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Welcome
to the maiden edition of the
University of Ghana Research
Report. As a University, our roles include providing
excellent education for our students and also producing
highly-skilled and committed persons who are aware of
their responsibilities to the University and to the general
community. The University of Ghana has for the past few
years been working towards achieving a world class status
through the delivery of excellent teaching and research.
I have always emphasized my commitment to
transforming this university into a research institution to
support structural transformation in Ghana and in Africa.
This means a significant increase in the amounts allocated
to research and improvements in the quality of research
undertaken by the faculty and students of the University.
It also means increasing significantly the proportion of
the student population doing graduate work. We have
stepped up graduate admissions considerably, moving
from 1,267 in 2009/2010 to 3,331 in the 2012/2013
academic year. There is now emphasis on our newly
restructured PhD programmes and a further modification
to the MPhil programmes to conform to global demands
and trends.
In line with the University’s aim of attaining a world
class status, the Office of Research, Innovation and
Development (ORID) was established in August 2010
to advance the research activities of the University by
attracting funding and by establishing the right research
management tools, including an Ethics policy and an
Intellectual Property policy to achieve this purpose.
The establishment of ORID is also intended to enhance
research output by supporting faculty members and
students to reach the highest potential in their research
fields.
The University of Ghana has several institutes and
centres for learning and research, including the Noguchi
Memorial Institute for Medical Research and the Institute
of Statistical, Social and Economic Research, etc. These
are units where faculty members are involved in research
that supports policy making for national development
and also provide research output that facilitates the work
of industry. The research institutes and centres often
work in collaboration with other international research
institutes.
I would like to use this opportunity to pay tribute to all
our award-winning academics who were recognised in the
past year for their outstanding research achievements.
I would, finally, also like to show appreciation to the many
donors, sponsors and agencies who continue to support
our work through post-graduate scholarships, equipment
and research grants. We thank you and look forward to
many more years of successful collaboration.
Professor Ernest Aryeetey
Message from
the Vice-Chancellor
