Ashesi University is a private, non-profit university located in Accra, Ghana. The mission of Ashesi University is to educate ethical, entrepreneurial leaders in Africa; to cultivate within students the critical thinking skills, the concern for others, and the courage it will take to transform the continent. Ashesi was ranked first in Ghana, ninth in Africa, and among the world’s top 400, in the 2020 Global Times Higher Education (THE) University Impact Rankings.Ashesi ranks 1st in Ghana in 2020 Times Higher Education Impact Ranking – Ashesi University Foundation

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Ashesi is the youngest university to have been granted a Presidential Charter in Ghana's history. It is a member of the Council of Independent Universities, the Association of African Universities, and the Association of Commonwealth Universities.

 

Ashesi offers a four-year bachelor's program grounded in a multidisciplinary core curriculum, featuring majors in Business Administration, Management Information Systems, Computer Science, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Computer Engineering and Mechanical Engineering[citation needed]. It runs Ashesi Innovation Experience, a two-week program that exposes students between the ages of 15 and 19 to Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Robotics, Creativity, and Engineering basics to help prepare them for transitioning into college, and oversees the curriculum development for the Next Generation Cocoa Youth Programme.

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Ashesi University's 100-acre campus in Berekuso overlooks the Ghanaian capital city of Accra. It contains the Natembea health centre, two sports courts and a sports center with a football field, running track and gym. It also hosts the Ghana Climate innovation centre.