studies Department
* Marketing and Supply chain Department
Faculty of Arts and General Studies
* Languages Department
* General Studies Department
* Religious Studies Department
* Music and Theatre Studies Department
Faculty of Social Studies
* Economics Department
* Psychology Department
* Social Work Department
Faculty of Informatics and Mathematical Sciences
* Information Technology Department
* Mathematics and Statistics Departments
* Actuarial Science
Faculty of Applied Sciences
* General Agriculture and Agribusiness Department.
* Agroprocessing Department
* Nursing Department.
Campuses
There are three campuses.
* Dansoman Campus: This is the main campus of the university, in an Accra suburb.
* Tema Campus: Satellite campus on the premises of the Tema Methodist Day Secondary School.
* Wenchi Campus: B.Sc. General Agriculture, Diploma in General Nursing, Certificate programmes in Agrobusiness, Agro-processing and Horticulture are run from this campus.
Affiliation
The university was officially affiliated to the
University of Ghana
The University of Ghana is a public university located in Accra, Ghana. It the oldest and largest of the thirteen Ghanaian national public universities.
The university was founded in 1948 as the University College of the Gold Coast in the Br ...
since October 2002.
However, on Tuesday, August 30, 2022, the university was granted a presidential charter to award its own degrees.
See also
*
List of universities in Ghana
This is a list of universities in Ghana. For the purposes of this list, colleges and universities are defined as accredited, degree-granting, tertiary-level institutions. Small universities (especially private ones) are affiliated to larger e ...
Notes
External links
National Accreditation BoardMethodist University College GhanaMethodist Church Ghana
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Education in Accra
Christian universities and colleges in Ghana
Educational institutions established in 2000
2000 establishments in Ghana
Methodism in Ghana
Ghana
Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...