NEWS IN: University of Ghana (Legon) Opens 2021/ 2022 Admission For Undergraduate Students

The management of the University of Ghana has officially announced to the general public that Admission of new applicants for the 2021/2022 academic year has been opened for prospective applicants into various undergraduate programmes.

Applicant should take note of the following:

• All prospective applicants are advised to visit the University’s website www.ug.edu.gh and  carefully read all relevant information and guidelines for prospective applicants before applying.
• All applicants who will be writing WASSCE in May/June 2021 are eligible to apply.
• Applicants are expected to collect a free copy of the University of Ghana prospectus from the Bank when they purchase the e-voucher.
• Programmes at the College of  Health Sciences, except those offered at the School of Allied Health Sciences, are offered as first choice programmes only.
• For second and third choices, applicants must choose courses from the Sciences.
• There is direct admission of applicants into the various Programmes available in the College of Basic and Applied Sciences. Applicants will be expected to select up to four (4) choices in order of preference.
• Applicants who select either B.Sc. Administration or Bachelor of Laws (LLB) as first choice are advised strongly to select bouquets from the Bachelor of Arts programme as second choice to enhance their chances of gaining admission.
• For the Bachelor of Arts (BA) programme, applicants are required to select subjects from the list of bouquets provided.  Up to four (4) subject bouquets must be selected in order of preference.
• All students entering the BA programme must offer three (3) subjects at Level 100, two (2) subjects at Level 200 and Level 300 and either two (2) subjects or one (1) subject at Level 400.
• Qualified Applicants to the Bachelor’s degree on the Legon Campus who are unable to meet the competitive cut-off points determined by the Admissions Board for admission to preferred programmes of study may opt for the Fee-paying Scheme.  Interested applicants must indicate this option on their application forms.
• Mature Students Admission has been re-introduced into the Bachelor of Arts Distance Education (DE) Programme with effect from the 2017/2018 academic year.
• All applications must be submitted ONLINE at http://admission.ug.edu.gh on the purchase of the University of Ghana application e-voucher.
• All applicants will be considered on the basis of result equivalents as provided by the National Council for Tertiary Education (NCTE), as per schedule below:

Qualifications acceptable for admissions include the following:

• Senior Secondary School Certificates (SSSCE/WASSSCE)
• Baccalaureate (French)
• International Baccalaureate (IB)
• GCE (Cambridge) – ‘A’ and ‘O’ Levels
• GCSE & ‘A’ Levels
• American High School – Grade 12 examinations
• Other external qualifications which have equivalences to the WASSSCE/SSSCE and the GCE (A Levels). All admissions will be to Level 100.

According to the management, this year’s fees for this academic year will be the same as last year and won’t be increased.

ALL APPLICANTS MUST ENSURE THAT THEIR ON-LINE APPLICATIONS ARE CORRECTLY FILLED AND SUBMITTED.