The University of Ghana, the premier university and the largest university in Ghana was founded as the University College of the Gold Coast by Ordinance on August 11, 1948 for the purpose of providing and promoting university education, learning and research.

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University of Ghana is run on a collegiate system and comprises the following colleges:

·         College of Basic and Applied Sciences http://www.cbas.ug.edu.gh/

·         College of Education http://www.coe.ug.edu.gh/

·         College of Health Sciences http://www.chs.ug.edu.gh/

·         College of Humanities http://www.coh.ug.edu.gh/

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The student population is over 38,000 made up of students enrolled on our regular programmes, sandwich programmes, and distance education as well as students from affiliate institutions.  Our growing number of international students come from over 70 countries to join either our regular undergraduate and graduate programmes, enroll on our study abroad and other special programmes designed for international students.