UNIVERSITY OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Application forms for admission to Diploma and Undergraduate programmes in the University for Development Studies (UDS) will be available online at www.admissions.uds.edu.gh from Monday, April 19, 2021 for holders of the following qualifications;
•    West African Senior Secondary School Certificate (WASSCE),
•    HND/Diploma Certificates, State Registered Nurses (SRN)

NB: WASSCE applicants who are awaiting their results are eligible to apply by selecting Awaiting option and indicating their examination details. Upon release of the 2021 WASSCE results, the University will automatically update all awaiting results.

The following courses are currently offered by the University.

FULL-TIME/REGULAR PROGRAMMES

i.    TAMALE CAMPUS

SCHOOL OF MEDICINE (SoM)

•    6-Year Medicine (MBChB) (This programme is for only WASSCE  candidates with Elective Science subjects)
•    6-Year Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) (This programme is for only WASSCE  candidates with Elective Science subjects)

•    4-Year BSc (Physician Assistant) This programme is for only WASSCE  candidates with Elective Science subjects)

SCHOOL OF ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCES (SAHS)

•    6-Year Doctor of Medical Laboratory Sciences (MLS.D)
Admission / Entry Requirement
Applicants to the 6-Year Doctor of Medical Laboratory Science (MLS.D) degree must have Credit in the THREE WASSCE core subjects: English Language, Mathematics and Integrated Science plus credits in THREE WASSCE electives: Biology, Chemistry and Physics/Mathematics).
•    4-Year BSc (Community Nutrition) (This is a science-based programme for WASSCE holders). Home Economics candidates are also eligible to apply.

•    4-Year BSc Medical Imaging Technology) (This is a science-based programme for WASSCE holders). Home Economics candidates are not  eligible to apply.

SCHOOL OF NURSING AND MIDWIFERY

•    4-Year BSc (Nursing) (for WASSCE holders) Candidates with business subjects are advised not to apply for Nursing. Only Pure Science, Agricultural Science, Arts or Home Economics candidates are eligible to apply

•    4-Year BSc (Midwifery) (for WASSCE holders) Candidates with Business subjects are advised not to apply. Only Pure Science, Agricultural Science, Arts or Home Economics candidates are eligible to apply.

SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

•    4-Year BSc (Health Information Management) (for WASSCE holders) This is a science-based programme. Other candidates with Business subjects, Agricultural Science, Arts or Home Economics are also eligible to apply

FACULTY OF EDUCATION (FOE)

The Faculty of Education is admitting suitably qualified persons into a fulltime and/or a top-up Bachelor of Education programmes in the following courses
•    4-Year B.ED (Social Science)
•    4-Year B.ED (Business Studies)
•    4-Year B.ED (Agriculture Science) – Nyankpala Campus
•    4-Year B.ED (Family and Consumer Science) – Nyankpala Campus
•    4-Year B.ED (Mathematics)
•    4-Year B.ED (Science)
•    4-Year B.Ed in Basic Education(Lower Primary, Upper Primary, and JHS)  – Tamale Campus
•    4-Year B.Ed in Early Childhood Care and Education.

Diploma Programme
•    2-Year Diploma in Basic Education
•    2-Year Diploma in Early Childhood care and  Education

FACULTY OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT STUDIES (FSDS)

•    4-Year BA (Development Education)
Diploma Programme
•    2-Year Diploma in Development Education

ii.    NYANKPALA CAMPUS

a.    FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND CONSUMER SCIENCES (FoAFCS)

•    4-Year BSc Agriculture Technology (Agricultural Mechanization & Irrigation Technology, Agronomy, Agricultural Economics & Extension, Animal Science and Horticulture)
•    4-Year BSc (Family & Consumer Sciences)
•    4-Year  BEd (Agricultural Science)
•    4-Year BSc Veterinary Nursing
•    4-Year BSc Food Science and Technology
•    4-Year BSc Agribusiness (Agricultural & Resource Economics, Agribusiness Management& Finance, Agricultural Extension, Rural Development & Gender Studies, Climate Change and Food Security) This programme is for both science-based SSCE/WASSCE holders and non-science-based applicants with three (3) credit passes in core subjects and three (3) credit passes in the elective subjects

Diploma Programmes
•    2-Year Diploma in Agriculture Technology
•    2-Year Diploma in Agribusiness
•    2-Year Diploma in Family & Consumer Sciences
•    2-Year Diploma in Food Science and Technology

b.    FACULTY OF BIOSCIENCES (FoB)

•    4-Year BSc Biotechnology and Molecular Biology
•    4-Year BSc Aquaculture Technology and  Fisheries Sciences
Diploma Programme
•    2-Year Diploma in Biotechnology and Molecular Biology
•    2-Year Diploma Aquaculture Technology and  Fisheries Sciences

Department of Microbiology
•    Certificate in Food Safety
The programme has six (6) weeks duration (Module 1 to 4 will have eight (8) hours per module, maximum of 4 hours per day).
Practical session will take four (4) days continuously but six (6) days for those who opt for an academic certificate.

TARGET GROUP
a.    Degree and HND holders from any discipline who are interested in Food Safety
b.    JHS, SSSCE, WASSCE and Vocational School graduates who are interested in Food Safety
c.    Personnel involved in food handling in the hospitality and food industries (Hotels, Bars, Restaurants, Cold Stores etc.)
d.    Sachet/Bottle Water producers, bottlers of various local drinks and packagers of various local food products.
e.    Street food vendors (teaching will be translated into various local languages that participants understand properly, in case they do not understand English).
f.    Cooking staff of Senior High Schools, Colleges of Education, Staff of the Ghana School Feeding programmes, etc.
g.    Domestic cooks, who are interested in food safety
h.    Any other interested person working in the food supply chain

APPLICATION IS FREE.

For more enquiries and application, interested applicants should contact:

1.    Dr. Courage K. S. Saba
Department of Microbiology
Faculty of Biosciences
Email: csetsoafia@uds.edu.gh
Mobile: +233543446929

OR

2.    Deputy Registrar
Academic and Students’ Affairs Department
Email:    academicaffairs@uds.edu.gh
Telephone:+23372093382

c.    FACULTY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT (FNRE)

•    4-Year BSc Renewable Natural Resources (Forest & Forest Resources Management; Range & Wildlife Management; Ecotourism & Environmental Management; and Fisheries & Aquatic Resource Management options)
•    4-Year BSc Ecotourism and Hospitality Management
•    4-Year  BSc Environmental Management and Sustainability
•    4-Year BSc Forest Resource Conservation and Management
These programmes are for Pure Science or Agricultural Science (WASSCE) holders only. However, non-science-based applicants with credit passes in Elective Mathematics, Economics and Geography and at least C4 in Integrated Science qualify to apply.
Diploma Programme
2-Year Diploma in Natural Resource Management

d.    FACULTY OF COMMUNICATION AND CULTURAL STUDIES (FCCS)

•    4-Year BSc Social Change Communication (This is a non science-based

programme for non science-based SSSCE/WASSCE holders but

Science-based students are also eligible to apply)

Diploma Programme
•    2-Year Diploma in Social Change Communication

e.    SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING (SoE)

•    4-Year BSc Mechanical Engineering (Options in Thermo-Fluids & Energy Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Applied Mechanic Engineering, Design & Production Engineering)

•    4-Year BSc Agricultural Engineering (options in Food & Post Harvest Engineering, Soil & Water Conservation Engineering, Farm Power & Machinery Engineering, Irrigation & Drainage Engineering)