UNIVERSITY OF GHANA PHD PROGRAMS
Graduate Academic Programmes
The following programmes are available for the 2021/2022 academic year.
COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES
SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES
MA/MPHIL/PHD PROGRAMMES
Translation | MA |
Arabic | MA/MPhil |
Russian | MA/MPhil |
Spanish | MA/MPhil |
Linguistics | MA/MPhil/PhD |
English | MA/MPhil/PhD |
Teaching English as a Second Language | MPhil (Top up) |
French | MPhil/PhD |
Conference Interpreting | MA |
SCHOOL OF ARTS
MA/MPHIL/PHD PROGRAMMES
Classics | MPhil/PhD |
Museum & Heritage Studies | MA/PhD |
Archaeology | MPhil/PhD |
History | MPhil/PhD |
Philosophy | MPhil/PhD |
Study of Religions | MPhil/PhD |
SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS
MA/MPHIL/PHD PROGRAMMES
Theatre Arts | MA/MFA/MPhil/PhD |
MusicOptions available: Theory & Composition, Ethnomusicology | MPhil/PhD |
Dance (Choreography/Performance) | MFA |
DanceOptions available for MPhil Dance: Dance Ethnology, Dance in Education | MPhil |
SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
MA/MPHIL/PHD PROGRAMMES
Economic Policy Management | MA/Weekend/Evening/Fee Paying |
Economics | MPhil |
Development Economics | PhD |
Social Work | MPhil/PhD |
Social Policy Studies | MA/PhD |
Geography & Resource Development | MPhil/PhD |
PsychologyOptions Available: MPhil Clinical Psychology MPhil Social Psychology MPhil Industrial and Organizational Psychology MPhil in Counselling Psychology MPhil in Development Psychology | MPhil |
Psychology | PhD |
Political Science | MA/MPhil/PhD |
Sociology* | MA/PhD |
Climate Change &Sustainable Development | MSc/MPhil |
INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC RESEARCH
MA/MPHIL/PHD PROGRAMMES
Development Studies* | MA/MPhil/PhD |
CENTRE FOR SOCIAL POLICY STUDIES
PROGRAMMES
Social Policy Studies | MA |
REGIONAL INSTITUTE FOR POPULATION STUDIES
MA/MPHIL/PHD PROGRAMMES
Population Studies* | MA/MPhil/PhD |
LEGON CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AND DIPLOMACY
MA/MPHIL/PHD PROGRAMMES
International Affairs (One Year, Regular) | MA |
International Affairs (Two year Part Time) | MA |
International Affairs | PhD |
CENTRE FOR MIGRATION STUDIES
MA/MPHIL/PHD PROGRAMMES
Migration Studies* | MA/MPhil/PhD |
INSTITUTE OF AFRICAN STUDIES
MA/MPHIL/PHD PROGRAMMES
African Studies* | MA/MPhil/PhD |
UNIVERSITY OF GHANA BUSINESS SCHOOL
MA /MSC/MBA/MPHIL/PHD PROGRAMMES
Information Systems | PhD |
Operations Management | MPhil |
Management Information Systems | MBA/MPhil |
Health Services Management | MBA/MPhil |
Human Resource Management | MBA/MPhil |
Public Administration | MPA/MPhil |
Marketing | MBA/MPhil/PhD |
Accounting | MBA/MPhil/PhD |
Finance | MBA/MPhil/PhD |
Public Administration and Policy Management | PhD |
Health Policy and Management | PhD |
Risk Management and Insurance | MPhil |
UNIVERSITY OF GHANA BUSINESS SCHOOL SPECIAL WEEK-END /EXECUTIVE MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION PROGRAMMES
Accounting and Financial Services Management | EMBA |
Finance | MBA /EMBA |
Health Services Administration | MBA |
Human Resource Management | MBA /EMBA/PHD |
Management Information Systems | MBA |
Marketing | MBA/EMBA |
Public Administration | MPA |
Project Management | EMBA |
Entrepreneurial Management | EMBA |
Accounting and Financial Services Management | EMBA |
Development Finance | MSC |
Management and Administration | MA |
Accounting and Finance (ACCESS) | MSC |
For enquiries on Business School programmes, please click to visit their website.
SCHOOL OF LAW
TO BE OFFERED ON PART-TIME BASIS
Alternative Dispute Resolution | MA (a two year evening programme) |
Human Rights and Administration | MA (a two year evening programme) |
**Alternative Dispute Resolution | LLM (a two year evening programme) |
**Oil and Gas Law | LLM (a two year evening programme) |
**Only for persons with degrees in law
MA/LLM Programme
Applicants would be required to take an entrance examination
Law | PhD |
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
SCHOOL OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION STUDIES
MA/MPHIL/PHD PROGRAMMES
Information Studies* | MA/MPhil/PhD |
Communication Studies* | MA/MPhil/PhD |
SCHOOL OF CONTINUING AND DISTANCE EDUCATION
MA/MPHIL/PHD PROGRAMMES
Distance Education & E-Learning* (Distance) | MA |
Adult Education* | MA/MPhil |
HIV/AIDS Management (Distance)* | MA/MPhil |
Adult Education & Human Resource Studies | PhD |
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AND LEADERSHIP
MA/MPHIL PROGRAMME
Educational Leadership and Management | MA/MPhil |
Education | MA/MPhil |
COLLEGE OF BASIC AND APPLIED SCIENCES
SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL AND MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
MSC/MPHIL/PHD PROGRAMMES
Petroleum Geoscience | MSc |
Mineral Exploration | MSc |
Engineering Geology | MSc/MPhil |
Geology | MSc/MPhil |
Hydrogeology | MSc/MPhil |
Applied Geophysics | MSc/MPhil |
Applied Geochemistry | MSc/MPhil |
Economic Geology | MSc/MPhil |
Mathematics | MSc/MPhil/PhD |
Chemistry | MPhil/PhD |
Physics | MPhil/PhD |
Statistics | MPhil/PhD |
Actuarial Science | MSc (evening/weekend)/MPhil |
Computer Science | MSC(evening/weekend) MEng/MPhil/PhD |
Earth Science | PhD |
SCHOOL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
MSC/MPHIL/PHD PROGRAMMES
Fisheries Management | MSc |
Coastal Zone Management | MSc |
Aquaculture | MSc/MPHil |
Molecular Biology | MPhil |
Biochemistry | MSc/MPhil/PhD |
Molecular Cell Biology of Infectious Diseases | MPhil/PhD |
Zoology | MPhil |
Biodiversity & Conservation Science | PhD |
Applied Parasitology | MPhil/PhD |
Botany | MPhil/PhD |
Food Science | MPhil/PhD |
Nutrition | MPhil/PhD |
Marine Science | MPhil/PhD |
Fisheries Science | MPhil/PhD |
INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND SANITATION STUDIES
MSC/MPHIL/PHD PROGRAMMES
Environmental Science | MPhil/PhD |
Sustainability Science | MPhil |
Environmental Sanitation Studies | MPhil |
CENTRE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABILITY DEVELOPMENT
Climate Change and Sustainable Development | MSc/MPhil |
SCHOOL OF NUCLEAR AND ALLIED SCIENCES
MPHIL/PHD PROGRAMMES
Applied Nuclear Physics | MPhil/PhD |
Computational Nuclear Sciences & Engineering | MPhil/PhD |
Health Physics and Radiation Protection | MPhil/PhD |
Medical Physics | MPhil/PhD |
Nuclear Agriculture | MPhil/PhD |
Nuclear Earth Science | MPhil/PhD |
Nuclear Engineering | MPhil/PhD |
Nuclear & Environmental Protection | MPhil/PhD |
Nuclear and Radiochemistry | MPhil/PhD |
Radiation Processing | MPhil/PhD |
Radiation Protection | MPhil/PhD |
Nuclear Science and Technology | MPhil |
Nuclear Technology Applications in Petroleum and Mining Industries | MPhil |
SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE
MSC/MPHIL/PHD PROGRAMMES
Extension & Livelihood Studies | MSc |
Home Science | MPhil |
Family and Consumer SciencesOptions available: Food Utilization and Community Nutrition Child and Family Studies Family Resource Management | PhD |
Agricultural Economics | MPhil |
Agribusiness | MPhil/ PhD |
Agricultural Extension | M.Agric/MPhil/PhD |
Applied Parasitology | MPhil/PhD |
Animal Science | M.Agric/ MPhil/PhD |
Biodiversity Studies | MPhil |
Biodiversity and Conservation Science | PhD |
Crop Science | M.Agric/ MPhil/PhD |
Soil ScienceMPhil Specialization Areas Available: Soil Chemistry and Fertility Pedology and landscape Processes Soil Physics and Conservation Soil Microbiology and Biochemistry Environmental Soil SciencePhD Specializations Areas Available: Soil Fertility Soil Chemistry Pedology and landscape Processes Soil Physics and Conservation Soil Microbiology and Biochemistry Environmental Soil Science | M.Agric/ MPhil/PhD |
Agricultural Administration | M.Agric/MPhil/PhD |
Agricultural Engineering | MPhil/M.Eng/PhD |
Applied Agricultural Economics & Policy | PhD |
Entomology | MPhil/PhD (ARPPIS) |
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING SCIENCES
MENG/MPHIL/PhD PROGRAMMES
Computer Engineering | MEng/MPhil/PhD |
Agricultural Engineering | MEng/MPhil/PhD |
Biomedical Engineering | MEng/MPhil/PhD |
Materials Science & Engineering | MEng/MPhil/PhD |
Food Process Engineering | MPhil/PhD |
COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES
SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL AND ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCES
MSC/MPHILPROGRAMMES
+Medical Ultrasonography | MSc |
+Dietetics | MSc/PhD |
+Audiology | MSc |
+Medical Laboratory Sciences | MSc |
Speech and Language Therapy | MSc |
SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
MSC/MPHIL/PHD PROGRAMMES
Applied Health Social Science | MSc |
Clinical Trials | MSc |
Occupational Medicine | MSc |
Occupational Hygiene | MSc |
Public Health Monitoring and Evaluation | MSc |
MSc in Bioethics | MSc |
Health Economics | MHE |
Health Informatics | MHI |
Applied Epidemiology and Disease Control | MPhil |
Public Health | MPH |
Public HealthOption available for the PhD: Biological, Environmental and Occupational Sciences Biostatistics Epidemiology and Disease Control| Health Policy, Planning and Management Population, Family and Reproductive Health Social and Behavioural Science | PhD |
SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH SPECIAL WEEKEND PROGRAMME
Public Health | MPH |
Public Health Monitoring and Evaluation | MSc |
SCHOOL OF NURSING AND MIDWIFERY
MSC/MPHILPROGRAMMES
Nursing | MSc/MPhil/PhD |
Midwifery | MSc/MPhil |
+ =Two Years Master of Science Programmes | |
Two Years Masters in Paediatric Nursing-New programme | |
UNIVERSITY OF GHANA MEDICAL SCHOOL
Anatomy | MPhil |
Haematology | MPhil |
Immunology | MPhil |
Medical Microbiology | MPhil/PhD |
Pharmacology | MPhil |
Physiology | MPhil |
Chemical Pathology | MPhil |