Masters is an advanced degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a program with an emphasis on knowledge in a specific major field or professional practice.
It usually requires a prior bachelor’s degree and involves higher learning with the acquisition of skills in a particular area of specialization
Many students didn’t like the courses they read during their undergraduate studies due to the fierce competition as at the time of entry
However it is important that during your masters, you should choose a programme which suits your interest
In this space, we list all the available masters programme offered in the university of Ghana for interested applicants
We have grouped them into colleges so that you can choose the one which best suit your interest
COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES
SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES
Arabic – MA/MPhil
Conference Interpreting – MA
English – MA/MPhil/PhD
French – MPhil/PhD
Linguistics – MA/MPhil/PhD
Russian – MA/MPhil
Spanish – MA/MPhil
Translation – MA
Teaching English as a Second Language – MPhil
SCHOOL OF ARTS
Archaeology – MPhil/PhD
Classics – MPhil/PhD
History – MPhil/PhD
Museum & Heritage Studies – MA/PhD
Philosophy – MPhil/PhD
Study of Religions – MPhil/PhD
SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS
Dance – MPhil
Dance (Choreography/Performance) – MFA
Music – MPhil/PhD
Theatre Arts – MA/MFA/MPhil/PhD
SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
Climate Change & Sustainable Development – MSc/MPhil
Clinical Psychology – MPhil
Counselling Psychology – MPhil
Development Economics – PhD
Development Psychology – MPhil
Disaster Risk Reduction Science – MSc/MPhil
Economic Policy Management – MA/Weekend/Evening/Fee Paying
Economics – MPhil
Geography & Resource Development – MPhil/PhD
Industrial and Organizational Psychology – MPhil
Political Science – MA/MPhil/PhD
Psychology – PhD
Sociology – MA/MPhil/PhD
Social Psychology – MPhil
Social Work – MPhil/PhD
CENTRE FOR AGING STUDIES
Ageing Studies – MA/MPhil/PhD
Counselling – MA
CENTRE FOR URBAN MANAGEMENT STUDIES
Urban Studies – MSc/MPHil/PhD
INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC RESEARCH
Development Studies – MA/MPhil/PhD
CENTRE FOR SOCIAL POLICY STUDIES
Social Policy Studies – MA/PhD
Research and Public Policy – MRPP
REGIONAL INSTITUTE FOR POPULATION STUDIES
Population Studies – MA/MPhil/PhD
LEGON CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AND DIPLOMACY
International Affairs (One-Year, Regular) – MA
International Affairs (Two-year Part-Time) – MA
International Affairs – PhD
CENTRE FOR MIGRATION STUDIES
Migration Studies – MA/MPhil/PhD
INSTITUTE OF AFRICAN STUDIES
African Studies – MA/MPhil/PhD
UNIVERISTY OF GHANA BUSINESS SCHOOL
Accounting – MBA/MPhil/PhD
Finance – MBA/MPhil/PhD
Health Policy and Management – PhD
Health Services Management – MBA/MPhil
Human Resource Management – MBA/MPhil
Information Systems – PhD
Management Information Systems – MBA/MPhil
Management Science – PhD
Marketing – MBA/MPhil/PhD
Operations Management – MPhil
Public Administration – MPA/MPhil
Public Administration and Policy Management – PhD
Risk Management and Insurance – MPhil
How to apply for the University of Ghana masters degree programme
SCHOOL OF LAW
Alternative Dispute Resolution – LLM/MA
Corporate and Commercial Law – LLM/MA
Energy Law – LLM/MA
Financial Markets Law and Regulation – LLM/MA
Gender and the Law – LLM/MA
Health Law and Ethics – LLM/MA
Human Rights Law and Practice – LLM/MA
Information Technology Law – LLM/MA
International Law – LLM/MA
Labour Law – LLM/MA
Law and Development – LLM/MA
Law and Practice of Public Administration – LLM/MA
Law for Micro, Small, and Medium Scale Enterprises- LLM/MA
Maritime Law – LLM/MA
National Security Law and Practice – LLM/MA
Natural Resources Law – LLM/MA
Oceans Governance and Law – LLM/MA
Paralegal Practice – LLM/MA
Tax Law, Policy and Practice – LLM/MA
Law – PhD
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
SCHOOL OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION STUDIES
Communication Studies – MA/MPhil/PhD
Information Studies – MA/MPhil/PhD
Strategic Communications – MA
SCHOOL OF CONTINUING AND DISTANCE EDUCATION
Adult Education – MA/MPhil
Adult Education & Human Resource Studies – PhD
Development Education – MPhil/PhD
Distance Education & E-Learning (Distance) – MA
HIV/AIDS Management (Distance) – MA/MPhil
Human Resource Development – MA/MPhil
Professional Development – MA
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AND LEADERSHIP
Education – MA/MPhil
Educational Leadership and Management – MA/MPhil
COLLEGE OF BASIC AND APPLIED SCIENCES
SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL AND MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
Actuarial Science – MSc(evening/weekend)/MPhil
Applied Geochemistry – MSc/MPhil
Applied Geophysics – MSc/MPhil
Chemistry – MPhil/PhD
Computer Science – MSc (evening/weekend MEng/MPhil/PhD
Earth Science – PhD
Economic Geology – MSc/MPhil
Engineering Geology – MSc/MPhil
Geology – MSc/MPhil
Hydrogeology – MSc/MPhil
Mathematics – MSc/MPhil/PhD
Mineral Exploration – MSc
Petroleum Geoscience – MSc
Physics – MPhil/PhD
Statistics – MPhil/PhD
SCHOOL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Applied Parasitology – PhD/MPhil
Aquaculture – MSc/MPhil
Biochemistry – MSc/MPhil/PhD
Biodiversity & Conservation Science – PhD
Biodiversity Studies – MPhil
Botany – MPhil/PhD
Coastal Zone Management – MSc
Fish and Aquatic Ecosystem Health – MPhil
Fisheries Administration and Management – EMFAM
Fisheries Management – MSc
Fisheries Science – MPhil/PhD
Food Science – MPhil/PhD
Marine Science – MPhil/PhD
Molecular Biology – MPhil
Molecular Cell Biology of Infectious Diseases – MPhil/PhD
Nutrition – MPhil/PhD
Plant and Environmental Biology – PhD
Zoology – MPhil
INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND SANITATION STUDIES
Environmental Sanitation Studies – MPhil
Environmental Science – MPhil/PhD
Sustainability Science – MPhil
CENTRE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABILITY DEVELOPMENT
Climate Change and Sustainable Development – MSc/MPhil/PhD
SCHOOL OF NUCLEAR AND ALLIED SCIENCES
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 Science and Technology – MPhil
Nuclear Technology Applications in Petroleum and Mining Industries – MPhil
Nuclear and Radiochemistry – MPhil/PhD
Radiation Processing – MPhil/PhD
Radiation Protection – MPhil/PhD
SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Administration – M.Agric/MPhil/PhD
Agribusiness – MPhil/ PhD
Agricultural Economics – MPhil
Agricultural Engineering – MPhil/M.Eng/PhD
Agricultural Extension – M.Agric/MPhil/PhD
Applied Agricultural Economics & Policy – PhD
Applied Parasitology – MPhil/PhD
Animal Science – M.Agric/ MPhil/PhD
Biodiversity and Conservation Science – PhD
Biodiversity Studies – MPhil
Crop Science – M.Agric/ MPhil/PhD
Entomology – MPhil/PhD (ARPPIS)
Extension & Livelihood Studies – MSc
Family and Consumer Sciences – PhD
Available options
Child and Family Studies
Clothing and Textiles
Family Resource Management
Food Utilization and Community Nutrition
Home Science – MPhil
Soil Science – M.Agric/ MPhil/PhD
MPhil Specialization Areas Available:
Environmental Soil Science
Pedology and landscape Processes
Soil Chemistry and Fertility
Soil Physics and Conservation
Soil Microbiology and Biochemistry
PhD Specializations Areas Available:
Environmental Soil Science
Pedology and landscape Processes
Soil Chemistry
Soil Fertility
Soil Microbiology and Biochemistry
Soil Physics and Conservation
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING SCIENCES
Agricultural Engineering – MEng/MPhil/PhD
Biomedical Engineering – MEng/MPhil/PhD
Computer Engineering – MEng/MPhil/PhD
Food Process Engineering – MPhil/PhD
Materials Science & Engineering – MEng/MPhil/PhD
COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES
SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL AND ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCES
Audiology – MSc
Dietetics – MSc/PhD
Medical Ultrasonography – MSc
Medical Laboratory Sciences – MSc
Physiotherapy – MPhil/MSc
Speech and Language Therapy – MSc
SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Applied Epidemiology and Disease Control – MPhil
Applied Health Social Science – MSc
Bioethics – MSc
Biostatistics – MSc
Clinical Trials – MSc
Health Economics – MHE
Health Informatics – MHI
Occupational Hygiene – MSc
Occupational Medicine – MSc
Public Health – MPH
Public Health – PhD
Options available for the PhD:
Biological, Environmental and Occupational Sciences
Biostatistics
Epidemiology and Disease Control
Health Policy, Planning and Management
Population, Family and Reproductive Health
Social and Behavioural Science
Public Health Monitoring and Evaluation – MSc
SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH SPECIAL WEEK-END PROGRAMME
Public Health – MPH
Public Health Monitoring and Evaluation – MSc
SCHOOL OF NURSING AND MIDWIFREY
Nursing – MSc/MPhil
Nursing – PhD
Midwifery – MPhil
Pediatric Nursing – MSc/MPhil
UNIVERSITY OF GHANA MEDICAL SCHOOL
Anatomy – MPhil
Chemical Pathology – MPhil
Clinical Sciences – PhD
Haematology – MPhil
Immunology – MPhil
Medical Microbiology – MPhil/PhD
Pharmacology – MPhil
Physiology – MPhil
SCHOOL OF PHARMACY
Pharmaceutics – MPhil
Pharmaceutical Chemistry – MPhil
Pharmacognosy – MPhil
Pharmacy Practice (Clinical/Social Pharmacy) – MPhil
WEST AFRICAN GENETIC MEDICINE CENTRE
Genetic Counselling – MSc
