Release of 2024/ 2025 Undergraduate Admission Forms For University of Ghana Legon

Release of 2024/2025 Undergraduate Admissions For University of Ghana Legon

For the information of the general public, applicants, parents, and guardians, the University of Ghana announces that applications are now being accepted for admission to a variety of undergraduate programs for the 2024–2025 academic year. The following should be noted by applicants:

Before submitting an application, all potential candidates are urged to visit the university's website, www.ug.edu.gh, and thoroughly study all pertinent material and application guidelines.

All applicants who will be writing WASSCE in 2024 are eligible to apply.

Programmes at the College of Health Sciences, except those offered at the School of Allied Health Sciences, are offered as FIRST CHOICE programmes only.

For second and third choices, applicants must choose courses from the Sciences.

The following programmes offered at the College of Basic and Applied Sciences are FIRST CHOICE programmes: Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Bachelor of Science in Information Technology, Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering and Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering .

Applicants who select either B.Sc. Administration or Bachelor of Laws (LLB) as first choice are advised strongly to select bouquets from the Bachelor of Arts programme as second choice to enhance their chances of gaining admission.

For the Bachelor of Arts (BA) programme, applicants are required to select subjects from the list of bouquets provided. Up to four (4) subject bouquets must be selected in order of preference.

All students entering the BA progamme must offer three (3) subjects at Level 100, two (2) subjects at Level 200 and Level 300 and either two (2) subjects or one (1) subject at Level 400.

Qualified Applicants to the Bachelor’s degree on the Legon Campus who are unable to meet the competitive cut-off points determined by the Admissions Board for admission to preferred programmes of study may opt for the Fee-paying Scheme. Interested applicants must indicate this option on their application forms.

Mature Students Admission has been re-introduced into the Bachelor of Arts Distance Education (DE) Programme with effect from the 2017/2018 academic year.

All applications must be submitted

https://admission.ug.edu.gh/applying/undergraduate/apply-now

All applicants will be considered on the basis of result equivalents as provided by the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission(GTEC), as per schedule below

WASSCE	CURRENT INTERPRETATION	SSSCE	NTERPRETATION
A1	1 Excellent	A	1 - Excellent
B2	2 - Very Good	B	2 - Very Good
B3	3 - Good	C	3 - Good
C4	4 - Credit	D	4 - Credit
C5	5 - Credit	E	5 - Pass
C6	6 - Credit	F	6- Fail
D7	7 - Pass
E8	8 - Pass
F9	9 - Fail

Qualifications acceptable for admissions include the following:
Senior Secondary School Certificates (SSSCE/WASSSCE)
Baccalaureate (French)
International Baccalaureate (IB)
GCE (Cambridge) - 'A' and 'O' Levels
GCSE & 'A' Levels

American High School - Grade 12 examinations
Other external qualifications which have equivalences to the WASSSCE/SSSCE and the GCE (A Levels). All admissions will be to Level 100.
All applicants who have ever attended or graduated with Certificate/Diploma from the University of Ghana from 1996 to date should indicate their **STUDENT IDENTITYNUMBERS** on their application forms. The same number will be used in the intended programme of study if admitted.
Since the 2007/2008 academic year, the University of Ghana has ceased to admit applicants with the West African Examination Council’s Ordinary and Advanced Level Certificates
All Applicants must take note that the process for admission to the University of Ghana is very transparent. Applicants should therefore beware of any persons who may approach them on the pretext of assisting them gain admission for a fee.