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The School of Graduate Studies (SGS), University of Ghana
coordinates all postgraduate programmes at the University.
The School established in 1961/62 academic year with six
(6) students has grown
to currently over 4500
students enrolled in several
programmes (Figure 1).
Programmes offered are in
the Sciences, Engineering,
Administration and
Humanities. A total of 212
Masters and Doctorate
programmes are currently
being offered.
The School (SGS) organizes workshops on Research
Planning and Thesis Writing for graduate students. Separate
workshops are available to Science and Humanities students.
Resource persons are drawn from across the University.
Each student is assigned a supervisory committee to advice,
guide, monitor progress and provide support. Workshops on
Research Supervision are also organized for faculty to review
our performance and to discuss ways of improving graduate
delivery through quality supervision.
Thesis are examined by both internal and external (outside
of University of Ghana) examiners. Theses and dissertations
are sent throughout the world for examination. Master
of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy students go oral
defense of research work submitted for examination. Some
of these external examiners are also available for the oral
defense of theses of doctorate students.
Beginning from the 2012/2013 academic year, the University
of Ghana has started a new four-year Doctor of Philosophy
programme that involves course work, experiential learning
or research internship, comprehensive examination and
thesis research. This replaces the previous three-year
programme that had only research and evaluated through
thesis examination and viva voce. The University of Ghana
projects that graduate intake would increase to 20% from the
current 7% within the next three years.
Prof. K. Ofori
Dean, Graduate School
