Over the past 8 years, the department has benefitted from several Government of Ghana assistance. This has led to the expansion of the department’s infrastructure and has thus enhanced capacity for effective teaching and research. Through the joint support of the GETfund and Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, the department is putting up a two storey extension comprising over 14 offices for lecturers, teaching laboratories, lecture theatres, and storage facilities.
The department has also taken delivery of and ICP-MS and ancillary facilities, provided by the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources of the Government of Ghana. The department has also taken delivery of several geophysical equipment and microscopes for research in the major specializations of the department. The department, with assistance from the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, is currently procuring a modern Scanning Electron Microscope and its ancillary facilities for research and student training. With support from DANIDA, the department is taking delivery of a modern Liquid Water Isotope Analyzer. There is a well field donated by past students of the department, for training in hydrogeology at the graduate and undergraduate levels. This is in addition to two field stations in Anloga in the Volta Region and Nsawam in the Eastern Region where the department has hydrometric stations. The department has a groundwater monitoring system in the Nasia sub-catchment of the White Volta Basin in Northern Ghana.
The following are the facilities available for graduate and undergraduate training in the department.
Facility/Equipment | Description |
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Offices for Lecturers | 16 Offices for Lecturers in the old building and over 28 offices in a new building being completed (this will be ready before the beginning of the 2019/2020 academic year) |
Teaching Space | Two 40-seater classrooms sufficiently equipped for graduating level teaching and laboratory sessions; 12 large (up to 100 seats) lecture rooms and labs in the new building being completed. |
Teaching support facilities |
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Microscopes | 16 Modern petrographic microscopes for advanced level teaching and research |
Analytical Equipment |
Inductively-Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrograph; X-Ray Refractometer
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Geological Laboratory Preparation Laboratory |
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Remote Sensing & Aerial Photography Laboratory |
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Practical Teaching support Kits |
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Field Vehicles |
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Field Stations |
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Practical Teaching support Kits |
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Geophysical Equipment |
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Computer Laboratory & IT support Infrastructure |
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(Numerical) Modelling Software |
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