Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration

Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration
GIMPA
Address
P.O. Box AH50, Achimota, Accra, Ghana
Accra
Greater Accra Region
Greenhill, Accra
Ghana
Information
School type Autonomy, Public University
Motto Excellence Leadership, Management and Administration
Founded 1961
Status Active
School district West Legon
General reference public university
President Dr. Osei Boeh-Ocansey
Chairman Dr. Christina Amoako-Nuama
Employees 600
Number of students 10,000
Classes offered Regular and Weekend
Language English, French
Campuses

Greenhill Campus(MAIN), Tema Campus,

Takoradi Campus and Kumasi Campus.
Campus type urban
Nickname GIMPA
Accreditation National Accreditation Board
Affiliations Association of African Business Schools
Alumni 15,000
Website www.gimpa.edu.gh
Main Entrance at Greenhill College(Main Campus), GIMPA

Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) is a Public University spread over four campuses (Accra, Tema, Kumasi and Takoradi) and made up four schools, four research centers located at Greenhill in Accra, Ghana.[1] The location of GIMPA, Greenhill, was named by the former Rector, Nicholas T. Clerk (1930-2012) [2][3] The name, "Greenhill", is a reference to the lush greenery and hilly topography of the main campus, as well as its location in Legon which was historically on the periphery of the Ghanaian capital, Accra.[3] It was established as a public university by an Act of Parliament in 2004.The institute was established in 1961 by the Government of Ghana with assistance from the United Nations Special Fund Project and was called the Institute of Public Administration. It is coeducational. GIMPA offers master's and executive master's degree programmes in business administration, public administration, development management, governance, leadership and technology.

History

GIMPA was established in 1961 as a joint Ghana Government/United Nations Special Fund Project. GIMPA was founded in 1961 as a training centre. It was originally called the Institute of Public Administration, established to train public servants with administrative and professional competence to plan and administer national, regional and local services.In 1999/2000, GIMPA was among a group of 200 public sector organisations in Ghana earmarked under the World Bank-funded Public Sector Reform Programme to be taken off Government Subvention. GIMPA was subsequently selected under the National Institutional Reform Programme to be transformed, notably to be self-financing. Subsequently, GIMPA was taken off Government Subvention in 2001.[4]

Bird View of GIMPA in the heart of Achimota Forest Reserve

Today, GIMPA has been transformed from a small, public service institution to a comprehensive tertiary institution offering programmes in leadership, management, public and business administration and technology for both the public and private sectors, NGO's, civil societies and many more. The institute had the mandate to train public servants with administrative and professional competence to plan and administer national, regional and local level services.[5]

Schools/ Faculties

GIMPA’s academic programmes are also accredited by the National Accreditation Board. The Institute is made up of four schools, namely:

GIMPA Business School (GBS)

GIMPA School of Public Service and Governance,(GSPSG)

Faculty of Law, GIMPA

The faculty of law at GIMPA was established in 2010 and has quickly grown from its small size of about seventy students and five full-time faculty to over four hundred students and twenty-six full-time faculty in addition to fourteen adjuncts. Faculty of Law, GIMPA brag of the first and only ultra modern moot court facility in Ghana.

Law Library & Centres

GIMPA School of Technology (SOT)

GIMPA Notable Alumni

GIMPA Research & Advocacy

Banking Facilities/ Services

Unibank at Greenhill, GIMPA

UniBank’s GIMPA campus branch opened in 2012 and is located at the Greenhill campus in Achimota. Services include :

For more information, log on to the uniBank website.

References

  1. ↑ "GIMPA". ghanaschoolsonline.com. Archived from the original on 2013-05-22. Retrieved 2013-05-03.
  2. ↑ "PRESEC | ALUMINI PORTAL". 2016-11-11. Archived from the original on 2016-11-11. Retrieved 2017-07-23.
  3. 1 2 Christian Messenger (27 October 2012). Obituary: The Rev. Dr. Nicholas Timothy Clerk. Accra: Presbyterian Church of Ghana Funeral Bulletin.
  4. ↑ gimpa.edu.gh
  5. ↑ "History and Background". www.gimpa.edu.gh. Archived from the original on 2013-06-23. Retrieved 2013-05-03.
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