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The university is run on a collegiate system and comprises of four colleges: College of Basic and Applied Sciences College of Education College of Human Sciences and College of Humanities. Kwame Mkrumah, the first president of the Republic of Ghana, became the first Chancellor of the University.Ĭurrently over 38,000 students coming from more than 70 countries are enrolled, pursuing undergraduate and graduate degrees. In 1961, the government approved the request and the University of Ghana was set up. After Ghana gained independence from the Britain in 1957, during 1960-1961 academic year, the College Council made a request to the Government Ghana to make the University College into an independent University with its power to award degrees. Gradually it developed more autonomy, and courses were modified to better suit local conditions, but University of London still had the sole right to confer degrees.
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The university in turn received funds from the British government. It oversaw academic standards and served to approve all academic appointments. The British government set up an Inter-Universities Council to advise on all matters relating to the university. HistoryĪt first the university was meant to be a college of the University of London. It gained full university status in 1961 making it the oldest and largest Ghanaian university. David Mowbray Balme served as the first Principal of the University College of the Gold Coast, and he contributed greatly to the establishment and early development of the university. At first, it focused on providing liberal arts, social sciences, general sciences and medicine. It was founded as the University College of the Gold Coast, as part of University of London, on the recommendation of the Asquith Commission on Higher Education and permission of the British government. The University of Ghana was founded on August 11th, 1948, In Legon Boundary, Accra, when Ghana was still a British colony.
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