Ghana Telecom University College
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Ghana Telecom University College |
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| Established | 2005 |
| Type | Public |
| Principal | Dr. Osei Darkwa |
| Undergraduates | 350[1] |
| Location | Accra, Greater Accra Region, Ghana |
| Telephone | +233 21 226766 |
| Campus | urban |
| Website | www.gtuc.edu.gh |
Ghana Telecom University College (GTUC) is an accredited university founded in 2005 by Ghana Telecom, the national telecommunications company.
The university was established to provide graduate programs and degree/diploma programs particularly in telecommunications engineering and information and communications technologies. It also offers certificate programs, with courses that count toward a bachelor's degree. GTUC's campus is located in the Tesano section of Accra, Republic of Ghana. Enrolment for Fall 2006, the first in which degree courses will be offered, is expected to be about 350 students.[1]
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[edit] University Council
Ghana Telecom University College is guided by a University Council whose members are:
- Justice Sophia A.B. Akuffo, Judge of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Ghana
- Professor F.K.A. Allotey, Professor in Mathematical Physics
- Mr. Edmund Annan, marketing consultant, KCBC, Accra
- Professor Christine Kissiedu, Former Head of Library and Information Sciences, University of Ghana
- Mrs. Margaret Mwanakatwe, Managing Director, Barclays Bank
- Dr. Benjamin Aggrey Ntim, Deputy Minister of Communication of the Republic of Ghana
- Professor Knud Erik Skouby, Director, Technological University of Denmark-Center for Information and Communication Technologies
[edit] President
GTUC's President is Dr. Osei Darkwa (odarkwa@gtuc.edu.gh), who was educated in Ghana and Norway and earned his Ph.D. at Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Dr. Darkwa taught for 11 years at the University of Illinois, Chicago, before returning to Ghana to work on the development of strategies and plans for expanding education for ICTs, which figure prominently in Ghana's future in the global economy.
[edit] Contacts
GTUC's web site is http://www.gtuc.edu.gh. Its postal mail address is PMB Tesano-Accra, Ghana. Phone number, 021-226766.
GTUC has an office of external affairs in the U.S. Its director is Dr. Steve Eskow (drseskow@gtuc.edu.gh; 805-692-6998).
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[edit] Notes
- ^ a b Inauguration of Ghana Telecom University College. Ghana Telecom University College Website. Ghana Telecom University College (August 15, 2006). Retrieved on 10 March 2007.
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