Ghana Technology University College

Ghana Technology University College (GTUC), formerly Ghana Telecom University College is a university founded in 2005^[2] by Ghana Telecom, the national telecommunications company.^[3]

Summary

The university provides bachelor's degrees and graduate programs, particularly in Telecommunications Engineering and Information and Communications Technologies. It also offers certificate programs, with courses that provide credit for the bachelor's degree, and other professional development seminars and workshops.^[4]

Its school of Business opened in January 2009. First degrees in business include Bachelor of Science in Business and Bachelor of Science in Entrepreneurship. A Master of Science in Entrepreneurship and Technology is offered.^[5]

The school maintains partnership with Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology (KNUST), Ghana; AFRALTI, Kenya; The Open University, United Kingdom; DePaul University, USA; Aalborg University, Denmark; St. Mary's College of Maryland, USA; Antioch University, USA; University of California, Santa Barbara, California; Information Communication Technology (ICU), South Korea; University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom; Wildau Institute of Technology, Germany.

Since its first class of 350 students matriculated in 2006, GTUC has increased its enrollment to about 1,500 students, with 2,000 expected in 2009.

GTUC's main campus is in the Tesano section of Accra, Republic of Ghana. A second campus has been opened in nearby Abeka, a nearby Accra suburb.

University Council

Ghana Telecom University College is guided by a University Council whose members are:

• Professor Walter S. Alhassan, Chairman
• Justice Sophia A.B. Akuffo, Judge of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Ghana
• Professor F.K.A. Allotey, Professor in Mathematical Physics
• Edmund Annan, marketing consultant, KCBC, Accra
• Professor Christine Kissiedu, Former Head of Library and Information Sciences, University of Ghana
• Margaret Mwanakatwe, Managing Director, Barclays Bank
• Professor Knud Erik Skouby, Director, Technological University of Denmark-Center for Information and Communication Technologies

President

GTUC's president is Dr. Osei Darkwa, who was educated in Ghana and Norway and earned his Ph.D. at Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Dr. Darkwa taught for 11 years at the University of Illinois at 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.

See also

• List of universities in Ghana
• Ghana

References

Universities in Ghana Public university University of Ghana University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology University of Cape Coast University of Education, Winneba University for Development Studies University of Mines and Technology University of Health and Allied Sciences University Of Energy And Natural Resources University of Sustainable Environmental Studies and Applied Research Private university Valley View University Regional Maritime University University college African University College of Communications All Nations University Ashesi University College Baptist University College Catholic University College of Ghana Central University College Christian Service University College Evangelical Presbyterian University College Garden City University College Ghana Christian University College Ghana Telecom University College Islamic University College, Ghana Meridian University College Methodist University College Ghana Pentecost University College Presbyterian University College Regent University College of Science and Technology University College of Management Studies Wisconsin International University College Zenith University College Accra Institute of Technology Ghana Institute of Journalism