University of Ghana

University of Ghana
University of Ghana logo
Motto	Integri Procedamus
Established	1948
Type	Public
Chairman	Justice Date-Baah
Chancellor	Kofi Annan
Vice-Chancellor	Professor Ernest Aryeetey
Students	32000
Location	Legon, Greater Accra Region, Ghana 05°39′03″N 00°11′13″W
Campus	Suburban area
Nickname	legon
Website	www.ug.edu.gh

The University of Ghana is the oldest and largest of the thirteen Ghanaian universities and tertiary institutions. It is one of the best universities in Africa and by far the most prestigious in West Africa . It was founded in 1948 as the University College of the Gold Coast, and was originally an affiliate college of the University of London, which supervised its academic programmes and awarded degrees. It gained full university status in 1961, and now has nearly 32,000 students.

The original emphasis was on the liberal arts, social sciences, basic science, agriculture, and medicine, but (partly as the result of a national educational reform programme) the curriculum was expanded to provide more technology-based and vocational courses and postgraduate training.

The University is mainly based at Legon, about twelve kilometres northeast of the centre of Accra. The medical school is in Korle Bu, with a teaching hospital and secondary campus in the city of Accra.It also has a Graduate school of nuclear and allied sciences at the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission,making it one of the few universities in Africa offering programmes in nuclear sciences

History of The University Of Ghana

THE UNIVERSITY OF GHANA was founded in 1948 as the University College of the Gold Coast on the recommendation of the Asquith Commission, on Higher Education in the then British colonies. The Asquith Commission, which was set up in 1943 to investigate Higher Education, recommended among other things, the setting up of University Colleges in association with the University of London. This was followed up by a number of separate Commissions in different regions. The West Africa Commission was under the Chairmanship of the Rt. Hon. Walter Elliot. The Elliot Commission published a majority report which recommended the establishment of two University Colleges in the Gold Coast (Ghana) and Nigeria, and a minority report which held that only one University College for the whole of British West Africa was feasible. The British Government at first accepted the minority report of the Elliot Commission and decided that a University College for the whole of British West Africa should be established at Ibadan in Nigeria. But the people of the Gold Coast could not accept this recommendation. Led by the scholar and politician, the late Dr. J.B. Danquah, they urged the Gold Coast Government to inform the British Government that the Gold Coast could support a University College. The British Government accordingly reviewed its decision and agreed to the establishment of the University College of the Gold Coast.

The University College of the Gold Coast was founded by Ordinance on August 11, 1948 for the purpose of providing for and promoting university education, learning and research. Its first Principal was the late Mr. David Mowbray Balme. Mr. Balme was far-sighted, courageous and dedicated to the promotion of scholarship. By his vision, industry and single-mindedness of purpose, he built a college and laid the foundations for a sound University which is now a source of pride. In his ten years of Principalship, he created an institution whose key-note was orderly living with dignity in a community of scholars. One of the recommendations of the Asquith Commission was that the British Government should set up an Inter-Universities Council to advise on all matters relating to Higher Education in the new British Colonies. The Inter-Universities Council served the new University College of the Gold Coast in an advisory capacity, but it approved all academic appointments. This arrangement helped the College to maintain the high academic standards associated with the Universities in Britain. Also, it enabled the College to seek support of the Council in obtaining funds from the United Kingdom Government sources.

From its inception, the University College of the Gold Coast was admitted to the Scheme of Special Relationship extended by the University of London to certain English and overseas University Colleges. Under this scheme, the University College was allowed to teach for the external degree examinations of London University. It also allowed the College to modify the London syllabuses to suit local conditions and to take part in the setting and marking of examinations. But London University gave final approval to courses and examinations since the degrees given were those of the University of London. For thirteen years, therefore, the University College looked up to two separate institutions in Great Britain: to the Inter-Universities Council for guidance on its broad policy, and to the University of London for approval and control of details of degree regulations. The University College benefitted greatly from this arrangement which certainly helped to maintain its high academic standards.

In the 1960-61 academic year, the College Council made a request to the Government of Ghana for legislation to constitute the University College into a University with the power to award its own degrees. The Government appointed an International Commission to examine the problem. On the recommendations of that Commission, the University of Ghana was set up by an Act of Parliament on October 1, 1961 (Act 79). The then President of the Republic of Ghana, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, became the first Chancellor of the University, with Nana Kobina Nketsia IV, BLitt DPhil (Oxon), Omanhene of Essikado, as the (Interim) Vice Chancellor.

Library

Balme Library at the University of Ghana

Main entrance to the Balme Library

The Great Hall and Legon Tower of learning

The Library started as the "College Library" when the parent institution the then University College of the Gold Coast was set up in 1948 as a College of the University of London; located at Achimota college, about 8 kilometres from the present Legon campus. In 1959, the "College Library" moved into its brand new buildings on Legon campus with its parent institutions and was named after the latter's first Principal, David Mowbrary Balme, a British expatriate.The Balme Library, one of Africa’s most distinguished research libraries is the main library of the University of Ghana Library System. It is located on the main campus of the University.

It consists of 6 departments and 1 special library for the physically hancicapped. The library's collections include more than 100 thousand books, 500 microfilms, CD's, tapes and impressive holdings of rare books, prints and archives. The library also offers access to extensive electronic resources.

It coordinates from the main Legon Campus a large number of libraries attached to the various Schools, Institutes, Faculties, Departments and Halls of Residence of the University, most of which are autonomous. The Library is the nerve centre for academic work in the University. All academic related functions such as teaching, research and learning find their support-base in the library where all types of documents, are organised for easy access to members of the University community.

College of Health Sciences

There are four faculties, one school and one research institute under this college.
Medical School

• Department of Anaesthesia
• Department of Anatomy
• Department of Chemical Pathology
• Department of Child Health
• Department of Community Health
• Department of Haematology
• Department of Medical Biochemistry
• Department of Medicine and Therapeutics
• Department of Microbiology
• Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Department of Pathology
• Department of Pharmacology
• Department of Physiology
• Department of Psychiatry
• Department of Radiology
• Department of Surgery

University of Ghana Dental School

• Department of Biomaterials Science
• Department of Oral Pathology, Medicine and Radiology
• Department of Oral and Maxillo-Facial Surgery
• Department of Orthodontics & Pedodontics
• Department of Public Health Dentistry
• Department of Restorative Dentistry
• Department of Biomedical sciences

School of Allied Health Sciences

• Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences
• Department of Physiotherapy
• Department of Radiography
• Department of Dietetics

School of Nursing This is located on the Legon campus though its students receive practical training at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital

School of Pharmacy

College of Agriculture and Consumer Sciences

• Department of Agricultural Economics & Agribusiness
• Department of Agricultural Mechanization
• Department of Agricultural Extension
• Department of Animal Science
• Department of Family and Consumer Sciences (formerly Home Science)
• Department of Soil Science
• Department of Crop Science
• Department of Veterinary medicine (The University has recently established a school for veterinary medicine)
• Agricultural Research Station - Kade
• Agricultural Research Station - Kpong
• Agricultural Research Station - Nungua

Other faculties

There are six faculties outside the above colleges.

Faculty of Arts

• Department of Classics
• Department of Linguistics
• Department of English
• Department of Modern Languages (Arabic, Spanish, Swahili, French, German and Chinese)
• Department of Philosophy
• Department for the Study of Religions (The department coordinates the affiliations with five seminaries / theological colleges)
• School of Performing Arts

Faculty of Social Studies

• Department of Anthropology
• Department of Archaeology
• Department of Economics
• Department of Geography & Resource Development
• Department of Global and Cultural Studies (currently in the testing phase)
• Department of History
• Department of Information Studies
• Department of Political Science
• Department of Psychology
• Department of Sociology
• Department of Social Work

Faculty of Science

• Department of Biochemistry
• Department of Mines
• Department of Mathematics
• Department of Telecom
• Department of Animal Biology and Conservation Science (formally Zoology)
• Department of Botany
• Department of Chemistry
• Department of Computer Science
• Department of Earth Science (formerly Department of Geology)
• Department of Statistics
• Department of Nutrition & Food Science
• Department of Oceanography & Fisheries
• Department of Physics
• Department of Psychology
• School of Nuclear And Allied Sciences (postgraduate training only; campus at the Ghana Atomic Agency Corporation)

University of Ghana Business School

• Department of Accounting
• Department of Banking and Finance
• Department of Marketing and consumer studies
• Department of Operations & Management Information Systems
• Department of Organization & Human Resources Management
• Department of Public Administration and Health Services Management

Faculty of Law

The law faculty at the University of Ghana has decided to make law a post-first degree programme.

The Faculty of Law of the University of Ghana is the premier centre for legal education in Ghana and continues to lead the way in preparing students for the legal profession. The Faculty was first established as a department of the Faculty of Social Studies in the 1958/59 academic year and became a full fledged Faculty in the 1960/61 academic year. The Faculty is distinguished by an enviable pedigree. From its inception, it has been a seat of intellectual excellence, a fact borne out by the national and international achievements and stature of its alumni.

Faculty of Engineering Sciences

• Department of Food Process Engineering
• Department of Computer Engineering
• Department of Agricultural Engineering
• Department of Material Science and Engineering
• Department of Biomedical Engineering

Institutes and schools

• Institute of Statistical Social and Economic Research
• Institute of African Studies
• Institute of Adult Education
• Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research
• Regional Institute for Population Studies
• School of Public Health
• School of Communication Studies
• School of Research & Graduate Studies,
• School of Performing Arts (with the following departments):
  • Department of Theatre Arts
  • Department of Music
  • Department of Dance Studies
  • Abibigromma Theatre Company
• Institute of Environmental and sanitation sciences

Research and learning Centres

• Centre of Excellence for Global Environmental Change Research.
• Centre for Social Policy Analysis
• Centre for Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System
• Legon Centre for International Affairs and Diplomacy
• Centre for Migration
• International Centre for African Music and Dance
• Centre for Tropical Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
• Centre for Biotechnology Research
• Centre for African Wetlands
• Language Centre
• West African Centre for Crop Improvement
• The United Nations University for Natural Resources in Africa
• Centre for Gender Studies and Advocacy(CEGENSA)
• Regional Training Centre for Archivists
• Ecological laboratory
• Legon Botanical Gardens
• The Ghana Herbarium
• Centre for African Foods
• Centre for West African foods
• Centre for International foods
• centre for Ghana foods
• African Regional centre for training in post graduate insect science

The University of Ghana in the Arts

The university has appeared in several movies and television adverts. It is arguably the most featured university campus in movies in Africa. The television series Suncity has alot of scenes of the university. The name of the university has also on several occasions formed part of the lyrics of several artists in Ghana, musicians like Sarkodie (legon girls), Buk Bak ( Klu blofo), Kwadei ( wutatami) and okordii ( four years in legon) are some of the artists. Almost invariably these lyrics describe the intelligence, eloquence and attractiveness of the students of the university. Also students of the University form a large number of some of the most celebrated musicians and actors in Ghana. This is not surprising since the university has one of the most Successful school of performing arts on the continent.

Workers Colleges

The university has these facilities in the various regions where it runs a variety of programmes including degree courses. The Awudome College has residential facilities that enable short courses over weekends and other durations to be run there.

• Accra Workers’ College,(now Accra City campus) Accra
• Awudome Residential Workers’ College, Tsito
• Bolgatanga Workers’ College, Bolgatanga
• Cape Coast Workers’ College, Cape Coast
• Ho Workers’ College, Ho
• Koforidua Workers’ College, Koforidua
• Kumasi Workers’ College, Kumasi
• Takoradi Workers’ College, Takoradi
• Tamale Workers’ College, Tamale
• Tema Workers’ College, Tema
• Sunyani Workers’ College, Sunyani
• Wa Workers’ College, Wa

Halls of Residence

Each Hall consists of junior members (students) and senior members (academic and senior administrative and professional staff), and is managed by a Council comprising members elected by persons belonging to the Hall. The Master (or Warden in the case of Volta Hall) is the Head of the Hall. Each Hall has Junior and Senior Common Rooms for students and Faculty, respectively. A tutorial system offers an opportunity for counseling students and ensuring their welfare at both academic and social levels. Students maintain interaction with each other and the wider community through recognized clubs and societies. Each Hall has a kitchen and a dining hall to cater for students' feeding. Chapels and a mosque are also available for use by various religious denominations. A Chaplaincy Board co-ordinates the activities of religious groups. Social life on the campus is organised mainly by the Students' Representative Council and the Junior Common Room Committees which provide various kinds of social programmes.

Legon Hall (Ladies and Gentlemen)

Legon Hall was the first to be built on the permanent site of the University of Ghana at Legon and is, therefore, the Premier Hall of the University. Its foundation tablet was laid during the Michaelmas Term of 1951 and, in September 1952, the first undergraduates were accepted into residence. On Trinity Sunday, 31st May 1953, the first service was held in the Chapel and the first meal served in the Dining Hall. From these events, the Hall took Trinity Sunday every year as its birthday, celebrated by a common "Feast" for both its Junior and Senior Members. The Hall's motto, Cui Datum ("To whom much is given…"), was selected from St. Luke's Gospel, in recognition of the special responsibility attached to the Hall's seniority. Senior Members of the University may be assigned as Fellows of the Hall by the Vice Chancellor and they usually keep their Fellowship for as long as they remain with the University. Persons of academic distinction outside the University may be elected as Honorary Fellows at a General Meeting of Fellows. The rest of the membership of the Hall is made up of persons in statu pupillari. The governing body of the Hall is the Hall Council, members of which are Fellows of the Hall. The principal Hall Officers are: The Master, the Vice-Master, the President of the Senior Common Room, the Senior Tutor, and the Hall Bursar. The Hall was converted into a mixed Hall of Residence in October, 1991.

Akuafo Hall(The Farmers)

Akuafo Hall was established with the appointment of Professor D.A. Taylor, a Master-designate and a Hall Council in 1953. The Hall Council in 1954 decided to name the Hall Akuafo to commemorate the generous gesture of the farmers of Ghana in giving money for the foundation of the University College. A crest which depicts a cocoa tree, an open book and a drum, designed by Professor W.J. McCallien, and a motto, laboremus et sapiamus, suggested by Professor L.H. Ofosu-Appiah, were adopted by the Council. A commemorative plaque with a Latin inscription composed by Professor L.H. Ofosu-Appiah was set up to show the gratitude of the Hall to the farmers of the country and to the British Government who gave the University College funds for the building of the Hall. The Hall was officially opened on 17 February, 1956, but the first students, numbering 131, came into residence on the 5th October, 1955. The Hall has its own statutes governing the election of officers and the administration of its affairs. Once a year, the Master has to convene a meeting of the Fellows, who form the governing body, to receive his annual report. The Senior Common Room is open to all Fellows and their guests, and the Senior Combination Room to all senior members of the University. Senior Members may also invite students to the Combination Room. The Hall was converted into a mixed Hall of Residence in October, 1991.

Commonwealth Hall (The V.A.N.D.A.Ls)

The first batch of students was admitted into residence in Commonwealth Hall at the beginning of the 1956-1957 academic year. In the Lent Term of that academic year, Ghana attained its independence from Great Britain, and the Hall, hitherto known as the Third Hall, was officially christened Commonwealth Hall to commemorate Ghana's admission into the Commonwealth of Nations. The official opening of the Hall was performed in March, 1957. It is, so far, the only all-male Hall of Residence in the University. The motto of the Hall, Truth Stands, was taken from a quotation from Satyre by John Donne (1572-1631):

''''"On a huge hill, cragged, and steep, Truth stands and hee that will Reach her, about must, and about must goe"''''

This motto combines both the physical situation of the Hall (on a hillside overlooking most of the University and beyond) and the proper pursuit of a University education, the search for truth. It is the only Hall of Residence in the University which has a theatre and amphitheatre for lectures and plays. The Coat of Arms of the Hall depicts the strength and unity of purpose of members of the Hall deriving from the bonds of association enjoyed by the individual members of the Hall. High Commissioners of the Commonwealth countries in Ghana are accorded Honorary Membership of the Hall. There is a Hall Council which administers the affairs of the Hall, assisted by the Tutorial Board and the Senior Common Room Committee.

Volta Hall (Ladies with Vision and Style)

Volta Hall started as the Fourth Hall in the 1959-60 academic year, on 16th November, 1960. The University College Council, on the recommendation of the Hall Council, named it Volta Hall. The Hall consists of the main hall originally designed to accommodate 82 students, and an annex with an original capacity for accommodating 198 students, the occupation of which began in January 1966. The motto of the Hall, chosen during the Hall's tenth anniversary celebrations, is in the Akan language and it is: Akokobere Nso Nyim Adekyee. This means that the secret or knowledge of life and nature is a gift to women as it is to men. The Hall has a governing Body which comprises all the Fellows assigned to it and those elected by the assigned Fellows. The government of the Hall rests with this body which delegates some of its powers to a Hall Council. The Hall Council consists of ten members, including the Warden, the Deputy Warden, the Senior Tutor and the Bursar who are ex-officio members. The day-to-day administration of the Hall is carried out by the Warden with the help of the Senior Tutor, who deals with all students' affairs, and the Bursar.

Mensah Sarbah Hall (The Vikings)

Mensah Sarbah Hall, the fifth Hall of the University, stands in the southern part of the campus. The Hall consists of a main Hall built around a quadrangle and a number of Annexes standing to the north and east. The last two south annexes are attached to the Hall. Until October 1991, Mensah Sarbah was the only co-ed Hall of Residence in the University, which made it quite unique among the Halls. The governing body of the Hall is the Council, which is responsible to the full body of Fellows who form the Senate. Students' affairs are handled by students' own elected government headed by a President, while the general administration of the Hall is under the Master who is assisted by the Senior Tutor and Tutors on the one hand and the Bursar on the other. Other Hall Officers are the Chaplain, who is responsible for the Roman Catholic Chapel, the Prayer Room Warden, who is responsible for the Protestant Chapel, and the Librarian. Senior Common Room affairs are managed by an elected committee under the President of the Senior Common Room. The Hall is named after the famous Ghanaian jurist, writer and statesman, John Mensah Sarbah of Cape Coast. It has been customary for the Hall to celebrate the birthday anniversary of this great man every year. This anniversary is known as Sarbah Day and is highlighted by a dinner and a get-together. The Hall has a crest designed to bring out the principal features of Mensah Sarbah's life. It consists of three elements: a pair of scales, a stool with a book resting upon it, and a hill surmounted by a castle. The scale signifies the legal profession, the stool and the book symbolise culture while the hill and the castle are intended to depict the familiar landscape of Cape Coast with its many hills and forts. At the same time, the castle is intended to symbolise strength and honour. The Hall's motto is: Knowledge, Honour, Service - three words which aptly summarise the guiding principles of Mensah Sarbah's life.

Jubilee Hall( alumni hall)

Jubilee Hall, located on the southern part of the campus, adjacent to the International Students’ Hostel, was built to commemorate the University’s Golden Jubilee celebration in 1998. Modeled after Akuafo Hall, one of the traditional Halls of the University, and funded mainly by alumni of the University, the Hall is a group of 4 (four) multi-purpose blocks containing single study bedrooms, self-contained flats and double rooms. Facilities in the Hall include common rooms, libraries and restaurants. There are rooms suitable for disabled students.

The university has built four new halls which were commissioned in 2011

Elizabeth Sey Hall

(Named after the first female graduate of the university)

University Of Ghana Hostels

• International Students' Hostel (I and II)
• Valco Trust Hostel

Private Hostels On Campus

• Ghana Hostels Ltd(Pentagon).
• Bani International Hostel
• Evandy Hostel
• TF hostel

Bank and Postal Services

The Ghana Commercial Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, Barclays Bank, HFC Bank and ECOBANK Ghana have branches on the Legon campus. They provide services to the students, staff and people living around the campus. Apart from the Internal Mail Office which facilitates postal services within the University, the University has a national postal service (Ghana Post) branch on campus.Other banks with no branch on campus do provide ATM services

Affiliated Institutions

A number of institutions and colleges hold affiliations with the university for the purpose of enrolment, teaching and award of degrees and diplomas of the University

• African Institute of Science and Technology, Mbaise - Diploma, Higher Diploma, Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Technology/Bachelor of Engineering/Master of Technology/Master of Business Administration/ Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in various disciplines.
• Catholic University College, Fiapre, Sunyani - Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of (Information/Commercial/Technology)
• Christian Service University College, Kumasi - Diploma
• Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College - Masters Degree
• Ghana Baptist Seminary, Abuakwa-Kumasi - Diploma
• Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ), Accra - Bachelor of Arts (Journalism & Public Relations)
• Ghana Institute of Languages, Accra - Bachelor of Arts (Translation)
• Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration, Greenhill, Accra - Masters Degree in Development (MDM [1])Website
• Hi-Technology University, Mbaise - B.Sc., B.A., M.Sc., M.A., MBA, and Ph.D.
• Islamic University College, East Legon - Bachelor of Arts
• Methodist University College, Dansoman, Accra - Bachelor of Arts/Business Administration
• National Film and Television Institute (NAFTI), Accra - Bachelor of Arts (Film & Television) Website
• Pentecost University College, Sowutuom, Accra - Certificate/Diploma
• Regional Maritime Academy - Diploma/Post-Graduate Diploma (Shipping & Port Management)Website
• Saint Paul Seminary, Sowutoum, Accra - Bachelor of Arts
• Saint Peter's Major Seminary, Cape Coast - Diploma/Bachelor of Arts
• Saint Victor’s Major Seminary, Tamale - Diploma/Bachelor of Arts Pontificia Università Urbaniana
• Trinity Theological Seminary, Legon - Diploma/Bachelor of Arts Presbyterian Church USA
• University College of Wisconsin International - Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science and Management Website
• African University College of Communication,Accra

Partnerships

University of Ghana is a member of the African Institute of Science and Technology and the member of the Consortium of Academic Stewards for The Scholar Ship.

Associations and Links

The University of Ghana is a member of the International Association of Universities (IAU), the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) and the Association of African Universities (AAU). The University is also a member the League of World Universities (which comprise 47 renowned research universities all over the world). The University has also established academic and research links with several Universities and Research Institutions worldwide. In addition, the University has also been linked to the Norwegian Universities’ Committee for Development Research and Education (NUFU), the Council for International Educational Exchange (CIEE) based in New York, International Student Exchange Programmes (ISEP) and the Commonwealth Universities Student Exchange Consortium (CUSAC), among others.

Noted alumni

See also: Category:University of Ghana alumni

• Komla DumorDumor is currently a television news presenter for the BBC's international news channel, BBC World, presenting BBC World News and Africa Business Report. Prior to joining the BBC he worked for JOY FM in Accra, Ghana, and was the 2003 winner of Journalist of the Year award given by the Ghana Journalist Association. Dumor is the only West African news reader on BBC World News.
• Vicki Miles-LaGrange (born 1953) is the Chief U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Oklahoma.[2] She was the first African American woman to be sworn in as U.S. attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma. She was also the first African American female elected to the Oklahoma Senate.
• Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, – Chairman of the Electoral Commission of Ghana
• Prof. John Atta Mills – former Law professor and Vice President of Ghana (1997–2001), Current President of Ghana (2009 to present).
• Patrick Kwateng Acheampong – Inspector General of Police of the Ghana Police Service (2005 to 2009)
• George Kingsley Acquah – Chief Justice of Ghana (2003 – 2007).
• Dr. Paul Kingsley Acquah - former Governor of the Bank of Ghana
• Peter Ala Adjetey – former speaker of the Parliament of Ghana (2001–2005).
• Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo – former Foreign minister and former Attorney-General of Ghana.
• Dr. Kingsley Y. Amoako – former Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa.
• Dr. Kwesi Botchwey – former law lecturer and finance minister of Ghana (1982–1995).
• Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas – Executive Secretary of the Economic Community of West African States.
• Kwesi Dickson – former President of Methodist Church Ghana, Emeritus Professor, author and theologian.
• Kwabena Dufuor – Finance Minister and former Governor of the Bank of Ghana.
• Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng – Cardiothoracic surgeon and Chief Executive of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital was first black African to perform heart transplant and he established the National Cardiothoracic Centre.
• Dr. F.I.D Konotey-Ahulu – A world leading authority on sickle cell anaemia
• Prof. Judge Mrs. Akua Kuenyehia – Vice President, International Criminal Court (2003-Date)
• John Dramani Mahama – Vice President of Ghana (2009 to present)
• Prof. Tawiah Modibo Ocran – Judge of the Supreme Court of Ghana (2004 to 2008).
• Prof. Aaron Mike Oquaye – Former Minister of Communication (2005 to 2009) and Member of Parliament for Dome-Kwabenya (2005 to present).
• Ebenezer Sekyi-Hughes - Speaker of Parliament of Ghana (Jan 7 2005 - Jan 6 2009).
• Tsatsu Tsikata – former Chief Executive of the Ghana National Petroleum Company and Law lecturer at the University of Ghana.
• Georgina Theodora Wood – first female Chief Justice of Ghana (since 2007).
• Dr. Patience Essah - Masters and Ph.D. from the University of California at Los Angeles. Professor of History at Auburn University, in Auburn, AL and more specifically African Studies. She is the author of A House Divided: Slavery and Emancipation in Delaware, 1638-1865.
• Akin Euba;Nigerian composer, musicologist, and pianist.He was former Professor and Director of the Centre for Cultural Studies at the University of Lagos, and has also served as a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) in Nigeria. He served as Head of Music at the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation for five years. Since December 1986 has served as a research scholar and artist in residence at IWALEWA House, the African studies center of the University of Bayreuth in Germany. He currently serves as Andrew Mellon Professor of Music at the University of Pittsburgh. He is the founder and director of the Centre for Intercultural Music Arts, London (founded in 1989), and currently serves on the Board of Management of The Centre for Intercultural Musicology at Churchill College (CIMACC).
• George AyitteyGhanaian economist, author and president of the Free Africa Foundation in Washington DC. He is a professor at American University,[1] and an associate scholar at the Foreign Policy Research Institute
• David Ofori-AdjeiHe was elected to the Council of the Division of Clinical Pharmacology of the International Union of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology in 2000
• Lauretta Vivian Lamptey,the Ghanaian Commissioner on Human Rights and Administrative Justice. She is a lawyer and an investment banker
• Anna Bossman,former acting commisioner of CHRAJ
• Ken Kanda is a Ghanaian diplomat. He is the Permanent Representative of Ghana to the United Nations.
• Nana Effah-Apenteng was the Permanent Representative of Ghana to the United Nations between May 2000 and 2007.[1]
• Joseph Coleman de Graft (April 2, 1924 – November 1, 1978) was a prominent Ghanaian writer, playwright and dramatist who was appointed the first director of the Ghana Drama Studio in 1962
• Her Ladyship Mrs. Justice Mabel Agyemang née Banful (also Yamoa), is an expert Appeal Court judge for the Commonwealth Secretariat.[1] Since she was called to the Ghanaian Bar in 1987 and the Ghanaian Bench soon after, she has served in the judiciaries of the governments of Ghana, The Gambia and Swaziland. She began working for the Commonwealth Secretariat in 2004, first being sent to The Gambia where she spent four years as a High Court judge [2] and then to Swaziland in a similar capacity. She is currently on secondment to The Gambia as an Appeal Court Judge. One of her recent notable judgments is her judgment on the right to free education in Swaziland
• Emeritus Professor E. Laing
• Prof. Charles Odamtten Easmon (First Ghanaian Surgeon and First Dean of University of Ghana Medical School)
• Dr. Joyce R. Aryee (former Secretary, CEO of the Ghana Chamber of Mines and Exec Dir., Salt and Light Ministries
• Dr. Gobind Nankani, a Ghanaian national, is the Executive Director of International Growth Center, London. He is also, concurrently Chairman of the Economic Advisory Council to the President of Ghana, periodically visiting Ghana from London.

Dr. Nankani has been Chief Economist, South Asia and has also served, on leave from the World Bank, as an economic advisor to the Government of Ghana.He holds a PhD and MA degrees from Harvard University and a BSc degree from the University of Ghana, Legon. He was recently honoured with the Order of the Volta (2008).

• Dr. K. Y. Amoako, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ECA
• Henrietta Joy Abena Nyarko Mensa-Bonsu née Banful, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 22 August 2007 announced the appointment of Henrietta Joy Abena Nyarko Mensa-Bonsu of Ghana as his Deputy Special Representative (Rule of Law) for Liberia. Mrs. Mensa-Bonsu has been a Professor of the Faculty of Law, University of Ghana, and until recently the Acting Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Ghana. Beginning her professional career in Ghana Prisons Service as a Legal Advisor to the Director of Prisons, she has experience in all the sectors of Rule of Law either as Adviser, scholar or activist.
• Hafiz Shabazz,master drummer and Director of the World Music Percussion Ensemble, is an ethnomusicologist, percussionist, performer, and lecturer at Dartmouth college,USA.He is an initiated member of the Ancestral Shrine of the Ashanti Nation in Ghana, West Africa, has authored articles for the Black Music Research Journal, and was a consultant with John Chernoff in the writing of African Rhythms and African Sensibilities.

See also

• List of universities in Ghana

External links

• University of Ghana
• Photos of the University