The Graduate Programs Development and Admissions Committee has oversight responsibility for admissions, approving new graduate programs, accreditation of faculty to teach graduate level courses and supervise graduate research.  

The Graduate Examinations Committee has oversight responsibility for approving examiners, examining theses and dissertations, determining thesis and dissertation results, monitoring and evaluation of performance on graduate program delivery. 

With the adoption of a new PhD program structure by the University in 2013, a PhD Technical Committee was established to take oversight responsibility for issues related to PhD studies being coordinated by the School of Graduate Studies.  There are separate Handbooks for Masters’ and Doctoral studies. 

Academic Programmes

The School co-ordinates graduate level academic programmes for the Colleges, Faculties and Schools and Institutes within the University. It also regulates and offers advice on graduate programmes being offered in the University’s affiliate institutions.

The programs that are currently being coordinated by the School include: Master of Arts (MA), Master of Science (MSc), Master of Public Health (MPH), Master of Health Informatics (MHI), Master of Laws (LLM), Master of Business Administration (MBA) Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA), Master of Public Administration (MPA), Master of Philosophy (MPhil), Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Doctor of Philosophy (PhD/DPhil), Doctor of Medicine (MD).

Graduate Academic Programs

The following programs are available for the 2022/2023 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