Presby University to start graduate programmes on Kumasi campus
The Presbyterian University College is to start graduate programmes from the 2013/2014 academic year on its yet-to-open Kumasi Campus.
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The President of the university, Professor Kofi Sraku–Lartey, disclosed this to the Ghana News Agency in an interview at Abetifi last Wednesday.
He said three programmes, Master of Science (MSC) and Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in Management, Master of Science in Environmental Technology and Master of Science in Computer Science had been earmarked for the commencement of the programme.
Prof. Sraku-Lartey said the university would run the programmes in collaboration with the Nagging University in China and added that students would spend one year of their course in Ghana and complete the second year in China.
He indicated that preparation towards the start of the three graduate programmes had been completed and an advertisement for admission would soon come out for qualified applicants to apply.
Prof. Sraku–Lartey said other programmes such as Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Master of Science in Actuarial Science, with affiliation to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi, would be added later.
He also said the Kumasi Campus would run other undergraduate programmes such as Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Bachelor of Science in Nursing and Bachelor of Science in Physician Assistant.
Prof. Sraku-Lartey said the university had already signed a contract with the Kumasi South Regional Hospital for the hospital to train its staff. It would also serve as a practical training centre for students.
He also said the Presbyterian University College would also establish a medical school at its Agogo Campus in the Asante-Akim North District.
He said the college had already had extensive discussions with the Ghana Medical and Dental Council for the smooth take-off of the school.
According to Prof. Sraku-Lartey, the college currently runs a four-year Nursing and Physician Assistant programme and its pioneer students are expected to graduate this year.
The college, which started in 2003 with 55 students, now has 2,300 drawn from all the West African countries.
Professor Sraku-Lartey said contrary to the assertion that private universities offered only the social sciences/humanities, the university college was seriously promoting the balanced pursuit of the humanities, the sciences, and the development, application and management of technology. It is thereby offering nine programmes, five of which are in the physical and applied sciences.
He said programmes at the university had been designed to provide a strong educational foundation in management, the use of current Information and Communication Technology, mathematics and environmental studies for students.
That, he said, would help students upon graduation to readily provide specialised skills at problem-solving in the business and scientific environment; to set up and run their own small businesses, or pursue graduate degrees in management studies.
The Presbyterian University College is a private university located at Abetifi-Kwahu in the Eastern Region. It was established by the Presbyterian Church of Ghana in November, 2003 and inaugurated on March 27, 2004, by former President John Agyekum Kufuor.
Source: GNA
