In this article, we are going to share with you all the Legon Masters programs available for the academic year. Prospective students contemplating the courses available at the University of Ghana for a master’s degree can use our guide.
The distance learning centers have been created to help prospective students who can’t travel to the main campus to pursue various masters degree courses. The courses available at all these centers have been captured in this post.
University of Ghana, Legon offers a range of postgraduate degree programmes you can choose from. The university has courses for regular students, part-time students and weekend students. You can choose an option that favours you.
Below is the University of Ghana Postgraduate Programmes. We have categorized them under their college and department.
College of HumanitiesÂ
School of LanguagesÂ
MA/MPHIL/PHD PROGRAMMES
Translation | MA |
Arabic | MA/MPhil |
Russian | MA/MPhil |
Spanish | MA/MPhil |
Linguistics | MA/MPhil/PhD |
English | MA/MPhil/PhD |
Teaching English as a Second Language | MPhil (Top up) |
French | MPhil/PhD |
Conference Interpreting | MA |
School of ArtÂ
MA/MPHIL/PHD PROGRAMMES
Classics | MPhil/PhD |
Museum & Heritage Studies | MA/PhD |
Archaeology | MPhil/PhD |
History | MPhil/PhD |
Philosophy | MPhil/PhD |
Study of Religions | MPhil/PhD |
School of Performing ArtsÂ
MA/MPHIL/PHD PROGRAMMES
Theatre Arts | MA/MFA/MPhil/PhD |
Music Options available: Theory & Composition, Ethnomusicology | MPhil/PhD |
Dance (Choreography/Performance) | MFA |
Dance Options available for MPhil Dance: | MPhil |
School of Social SciencesÂ
MA/MPHIL/PHD PROGRAMMES
Economic Policy Management | MA/Weekend/Evening/Fee Paying |
Economics | MPhil |
Development Economics | PhD |
Social Work | MPhil/PhD |
Geography & Resource Development | MPhil/PhD |
Psychology Options Available:Â | MPhil |
Psychology | PhD |
Political Science | MA/MPhil/PhD |
Sociology* | MA/PhD |
Climate Change & Sustainable Development | MSc/MPhil |
Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic ResearchÂ
MA/MPHIL/PHD PROGRAMMES
Development Studies* | MA/MPhil/PhD |
Center for Social Policy StudiesÂ
PROGRAMMES
Social Policy Studies | MA |
Regional Institute For Population Studies
MA/MPHIL/PHD PROGRAMMES
Population Studies* | MA/MPhil/PhD |
Legon Centre For International Affairs And Diplomacy
MA/MPHIL/PHD PROGRAMMES
International Affairs (One Year, Regular) | MA |
International Affairs (Two year Part Time) | MA |
International Affairs | PhD |
Centre For Migration Studies
MA/MPHIL/PHD PROGRAMMES
Migration Studies* | MA/MPhil/PhD |
Institute Of African Studies
MA/MPHIL/PHD PROGRAMMES
African Studies* | MA/MPhil/PhD |
University Of Ghana Business School
MA /MSC/MBA/MPHIL/PHD PROGRAMMES
Information Systems | PhD |
Operations Management | MPhil |
Management Information Systems | MBA/MPhil |
Health Services Management | MBA/MPhil |
Human Resource Management | MBA/MPhil |
Public Administration | MPA/MPhil |
Marketing | MBA/MPhil/PhD |
Accounting | MBA/MPhil/PhD |
Finance | MBA/MPhil/PhD |
Public Administration and Policy Management | PhD |
Health Policy and Management | PhD |
Risk Management and Insurance | MPhil |
University Of Ghana Business School Special Week-End /Executive Master Of Business Administration Programmes
Accounting and Financial Services Management | EMBA |
Finance | MBA /EMBA |
Health Services Administration | MBA |
Human Resource Management | MBA /EMBA/PHD |
Management Information Systems | MBA |
Marketing | MBA/EMBA |
Public Administration | MPA |
Project Management | EMBA |
Entrepreneurial Management | EMBA |
Accounting and Financial Services Management | EMBA |
Development Finance | MSC |
Management and Administration | MA |
Accounting and Finance (ACCESS) | MSC |
School Of Law
TO BE OFFERED ON PART-TIME BASIS
Alternative Dispute Resolution | MA (a two year evening programme) |
Human Rights and Administration | MA (a two year evening programme) |
**Alternative Dispute Resolution | LLM (a two year evening programme) |
**Oil and Gas Law | LLM (a two year evening programme) |
**Only for persons with degrees in law
MA/LLM Programme
Applicants would be required to take an entrance examination
Law | PhD |
College Of Education
School Of Information And Communication Studies
MA/MPHIL/PHD PROGRAMMES
Information Studies* | MA/MPhil/PhD |
Communication Studies* | MA/MPhil/PhD |
School Of Continuing And Distance Education
MA/MPHIL/PHD PROGRAMMES
Distance Education & E-Learning* (Distance) | MA |
Adult Education* | MA/MPhil |
HIV/AIDS Management (Distance)* | MA/MPhil |
Adult Education & Human Resource Studies | PhD |
School Of Education And Leadership
MA/MPHIL PROGRAMME
Educational Leadership and Management | MA/MPhil |
Education | MA/MPhil |
College Of Basic And Applied Sciences
School Of Physical And Mathematical Sciences
MSC/MPHIL/PHD PROGRAMMES
Petroleum Geoscience | MSc |
Mineral Exploration | MSc |
Engineering Geology | MSc/MPhil |
Geology | MSc/MPhil |
Hydrogeology | MSc/MPhil |
Applied Geophysics | MSc/MPhil |
Applied Geochemistry | MSc/MPhil |
Economic Geology | MSc/MPhil |
Mathematics | MSc/MPhil/PhD |
Chemistry | MPhil/PhD |
Physics | MPhil/PhD |
Statistics | MPhil/PhD |
Actuarial Science | MSc (evening/weekend)/MPhil |
Computer Science | MSC(evening/weekend) MEng/MPhil/PhD |
Earth Science | PhD |
School Of Biological Sciences
MSC/MPHIL/PHD PROGRAMMES
Fisheries Management | MSc |
Coastal Zone Management | MSc |
Aquaculture | MSc/MPHil |
Molecular Biology | MPhil |
Biochemistry | MSc/MPhil/PhD |
Molecular Cell Biology of Infectious Diseases | MPhil/PhD |
Zoology | MPhil |
Biodiversity & Conservation Science | PhD |
Applied Parasitology | MPhil/PhD |
Botany | MPhil/PhD |
Food Science | MPhil/PhD |
Nutrition | MPhil/PhD |
Marine Science | MPhil/PhD |
Fisheries Science | MPhil/PhD |
Institute For Environment And Sanitation Studies
MSC/MPHIL/PHD PROGRAMMES
Environmental Science | MPhil/PhD |
Sustainability Science | MPhil |
Environmental Sanitation Studies | MPhil |
Centre For Climate Change And Sustainability Development
Climate Change and Sustainable Development | MSc/MPhil |
School Of Nuclear And Allied Sciences
MPHIL/PHD PROGRAMMES
Applied Nuclear Physics | MPhil/PhD |
Computational Nuclear Sciences & Engineering | MPhil/PhD |
Health Physics and Radiation Protection | MPhil/PhD |
Medical Physics | MPhil/PhD |
Nuclear Agriculture | MPhil/PhD |
Nuclear Earth Science | MPhil/PhD |
Nuclear Engineering | MPhil/PhD |
Nuclear & Environmental Protection | MPhil/PhD |
Nuclear and Radiochemistry | MPhil/PhD |
Radiation Processing | MPhil/PhD |
Radiation Protection | MPhil/PhD |
Nuclear Science and Technology | MPhil |
Nuclear Technology Applications in Petroleum and Mining Industries | MPhil |
School Of Agriculture
MSC/MPHIL/PHD PROGRAMMES
Extension & Livelihood Studies | MSc |
Home Science | MPhil |
Family and Consumer Sciences Options available:
| PhD |
Agricultural Economics | MPhil |
Agribusiness | MPhil/ PhD |
Agricultural Extension | M.Agric/MPhil/PhD |
Applied Parasitology | MPhil/PhD |
Animal Science | M.Agric/ MPhil/PhD |
Biodiversity Studies | MPhil |
Biodiversity and Conservation Science | PhD |
Crop Science | M.Agric/ MPhil/PhD |
Soil Science MPhil Specialization Areas Available: PhD Specializations Areas Available: | M.Agric/ MPhil/PhD |
Agricultural Administration | M.Agric/MPhil/PhD |
Agricultural Engineering | MPhil/M.Eng/PhD |
Applied Agricultural Economics & Policy | PhD |
Entomology | MPhil/PhD (ARPPIS) |
School Of Engineering Sciences
MENG/MPHIL/PhD PROGRAMMES
Computer Engineering | MEng/MPhil/PhD |
Agricultural Engineering | MEng/MPhil/PhD |
Biomedical Engineering | MEng/MPhil/PhD |
Materials Science & Engineering | MEng/MPhil/PhD |
Food Process Engineering | MPhil/PhD |
College Of Health Sciences
School Of Biomedical And Allied Health Sciences
MSC/MPHILPROGRAMMES
+Medical Ultrasonography | MSc |
+Dietetics | MSc/PhD |
+Audiology | MSc |
+Medical Laboratory Sciences | MSc |
Speech and Language Therapy | MSc |
School of Public HealthÂ
MSC/MPHIL/PHD PROGRAMMES
Applied Health Social Science | MSc |
Clinical Trials | MSc |
Occupational Medicine | MSc |
Occupational Hygiene | MSc |
Public Health Monitoring and Evaluation | MSc |
MSc in Bioethics | MSc |
Health Economics | MHE |
Health Informatics | MHI |
Applied Epidemiology and Disease Control | MPhil |
Public Health | MPH |
Public Health Option available for the PhD: | PhD |
School Of Public Health Special Weekend Programme
Public Health | MPH |
Public Health Monitoring and Evaluation | MSc |
School Of Nursing And Midwifery
MSC/MPHILPROGRAMMES
Nursing | MSc/MPhil/PhD |
Midwifery | MSc/MPhil |
+ =Two Years Master of Science Programmes | |
Two Years Masters in Paediatric Nursing-New programme |
University Of Ghana Medical School
Anatomy | MPhil |
Haematology | MPhil |
Immunology | MPhil |
Medical Microbiology | MPhil/PhD |
Pharmacology | MPhil |
Physiology | MPhil |
Chemical Pathology | MPhil |
Conclusion
In this post, we provided all the masters programmes at the University of Ghana, Legon.
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