List of Masters Programmes Offered at University of Ghana – Latest Edition. see University of Ghana Masters Programmes available for admission here below.
Graduate Academic Programmes
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 |
French | – | MA/MPhil/PhD |
Conference Interpreting | – | MA |
*Applicants should note that the MPhil TESL programme will not be offered during the 2017/2018 academic year*
SCHOOL OF ARTS
MA/MPHIL/PHD PROGRAMMES
Classics | – | MPhil |
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: Dance Ethnology Dance in Education |
– | MPhil |
SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
MA/MPHIL/PHD PROGRAMMES
Economic Policy Management | – | MA |
Economics | – | MPhil |
Development Economics | – | PhD |
Social Work | – | MPhil |
Geography & Resource Development | – | MPhil/PhD |
Psychology | – | MPhil/PhD |
Political Science | – | MPhil/PhD |
Sociology | – | MA/MPhil/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
MA/MPHIL/PHD PROGRAMMES
Social Policy Studies | – | MA |
Research and Public Policy | – | MRPP (Evening Programme) |
INSTITUTE OF REGIONAL POPULATION STUDIES
MA/MPHIL/PHD PROGRAMMES
Population Studies | – | MA/MPhil/PhD |
LEGON CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AND DIPLOMACY
MA/MPHIL/PHD PROGRAMMES
International Affairs(Regular) | – | MA/PhD |
International Affairs (Part-Time) | – | MA |
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
MBA/MPHIL/PHD PROGRAMMES
Management and Administration | – | MA |
Information Systems | – | PhD |
Operations Management | – | MPhil |
Management Information Systems | – | MBA/MPhil |
Health Services Management | – | MBA/MPhil |
Human Resource Management | – | MBA/MPhil |
Public Administration | – | MBA/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 | – | MBA |
Finance | – | MBA /EMBA |
Health Services Administration | – | MBA |
Human Resource Management | – | MBA /EMBA |
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 |
SCHOOL OF LAW
MA/LLM PROGRAMME TO BE OFFERED ON PART-TIME BASIS
Alternative Dispute Resolution | – | MA |
Human Rights and Administration | – | MA |
#Alternative Dispute Resolution | – | LLM |
#Oil and Gas Law | – | LLM |
#International Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law | – | LLM(Regular) |
#for persons with degrees in law only
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 PROGRAMMES
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 |
Mathematics | – | MPhil |
Chemistry | – | MPhil/PhD |
Physics | – | MPhil/PhD |
Statistics | – | MPhil/PhD |
Actuarial Science | – | MSc/MPhil |
Computer Science | – | MSc/MPhil/PhD |
SCHOOL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
MSC/MPHIL/PHD PROGRAMMES
Fisheries Management | – | MSc |
Coastal Zone Management | – | MSc/Mphil |
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 | – | PhD |
Botany | – | MPhil/PhD |
Food Science | – | MPhil/PhD |
Nutrition | – | MPhil/PhD |
Marine Science | – | MPhil /PhD |
Biodiversity | – | MPhil/PhD |
Parasitology | – | 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 |
SCHOOL OF NUCLEAR AND ALLIED SCIENCES
MPHIL/PHD PROGRAMMES
Applied Nuclear Physics | – | MPhil/PhD |
Computational Nuclear Sciences & Engineering | – | 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 |
Agricultural Economics | – | MPhil |
Agribusiness | – | MPhil/ PhD |
Agricultural Extension | – | M.Agric/MPhil/PhD |
Animal Science | – | M.Agric/ MPhil/PhD |
Crop Science | – | M.Agric/ MPhil/PhD |
Soil Science | – | M.Agric/ MPhil/PhD |
Agricultural Administration | – | M.Agric/MPhil/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 Processing Engineering | – | MPhil/PhD |
COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES
SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL AND ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCES
MSC/MPHILPROGRAMMES
+Medical Ultrasonography | – | MSc |
+Dietetics | – | MSc |
+Audiology | – | MSc |
+Medical Laboratory Sciences | – | MSc |
Haematology | – | MPhil |
Immunology | – | MPhil |
Medical Biochemistry | – | MPhil |
Pathology | – | MPhil |
Microbiology | – | MPhil |
Chemical Pathology | – | MPhil |
Physiology | – | MPhil |
Anatomy | – | MPhil |
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 |
Health Informatics | – | MHI |
Applied Epidemiology and Disease Control | – | MPhil |
Public HealthOption available for the PhD: Biological, Environmental and Occupational Sciences | – | MPH/PhD |
SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH SPECIAL WEEK-END/EVENING/ *SANDWICH PROGRAMME
Public Health | – | MPH |
*THIS IS FOR THE 2018/2019 ACADEMIC YEAR INTAKE
SCHOOL OF NURSING
MSC/MPHILPROGRAMMES
Nursing | – | MSc/MPhil |
+ =Two Years Master of Science Programmes
PROGRAMME- SPECIFIC ENTRY REQUIREMENTS/THEMATIC AREAS
- MBA Management Information Systems
Prospective applicants must have at least two (2) years working experience in an IT environment to qualify for admission.
- MPhil Home Science (Food Utilization and Community Nutrition)
Applicants must have a strong science background to qualify for admission.
- MPhil/MA English
Applicants seeking admission to these programmes must have:
a. Majored in either a combined or single major programme
b. taken at least 30 credits in the subject
- MSc. Audiology
Applicants must have a good first degree (minimum FGPA of 3.0) in Physics, Psychology, Biological Sciences, and Special Education with major in Communication Disorder or Nursing
(BSc.)
- MPhil Social work
Applicants are to submit one page essay (single spaced) stating their short and long-term career goals. They are to also discuss how a graduate programme in Social Work will help them achieve these goals. This should be uploaded with other required documents online.
- MPhil Anatomy
Applicants should first discuss their research ideas with the Department before completing
application forms.
- MPhil Chemical Pathology
Applicants will be required to show proof of funding for their project work.
- MSc Medical Laboratory Sciences
Applicants must hold a Bachelor of Science degree in Medical Laboratory Sciences with a FGPA of not less than 3.25or possess a Bachelor of Science degree in Biological Sciences with a minimum of second class (upper) from a recognized university.
- MPhil Information Studies-Top Up
This is for candidates who completed their MA within the last five years and in addition obtained a B+ average.
- MPhil Agricultural Engineering
Applicants must submit a thesis proposal with applications
THEMATIC AREAS FOR ENGINEERING PROGRAMMES
MEng/MPhil/PhD- Biomedical Engineering
- Bioinformatics, Genomics and Targeted Drug Discovery
- Implants Science &Regenerative Engineering
- Bioinstrumentation &Clinical Engineering
MEng/MPhil/PhD- Materials Science Engineering
1. Materials for Energy
2. Materials for Health care Delivery
3. Structural Materials
MEng/MPhil/PhD- Agriculture Engineering
1. Soil &Water Engineering
2. Postharvest Engineering
3. Machine Systems Engineering (Agricultural Mechanization)
MPhil in Education /Educational Leadership and Management
*Applicants to the MPhil Education programme must have an MA degree in Education.
*Applicants to the MPhil Educational Leadership and Management programme must possess an MA degree in any of the following: Educational Leadership and Management, Educational Administration and Management, Educational Leadership, Educational Management, Educational Administration.