University Of Ghana

**University of Ghana** nyɛla public universiti din be Accra, Ghana. Din nyɛ tiŋgbani maa universiti kurili din be Ghana.

Universiti maa nyɛla bɛ ni daa piligi shɛli yuuni 1948 ka daa boli **University College of the Gold Coast,** British colony saha zaŋ n-ti Gold Coast. Di daa na nyɛla collagɛ din mali saawara ni University of London, ka nyɛ din daa lihiri di wuhibu mini bɔhimbu zuɣu ka tiri ba degree nima. Din daa niŋ ka Ghana daa deei di maŋ'sulinsi naa nyaaŋa yuuni 1957, bɛ daa taɣi collagɛ maa yuli labisi **University College of Ghana**. Bɛ daa lahi labi taɣi di yuli maa labisi **University of Ghana** yuuni 1961, din daa niŋ ka di leei universiti shɛli din pa za di gama.

University of Ghana ŋɔ nyɛla din be Accra Legon Hills. Di nyɛla din mali shikuru bihi ban kalinli gari 60,000.

## Introduction
Bɔhimbu yaɣa shɛŋa University of Ghana ni daa tuui zaŋ di zaɣa niŋ nyɛ liberal arts, social sciences, law, basic science, agriculture, n-ti pahi medicine.  Din daa niŋ ka bɛ mali binshɛŋa niŋ shikuru maa ni, bɛ pahi bɔhimbu yaɣa shɛŋa din daa jandi technology nuuni tun'baŋsim n-ti pahi postgraduati bɔhimbu yaɣa.

University of Ghana nyɛla din dɔ Legon ka di waɣilim be kamani 12 kilometers ka chɛ Ankara sunsuun, di nyɛla din mali di tilaa shikuru Korle-Bu, ni di wuhibu ashibiti mini secondary shikuru mi nyɛ din be Ankara tiŋa puuni. Di nyɛla din lahi mali "graduate school of nuclear and allied Sciences" ka di be Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, ka di chɛ ka di be universiti shɛŋa din be  Africa ka niŋdi nuclear physics mini nuclear engineering.

### The University of Ghana Logo

Di "logo" nyɛla ko kɔŋkoba dibaa ayi: Indigo Dye mini Camel. Nuɣisigu din be din ni maa nyɛla din mali "AYA" dibaa ata ka di za zuɣusaa ka "DWENINMENTOASO" nyɛ din be sunsuun ka nyɛ din ŋmani salima. Ŋun daa niŋ di "logo" maa nyɛ A. M. Opoku. "AYA" (nyɛla kanboonsi yɛtɔɣili zaŋ n-ti fern) nyɛla Adinkra symbol.  "AYA" nyɛla din chaŋ zuɣusaa ka daliri shɛli din chɛ ka bɛ zaŋ li niŋ din ni maa nyɛ  yɛlimaŋtali mini yiko din ni tooi tam.

## Office of the Chancellor

Mary Chinery-Hesse nyɛ saha ŋɔ Chancellor zaŋ n-ti universiti ŋɔ Bɛ daa piigi o Chancellor ka daa piligi tuma Alaaba dabisili silimiin goli August dahin yini dali yuuni 2018 din daa niŋ ka  universiti maa daa mali laɣin gahindili Great Hall. Din daa niŋ ka o tuuli yuma anu maa daa naai, bɛ daa labi piigi o silimiin goli July dabaa ayobu dali yuuni 2023 ni o labi tuɣi Chancellor tali zaŋ n-ti Universiti ŋɔ.

### Past Chancellors of the University
Pɔi ni yuuni 1998, kpɛma zaŋ n-ti State n-daa na nyɛ Chancellor zaŋ n-ti University of Ghana.  Din nyɛ, bin din gbaai yuuni 1961 din daa niŋ ka University of Ghana daa tam  Act of Parliament, tuuli Head of State din daa niŋ ka Ghana deei di maŋ'sulinsi nyaaŋa, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah n-daa leei Chancellor zaŋ n-ti University of Ghana.

Ninvuɣ shɛba ban doli na ŋɔ nyɛla ban na min nyɛ Chancellor nima zaŋ n-ti universiti ŋɔ:
* Kwame Nkrumah (1961–1965)
* Joseph Arthur Ankrah (1966–1968)
* Akwasi Afrifa (1969)
* Edward Akufo-Addo (1970–1971)
* Ignatius Kutu Acheampong (1972–1978)
* Fred Akuffo (1978–1979)
* Hilla Limann (1979–1981)
* Jerry Rawlings (1982–1991)
* Oyeeman Wereko Ampem II (1998–2005)
* Kofi Annan (2008–2018)

## Office of the Vice-Chancellor

Nana Aba Appiah Amfo nyɛ saha ŋɔ Vice-Chancellor zaŋ n-ti University of Ghana. Silimiin goli July yuuni 2021 ka bɛ daa piigi o Acting Vice Chancellor. Silimiin goli October yuuni 2021, bɛ daa piigi o Vice-Chancellor zaŋ n-ti University of Ghana ka o daa leei piligi tuma silimiin goli October biɛɣ'pishi ni ayobu dali yuuni 2021. Ŋun nyɛ tuuli paɣa ŋun leei Vice-Chancellor zaŋ n-ti Universiti maa.

### Past vice-chancellors and principals
Ninvuɣ shɛba ban na min leei vice-chancellor nima mini kpamba zaŋ n-ti universiti:

**University College of the Gold Coast**
* David Mowbray Balme (1948–1957), Principal
**University College of Ghana**
* David Mowbray Balme (1957–1958), Principal
* Raymond Henry Stoughton (1958–1961), Principal
**University of Ghana**
* Conor Cruise O'Brien (1962–1965), Vice-Chancellor
*Alexander Kwapong (1966–1975), Vice-Chancellor
*Daniel Adzei Bekoe (1976–1983), Vice-Chancellor
*Akilagpa Sawyerr (1985–1992), Vice-Chancellor
*George Benneh (1992–1996), Vice-Chancellor
*Ivan Addae-Mensah (1996–2002), Vice-Chancellor
*Kwadwo Asenso-Okyere (2002–2006), Vice-Chancellor
*Clifford Nii-Boi Tagoe (2006–2010), Vice-Chancellor
*Ernest Aryeetey (2010–2016), Vice-Chancellor
*Ebenezer Oduro Owusu (2016–2021), Vice-Chancellor
*Nana Aba Appiah Amfo (2021-Date), Vice-Chancellor

## Academics
### The Balme Library

Balme karimbu shee nyɛla bɛ ni daa pilli shɛli yuuni 1948 ka bɛ daa boli Achimota College Library. Di nyɛ karimbu shee zaŋ n-ti university's library network. Balme  karimbu shee nyɛla din be universiti maa puuni.

### College of Health Sciences
Shikuruti dibaa ayobu mini Research Institute zaɣ'yini nyɛ din be collagɛ ŋɔ ni . Din nyɛ din doli na ŋɔ:

*School of Medicine mini Dentistry
*School of Biomedical mini Allied Health Sciences
*School of Nursing nyɛla din be Legon shikuru ka di shikuru bihi nyɛ ban nyari zaŋ tum tuma Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital
*School of Pharmacy
*School of Public Health
*School of Education mini Leadership
*Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research
*Centre for Tropical, Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics

**College of Basic and Applied Sciences**

Collagɛ maa nyɛla din mali shikuruti dibaa anu,  bɔhimbu shɛhi dibaa ayobu ka dibaa ata nyɛ din be vihigu yaɣili. Din nyɛ din doli na ŋɔ:

* School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
* School of Biological Sciences
* School of Agriculture
* School of Engineering Sciences
* School of Veterinary Medicine
* Livestock and Poultry Research Centre (LIPREC)
* Soil and Irrigation Research Centre (SIREC)
* Forest and Horticultural Research Centre (FOHCREC)
* Biotechnology Centre
* West African Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI)
* West African Centre for Cell Biology and Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP)
* Institute of Environment and Sanitation Studies
* Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology

### Collegiate system
Bin din gbaai yuuni 2014/2015, University of Ghana nyɛla din daa piligi "collegiate system" ka daa laɣim shikuruti mini bɔhimbu yaɣa niŋ collagɛ nima anahi din doli na ŋɔ ni:
*College of Basic and Applied Sciences
*College of Humanities
*College of Education
*College of Health Sciences

### Other faculties
"Faculty" nima anu nyɛ din kani collagɛ shɛŋa din dɔ zuɣusaa maa ni, lala "faculty" nima maa nyɛ:
*Faculty of Arts
*Faculty of Social Studies

*Faculty of Science
*Faculty of Law: nyɛla bɛ ni daa tuui piligi shɛli ka di nyɛ bɔhimbu yaɣili zaŋ n-ti Faculty of Social Studies yuuni 1958/59 wuhibu mini bɔhimbu yuuni ka daa leei di maŋmaŋ "faculty" yuuni 1960/61 wuhibu mini bɔhimbu yuuni .
*Faculty of Engineering Sciences

### Distance Education Campuses
University maa nyɛla din mali Distance Education shikuruti din be yaɣa tiŋgbani maa ni ka nyɛ din mali bɔhimbu yaɣa. 
* Accra Workers' College, (now Accra City campus), Accra
* Awudome Residential Workers' College, Tsito
* Bolgatanga Workers' College, Bolgatanga
* Cape Coast Workers' College, Cape Coast
* Ho Workers' College, Ho
* Koforidua Workers' College, Koforidua
* Kumasi Workers' College, Kumasi
* Takoradi Workers' College, Sekondi-Takoradi
* Tamale Workers' College, Tamale
* Tema Workers' College, Tema
* Sunyani Workers' College, Sunyani
* Wa Workers' College, Wa

### Institutional Affiliations

* Accra College of Medicine, Accra
* African University College of Business & Technology, Accra
* Catholic University College, Sunyani
* Christian Service University College, Kumasi
* Family Health Medical School, Accra
* Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Accra
* Ghana Institute of Languages, Accra
*Institute of Accountancy Training, Accra
* Islamic University College, Accra
* Knustford University College, Accra
* Methodist University College, Accra
* Narh-Bita College, Tema
* Nightingale School of Nursing, Accra
* National Film and Television Institute (NAFTI), Accra
* Presbyterian University College, Mpraeso/Abetifi-Kwahu
* Regional Maritime University, Accra
* St. Peter's Seminary, Cape-Coast
* St. Paul's Seminary, Sowutuom-Achimota
* St. Victor's Seminary, Tamale
* Western Hills School of Nursing, Accra
* Wisconsin International University College, Accra

### Rankings and reputation

*[[Times Higher Education World University Rankings]]* yuuni 2018 nyɛla din daa piigi University of Ghana sɔŋ 800-1000th dunia zaa ka daa dɔ bupinaayopɔin Africa.

## Notable alumni

* Barbara Frances Ackah-Yensu – active justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (2022–)
* George Kingsley Acquah – Chief Justice of Ghana&nbsp;(2003–2007)
* Hutton Ayikwei Addy – Professor of Public Health, first Dean of the University for Development Studies Medical School
* Edward Doe Adjaho – Speaker of Parliament of Ghana (2013–2017)
* Sophia Ophilia Adjeibea Adinyira – justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (2006–2019)
* Richard Adjei-Frimpong – active justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (2024–)
* Peter Ala Adjetey – former speaker of the Parliament of Ghana (2001–05)
* Kwadwo Afari-Gyan – Chairman of the Electoral Commission of Ghana (1992–15)
* Francis Agbodeka – former professor of History
* Kissi Agyebeng – Special Prosecutor (2021–)
* Ama Ataa Aidoo – playwright
* Vida Akoto-Bamfo – Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (2009 &ndash; 2019)
*Ebenezer Akuete – Former Ghanaian diplomat
* Sophia Akuffo, 13th Chief Justice of Ghana
* Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo – President of Ghana (2017–present)
* Daniel Afedzi Akyeampong – mathematician
* Akwasi Afrifa (Ghanaian MP) – former member of parliament
* Mabel Agyemang *née* Banful (also Yamoa) - Chief Justice of the Turks and Caicos Islands, superior court judge for the Commonwealth Secretariat, served in the judiciaries of the governments of Ghana, The Gambia and Swaziland
* Nene Amegatcher – active Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (2018–2023)
* Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur – Vice President of the Republic of Ghana 2012–17
* Patrick Amoah-Ntim – Retired Ghanaian diplomat
* K. Y. Amoako – former UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa
*Harry Reginald Amonoo – Former Ghanaian diplomat
*David Anaglate – Journalist, Director General of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (1992–1995)
*Goodwin Tutum Anim – First Ghanaian Managing Director of the Ghana News Agency
* Yaw Appau – active Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (2015–)
* Anas Aremeyaw Anas – investigative journalist with *Insight TWI: The World Investigates*, CEO of Tiger Eye Private Investigations, executive director of The Crusading Guide
* Kwasi Anin-Yeboah – Chief Justice of Ghana (2019–2023)
* Joyce Rosalind Aryee - Minister of Education (1985–1987), Member of the National Defence Council (1993–2001), received Second Highest State Award, the Companion of the Order of the Volta in 2006
* Benjamin Teiko Aryeetey – Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (2009–2011)
*Yaw Asare, dramatist and playwright
*Yaw Darko Asare – active justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (2024–)
* Samuel Kwame Adibu Asiedu – active justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (2022–)
* Kofi Awoonor – Ghanaian poet and author whose work combined the poetic traditions of his native Ewe people and contemporary and religious symbolism to depict Africa during decolonization
* George Ayittey – economist, author, and president of the Free Africa Foundation, professor at American University, associate scholar at the Foreign Policy Research Institute.
* Elizabeth-Irene Baitie – award-winning writer of young adult fiction
* Josiah Ofori Boateng, Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (1999–2001); Electoral Commissioner of Ghana (1989–1992)
* Kwesi Botchwey – former law lecturer and finance minister of Ghana (1982–95).
* Mohamed Ibn Chambas – Executive Secretary of the Economic Community of West African States.
* Phyllis Christian – lawyer, CEO of ShawbellConsulting
*Alexander Adu Clerk –  sleep medicine specialist and psychiatrist
*George C. Clerk – pioneer botanist and plant pathologist
*Nicholas T. Clerk – academic, public administrator and Presbyterian minister; former Rector, GIMPA
* Kwesi Dickson – former President of Methodist Church Ghana
* Agnes Dordzie – Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (2018–2022)
* Jones Victor Mawulorm Dotse – active justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (2008–) and the Supreme Court of the Gambia (2008–2023)
* Kwabena Dufuor –former Finance Minister and former Governor of the Bank of Ghana.
* Komla Dumor – television news presenter for the BBC World, presenting BBC World News and Africa Business Report. 2003 winner of Journalist of the Year award given by the Ghana Journalist Association.
* Nana Effah-Apenteng – the Permanent Representative of Ghana to the United Nations between May 2000 and 2007.
* Ben Ephson - publisher and Managing Editor of the *Daily Dispatch*
* Akin Euba - Nigerian composer, musicologist and pianist, Andrew Mellon Professor of Music at the University of Pittsburgh
* Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng – cardiothoracic surgeon and former chief executive officer of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, first black African to perform heart transplant and established the National Cardiothoracic Centre, Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (2017–present)
* Ernest Gaewu – active Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (2023–)
* Nasiru Sulemana Gbadegbe – Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (2009–2020)
* Patrick R. D. Hayford – diplomat, former Ghana Ambassador to South Africa(1997–1999), Director of African Affairs in the Executive Office of United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Kofi Annan(1999–2005)
* Clemence Jackson Honyenuga – Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (2020–2022)
*Rosemary Hutton – geophysicist and pioneer of magnetotellurics (1954–1961)
* Ken Kanda – diplomat, the Permanent Representative of Ghana to the United Nations
* George Kingsley Koomson – active Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (2023–)
* Manuel Koranteng – journalist at the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
* Nii Ashie Kotey – An academic and active justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (2018–2023)
* Akua Kuenyehia – Vice-President, International Criminal Court (2003–Date)
* Henry Anthony Kwofie – active justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (2024–)
* Cynthia Lamptey, Deputy Special Prosecutor (2018–)
* John Dramani Mahama – Vice-President of Ghana (2009–12) and President of Ghana (2012–17)
* Samuel Marful-Sau – active Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (2018–2021)
* Vicki Miles-LaGrange (born 1953) – Chief U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Oklahoma, first African-American woman to be U.S. attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma, and the first African-American female elected to the Oklahoma Senate
* John Evans Atta Mills – former Law professor and vice-president of Ghana (1997–2001), President of Ghana (2009–12)
* Tawiah Modibo Ocran – Judge of the Supreme Court of Ghana (2004–2008)
* Isaac Odame  – Physician, University of Toronto professor, and medical researcher in sickle cell disease, thalassemia and other hematological disorders
*George Tawia Odamtten – Mycologist
* David Ofori-Adjei – elected to the Council of the Division of Clinical Pharmacology of the International Union of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology in 2000
*Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen - Chief Justice of Nigeria (2017–present)
* Aaron Mike Oquaye – former Minister of Communication (2005–09) and Member of Parliament for Dome-Kwabenya (2005 to present), Speaker of Parliament (2017–present)
* Faustina Oware-Gyekye – nursing leader and academic
* Rose Constance Owusu – Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (2008 &ndash; 2014)
* Bill Puplampu - occupational psychologist and Vice Chancellor of Central University (Ghana)
* Gabriel Pwamang – active Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (2015–)
* Nana Akuoko Sarpong - Omanhene of Agogo
* Ebenezer Sekyi-Hughes - Speaker of Parliament of Ghana (7 January 2005 – 6 January 2009)
*Samuel Ernest Quarm – retired diplomat
* Elizabeth Frances Sey (1927–1991) first female graduate of the University College of the Gold Coast and pioneering woman educator. A residence hall on the campus is named in her honour.
* Gertrude Torkornoo – Chief Justice of Ghana (2023–)
* Baldwyn Torto – Chemical ecologist
* Tsatsu Tsikata – former Chief Executive of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation and Law lecturer at the University of Ghana.
*Nana Anima Wiafe-Akenten – linguist, the author of the first doctoral dissertation in the Twi language
*Kwasi Wiredu — philosopher
* Georgina Theodora Wood – first female Chief Justice of Ghana&nbsp;(since 2007).
* Kgosi Basadi Seipone III 

## Notable faculty

* Nana Klutse, climate scientist
* Philomena Nyarko, statistician
* Alexander Oppenheim (1968–1973), laasabu maana 
* Faustina Oware-Gyekye, nurse-leader
* Elsie Effah Kaufmann, Biomedical Engineer mini Quiz Mistress zaŋ n-ti National Science and Maths Quiz

## Kundivihira

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