University of Professional Studies

University of Professional Studies

University of Professional Studies logo
Former names
 Institute of Professional Studies
Motto Scholarship with Professionalism
Type Public
Established 1965 (1965)
Vice-Chancellor Prof. Joshua Alabi
Students 11,300
Location Accra, Greater Accra Region, Ghana
5°39′36″N 0°10′00″W / 5.659884°N 0.166614°W / 5.659884; -0.166614Coordinates: 5°39′36″N 0°10′00″W / 5.659884°N 0.166614°W / 5.659884; -0.166614
Website www.upsa.edu.gh

The University of Professional Studies (formerly known as Institute of Professional Studies) is located in Accra, Ghana. The University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) is a public university that provides both academic and business professional education in Ghana. The university was the first and is still the only public institution with the mandate to offer both academic degrees and provide training for higher professional education in Ghana. The university has a student population of about eleven thousand and three hundred (2016 estimate). The school has currently been awarded international accreditation for its Business programs. This award was given by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP). Information can be verified at this website: www.acbsp.org

History

The university was founded in 1965 as a private professional business education tuition provider and was taken over by government in 1978 by the Institute of Professional Studies Decree, 1978 (SMCD 200). It was subsequently established as a tertiary institution with a mandate to provide tertiary and professional education in Accountancy, Management and other related areas of study by the Institute of Professional Studies Act, (Act 566), 1999.

Front view of UPS Administration Block

The then IPS had been offering tuition for business professional programmes. In September 2005, the then institute introduced bachelor's degree programmes to give meaning to the IPS Act 566. It received a Presidential Charter in September 2008, conferring on it the status of a fully-fledged public university. The university offers undergraduate and master's degrees in several programmes.[1]

The development of the programmes coupled with trends in tertiary education at both local and international levels called for an amendment of the existing Act 566 of 1999. Subsequently, the University of Professional Studies Act, 2012 (ACT 850) was enacted to rename the institute as a University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA).[2]

Aim

To provide education and training in Accounting, Financial Management and Marketing. [3] [4] [5]

Faculties

Faculty of Accounting and Finance

Headed by the Dean, Mr. George Quartey. The Faculty has two departments:

The Faculty has an administrative section, which supports its activities:

Mr. Farouk Iliasu is the Faculty Officer and is assisted by two Departmental Officers; Ms Patience Tackie, responsible for the department of Banking and Finance and Ms Dorothy Siaw- Marfo for Accounting.

The faculty has two students associations, the Banking and Finance Students Association (BaFSA) and the Department of Accounting Students Association (DASA).[6]

Academic programmes

Professional programmes

Faculty of Management

The Faculty has two departments, namely the Departments of Business Administration and Marketing.[7]

Marketing Department


Faculty of Communication Studies

The Faculty of Communication Studies has two departments namely, the Department of Public Relations Management Studies and the Department of Information Technology Management Studies. The Faculty is headed by an academic Dean with a Faculty Officer who provides administrative support. The two departments are each headed by an academic Head of Department, each of whom is assisted by a departmental officer.[8]

Department of Public Relations Management

Department of Information Technology Management Studies

School of Research and Graduate Studies

Established in 2009. It has 500 students in seven master's degree programmes with more pending accreditation. The dean of the School of Research and Graduate Studies is Prof. Goski Alabi (Mrs.).[9] The Graduate School has three areas:

Course structure for Masters programes

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Institute of Professional Studies(IPS)". Ghana Yello Website. Ghana Yello. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
  2. ↑ "History of the University". University of Professional Studies, Accra. Retrieved 2014-02-10.
  3. ↑ "UPSA Master Studies". Retrieved 2014-02-19.
  4. ↑ "News". Nana Yaw. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
  5. ↑ "More Subjects, Courses, Programs, Degrees of Institute of Professional Studies (IPS)". Retrieved 2014-02-19.
  6. ↑ "Accounting & Finance". Official Website. University of Professional Studies, Accra. Retrieved 2014-02-10.
  7. ↑ "Management". Official Website. University of Professional Studies, Accra. Retrieved 2014-02-10.
  8. ↑ "Communication Studies". Official Website. University of Professional Studies, Accra. Retrieved 2014-02-10.
  9. ↑ "Graduate Studies". Official Website. University of Professional Studies, Accra. Retrieved 2014-02-10.

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