List of Courses Offered at University for Development Studies

Agribusiness Management

Agriculture & Environmental Sciences

Agribusiness Management teaches you how to run agricultural businesses -- from managing farm production to marketing and selling agricultural products profitably. It combines agricultural knowledge with business skills, aimed at making farming and food businesses more efficient and profitable.

Agricultural Economics

Agriculture & Environmental Sciences

Agricultural Economics applies economic theory and quantitative tools to the food and farming sector -- everything from how farmers decide what to plant, to how food prices move, to how governments design agricultural policy. You'll study microeconomics, statistics, and econometrics alongside topics like farm management, commodity markets, and agricultural trade. Expect a fair amount of maths and data analysis, since the degree trains you to model and forecast outcomes in farming, food supply chains, and rural development. Many programmes also cover natural resource and environmental economics, since land, water, and climate directly shape agricultural output.

Fisheries and Aquaculture

Agriculture & Environmental Sciences

Fisheries and Aquaculture teaches you how to farm fish and manage water bodies sustainably -- from fish breeding and pond management to protecting Ghana's natural fisheries. It's increasingly important as demand for fish grows and natural fish stocks face pressure.

Fisheries and Aquaculture

Agriculture & Environmental Sciences

Fisheries and Aquaculture teaches you how to farm fish and manage water bodies sustainably -- from fish breeding and pond management to protecting Ghana's natural fisheries. It's increasingly important as demand for fish grows and natural fish stocks face pressure.

Food Systems

Agriculture & Environmental Sciences

Food Systems takes a holistic view of how food is produced, processed, distributed, consumed, and disposed of. Unlike traditional food science, which focuses on the product itself, this program examines the entire supply chain, including sustainability, food security, policy, and the environmental impact of agricultural practices.

Forestry

Agriculture & Environmental Sciences

Forestry teaches you how to manage forests sustainably -- balancing timber production, conservation, and the needs of communities that depend on forest resources. You'll learn about tree biology, forest ecosystems, and how to plan responsible forest use that lasts for generations.

Agribusiness Management

Agriculture & Environmental Sciences

Agribusiness Management teaches you how to run agricultural businesses -- from managing farm production to marketing and selling agricultural products profitably. It combines agricultural knowledge with business skills, aimed at making farming and food businesses more efficient and profitable.

Agriculture Technology

Agriculture & Environmental Sciences

Agriculture Technology applies modern scientific and engineering principles to improve farming efficiency, crop yields, and livestock management. Students explore specializations like agronomy, animal science, biotechnology, horticulture, mechanization, and soil science. The program prepares graduates to solve real-world food security challenges through innovative, sustainable farming practices.

Accounting

Business & Actuarial Studies

Accounting teaches you how to track, manage, and report financial information for businesses and organizations. You will learn how to audit financial statements, calculate taxes, manage budgets, and use accounting software to keep companies financially healthy and compliant with regulations.

Actuarial Science

Business & Actuarial Studies

Actuarial Science teaches you how to use maths and statistics to predict and price risk -- mainly for insurance, pensions, and investments. You'll learn to build models that estimate how much things like life insurance policies or pension funds should cost, based on real data about how likely certain events are.

Information Systems

Business & Actuarial Studies

Information Systems sits between technology and business -- teaching you how organizations use computer systems to run smoothly, make decisions, and stay competitive. You'll learn some programming and databases, but with a strong focus on how technology solves real business problems.

Procurement and Supply Chain Management

Business & Actuarial Studies

Procurement and Supply Chain Management teaches you how organizations buy the right things, at the right price, from the right suppliers -- and how those goods move efficiently through the whole supply chain to the final customer. It covers sourcing, negotiation, inventory, and logistics all in one.

Business Administration

Business & Actuarial Studies

Business Administration gives you a broad foundation in how organizations are run -- covering accounting, marketing, finance, human resources, and management all at once. It's a good fit if you're interested in business generally but not ready to commit to one narrow specialty yet.

Public Administration

Business & Actuarial Studies

Public Administration trains you to work in government and public institutions -- understanding how public policy is made, how public budgets are managed, and how government agencies actually get things done. It's aimed at people who want to serve in the public sector rather than private business.

Banking & Finance

Business & Actuarial Studies

Banking and Finance teaches you how money moves through the global economy, how financial institutions operate, and how to manage investments, risk, and corporate capital. You will study financial markets, corporate finance, banking regulations, and investment strategies. The program blends quantitative analysis with real-world business decision-making, preparing you to navigate complex financial environments.

Marketing

Business & Actuarial Studies

Marketing is the art and science of promoting products, building brands, and connecting with consumers. You will learn consumer behavior, market research, digital marketing, search engine optimization (SEO), social media strategy, and brand management.

Finance and Economics

Business & Actuarial Studies

Finance and Economics combines the study of how economies function at a macro and micro level with the practical management of money, investments, and financial institutions. Students learn to analyze market trends, evaluate financial risks, and make strategic decisions that drive business and economic growth.

Human Resource Management

Business & Actuarial Studies

Human Resource Management focuses on recruiting, developing, retaining, and supporting an organization's workplace talent. You will study labor laws, organizational psychology, performance management systems, payroll structures, and employee welfare strategies.

Agricultural Science Education

Education & Teaching

Agricultural Science Education trains you to teach agricultural science at the junior and senior high school level -- combining real farming and agricultural knowledge with the pedagogy needed to teach it well. You'll graduate ready to introduce students to modern, sustainable agricultural practices relevant to Ghana's economy.

Arabic Education

Education & Teaching

Arabic Education trains you to teach the Arabic language and culture at the basic and secondary school level in Ghana. It's a specialized teaching qualification, offered at a very limited number of institutions, aimed at serving Ghana's Islamic education system and broader interest in Arabic language learning.

Basic Education

Education & Teaching

Basic Education focuses on teaching young learners, typically spanning early childhood through upper primary or junior high school. You will study child psychology, foundational literacy and numeracy, and classroom management strategies tailored to younger age groups. The program prepares you to create engaging, developmentally appropriate learning environments that set the stage for a child's entire academic journey.

Business Education

Education & Teaching

Business Education prepares you to teach business-related subjects such as accounting, management, and commerce at the secondary or vocational level. It uniquely blends core business knowledge with pedagogical skills, ensuring you can translate complex corporate and financial concepts into accessible lessons for students.

Early Childhood Education

Education & Teaching

Early Childhood Education trains you to teach and care for children from birth through the early primary years -- the age range where learning habits and personalities really start forming. You'll learn how young children develop, how to design age-appropriate lessons, and how to make learning feel like play.

Family and Consumer Science Education

Education & Teaching

Family and Consumer Science Education prepares students to teach subjects related to family dynamics, nutrition, child development, and resource management. The program blends pedagogical training with practical knowledge in home economics, enabling graduates to educate communities on sustainable living, health, and family well-being.

Social Science Education

Education & Teaching

Social Science Education prepares educators to teach a broad range of social science subjects, including sociology, psychology, and general social studies. It focuses on helping students understand human behavior, societal structures, and cultural dynamics.

Family and Consumer Science

Education & Teaching

Family and Consumer Science focuses on the well-being of individuals, families, and communities. Students study human development, nutrition, family finance, and resource management. The program prepares graduates to work in community extension, social services, or the consumer goods industry, helping people make informed decisions about their health and resources.

Agricultural Science Education

Education & Teaching

Agricultural Science Education trains you to teach agricultural science at the junior and senior high school level -- combining real farming and agricultural knowledge with the pedagogy needed to teach it well. You'll graduate ready to introduce students to modern, sustainable agricultural practices relevant to Ghana's economy.

Early Childhood Education

Education & Teaching

Early Childhood Education trains you to teach and care for children from birth through the early primary years -- the age range where learning habits and personalities really start forming. You'll learn how young children develop, how to design age-appropriate lessons, and how to make learning feel like play.

Basic Education

Education & Teaching

Basic Education focuses on teaching young learners, typically spanning early childhood through upper primary or junior high school. You will study child psychology, foundational literacy and numeracy, and classroom management strategies tailored to younger age groups. The program prepares you to create engaging, developmentally appropriate learning environments that set the stage for a child's entire academic journey.

Family and Consumer Science

Education & Teaching

Family and Consumer Science focuses on the well-being of individuals, families, and communities. Students study human development, nutrition, family finance, and resource management. The program prepares graduates to work in community extension, social services, or the consumer goods industry, helping people make informed decisions about their health and resources.

Computer Science

Engineering & Technology

Computer Science is about learning how to write software and solve complex problems with code. You will learn how computer systems work, how to design databases, how to build web and mobile applications, and how to write efficient algorithms.

Health Information Management

Health & Medical Sciences

Health Information Management bridges healthcare, business, and technology. You will learn to manage patient health records, ensure data privacy, and analyze healthcare data to improve patient outcomes and operational efficiency. This program is ideal for those who want to work in healthcare without direct patient care.

Midwifery

Health & Medical Sciences

Midwifery trains you to care for women through pregnancy, childbirth, and immediately after -- supporting safe deliveries and helping new mothers and babies get a healthy start. It's hands-on, high-responsibility work at one of life's most significant moments.

Medicine

Health & Medical Sciences

Medicine trains you to become a licensed doctor -- diagnosing illness, treating patients, and making critical health decisions. It's a long, demanding six-year program covering everything from basic human biology to hands-on clinical practice in hospitals.

Physician Assistant Studies

Health & Medical Sciences

Physician Assistant Studies prepares you to practice medicine under the supervision of a licensed physician. You will learn to take medical histories, conduct physical exams, diagnose illnesses, and develop treatment plans. This intensive program combines rigorous classroom learning with extensive clinical rotations.

Medical Laboratory Science

Health & Medical Sciences

Medical Laboratory Science trains you to run the tests doctors depend on to diagnose illness -- blood tests, urine tests, checking for infections, and more. You'll spend a lot of time in the lab learning to handle samples safely and read results accurately, since a wrong result can affect someone's treatment.

Medical Imaging Technology

Health & Medical Sciences

Medical Imaging Technology (often called Radiography) trains you to operate the machines that let doctors see inside the human body -- X-rays, CT scans, MRIs, and ultrasound. You'll learn the science behind these machines and how to position patients correctly to get clear, safe images.

Pharmacy

Health & Medical Sciences

Pharmacy trains you to understand medications deeply -- how they work, how to dispense them safely, and how to advise patients on proper use. As a pharmacist, you become a critical link between doctors' prescriptions and patients actually taking the right medication correctly.

Human Nutrition

Health & Medical Sciences

Human Nutrition focuses on how nutrients affect health, growth, and disease prevention across the life cycle. You will study metabolism, public health nutrition, nutritional assessment, and interventions for malnutrition, obesity, and diet-related diseases.

Nursing

Health & Medical Sciences

Nursing prepares you to provide safe, compassionate care to patients, support doctors, and promote health in communities. You will study human anatomy, pharmacology, patient assessment, clinical procedures, and public health practice.

Agriculture Technology (Animal Science)

Agriculture Technology (Biotechnology)

Agriculture Technology (Horticulture)

Agriculture Technology (Mechanization and Irrigation Technology)

Development Education

Agriculture Technology (Agronomy)

Agriculture Technology (Soil Science)

Paediatric Nursing

Social Change Communication

Computing Mathematics

Ecotourism and Hospitality Management

Engineering Physics

Nurse Anaesthesia

Nurse Practitioner

Development Education

Social Change Communication

Forensic Science

Sciences

Forensic Science teaches you how to apply scientific techniques to support criminal investigations -- analyzing evidence like DNA, fingerprints, and crime scene materials to help solve cases. It combines biology, chemistry, and criminal justice, supporting Ghana's justice system with scientific evidence.

Statistics

Sciences

Statistics teaches you how to collect, organize, and make sense of data to answer real questions -- from predicting disease outbreaks to understanding consumer behavior. It's less about programming than Computational Statistics and more focused on the theory and methods behind good data analysis.

Biotechnology and Molecular Biology

Sciences

Biotechnology and Molecular Biology explores the application of biological systems and organisms to develop products and technologies that improve human life. Students study genetics, cell biology, and biochemical processes, learning to manipulate organisms at the molecular level for applications in medicine, agriculture, and industry.

Biotechnology and Molecular Biology

Sciences

Biotechnology and Molecular Biology explores the application of biological systems and organisms to develop products and technologies that improve human life. Students study genetics, cell biology, and biochemical processes, learning to manipulate organisms at the molecular level for applications in medicine, agriculture, and industry.

Biological Science

Sciences

Biological Science gives you a broad foundation in the study of living organisms -- from cells and genetics to ecosystems and evolution. It's a general, flexible science degree that prepares you for many specialized paths, including further study toward medicine or advanced biological research.

Chemical Science and Technology

Sciences

Chemical Science and Technology bridges pure chemistry with industrial applications. Students learn the principles of organic, inorganic, physical, and analytical chemistry, and how to apply them to develop new materials, optimize industrial processes, and ensure environmental safety. The program emphasizes both theoretical understanding and practical laboratory skills.

Food Science and Technology

Sciences

Food Science and Technology applies chemistry, microbiology, and engineering to food processing, preservation, packaging, and quality assurance. You will learn how to turn raw agricultural produce into safe, nutritious, market-ready products while meeting food safety regulations.

Biochemistry

Sciences

Biochemistry teaches you the chemistry of living things -- how molecules inside cells work together to keep organisms alive and functioning. You'll study everything from DNA and proteins to metabolism, building skills relevant to medicine, pharmaceuticals, and biological research.

Mathematics

Sciences

Mathematics is the study of numbers, patterns, and logical structures -- and how to use them to solve real problems. You'll go deep into areas like calculus, algebra, and statistics, building the kind of rigorous thinking that's useful in almost every technical field.