Garden City University College

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Garden City University College
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Motto'Creatio Innovatorum' Translation: "Developing the next generation of innovators"
Type Private
Established2004
Chairman Prof. John Sefa Kwadwo AYIM
Chancellor Mr. Albert Acquah
President Nana Owusu Kwarteng, PhD
Undergraduates 6,000
Postgraduates 150
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Address
Garden City University College, P. O. Box 12755, Kumasi, Ghana
,
Kumasi
,
Ashanti Region
,
Ghana

6°44′21″N1°33′55″W / 6.7392°N 1.5652°W / 6.7392; -1.5652
Campus Urban
Emailinfo@gcuc.edu.gh
Nickname GCUC
Affiliations Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Website gcuc.edu.gh

The Garden City University College (GCUC) is one of the private universities in Ghana. It is located at Kenyase in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region. It was established in 2001 [1] [2] as the College of Information Technology and Management Systems. The college was converted into the Garden City University College in 2004. [2] In 2005, GCUC was granted its first institutional accreditation by the National Accreditation Board. [3] It started running degree programs in October 2005 with a first cihort of 27 students, which has grown to about 6,000 students in various disciplines.

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On 19 December 2024, it received the Presidential Charter from the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) to operate as an independent university to award its own degrees internally. The University College was christened in the charter certificate as Garden City University (GCU).

Organization

The university has three Schools at present. The current Schools are:

1. School of Business and Applied Sciences (SBAS)

The business and applied science programmes run in this school are: [4]

2. School of Health and Allied Sciences (SHAS)

The courses offered include:

3. School of Graduate Studies and Research (SGSR)

The university runs postgraduate studies in the following . They are: [1] [5]

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Notes

  1. 1 2 "Garden City University College, Kumasi, Ghana – A Nodal Institution for Innovation,Social Change and Development" (PDF). College Brochure. Garden City University College. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 15 March 2007.
  2. 1 2 "About Us". Official Website. Garden City University College. 2006. Archived from the original on 2 July 2007. Retrieved 15 March 2007.
  3. ↑ "Accredited Institutions – University Colleges". Official Website. National Accreditation Board. 2005. Archived from the original on 10 October 2007. Retrieved 15 March 2007.
  4. ↑ "The School of Information and Communication Technology". Official Website. Garden City University College. 2006. Archived from the original on 6 July 2007. Retrieved 15 March 2007.
  5. ↑ "Our Future". Official Website. Garden City University College. 2006. Archived from the original on 2 July 2007. Retrieved 15 March 2007.
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