The Department of Accounting in the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS) is at the forefront of skills development in the areas of corporate and individual financial record keeping and management of all organizations.
The Department of Accounting in the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS) is at the forefront of skills development in the areas of corporate and individual financial record keeping and management of all organizations.
Designed to train professionals to meet the high demand for specialization in ADR and to equip them with the knowledge and practical skills to navigate the complexities of domestic and international ADR methods.
The Department of Earth Science has over the years mounted graduate programmes in various areas of the geosciences. During the process of running these programmes, it became apparent that there was a need for the Department to reorganize and revise them to meet current and contemporary challenges.
The Department of Accounting in the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS) is at the forefront of skills development in the areas of corporate and individual financial record keeping and management of all organizations.
The management of information systems and operations efficiency and effectiveness have become critical competitive factors in the 21st century. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) for example, have transformed the nature and scope of operations for many firms and become a significant factor for achieving organizational success.
Provides students with an advanced understanding of Corporate or Commercial Law. Courses include Corporate Laws on Transactions; Commercial Contracts, Governance; Dispute Resolution; Comparative Company Law; Taxation; Financial Markets Regulation; Financial Markets Insolvency; Finance; Insolvency; Financial Law; Rescue and Restructuring.
The Department of Finance is one of the six academic departments of the University of Ghana Business School. The Department is a fast growing and dynamic department made up of a vibrant Faculty that is well-trained and which operates at the cutting edge of finance theory and practice. They are active researchers and consultants.
The Department of Earth Science has over the years mounted graduate programmes in various areas of the geosciences. During the process of running these programmes, it became apparent that there was a need for the Department to reorganize and revise them to meet current and contemporary challenges.
Provides specialized in-depth, legal and practical training in upstream, downstream and renewable energy from recognized industry academics along with experienced industry practitioners; and equips students with the necessary skills and knowledge to meet current and evolving developments in the industry.
The Department of Finance is one of the six academic departments of the University of Ghana Business School. The Department is a fast growing and dynamic department made up of a vibrant Faculty that is well-trained and which operates at the cutting edge of finance theory and practice. They are active researchers and consultants.
Deals with the complex issues that create the need to explore effective and sustainable approaches to the regulation of emerging issues of the financial sector. It addresses issues of financial insolvency, regulatory enforcement, corporate governance, and anti-money laundering.
The MSc Financial Risk Management programme is housed by the Finance Department of the University of Ghana Business School. It has been designed for everyone working in finance departments, be it in the public or private sectors.
Offers a unique opportunity for students to study in-depth the overlap between gender, law and discrimination in varied contexts, including employment, labour, disability, and human rights; and to understand the socio-cultural and socio-legal underpinnings of gender challenges within the Ghanaian legal system, and the international legal framework.
Provides broad understanding of current legal, regulatory and ethical issues that arise in promoting and protecting human health. Courses include Bioethics; Public Health Law; Global Health Law and Policy; Mental Health; Gender and Reproductive Health Rights; Health and Human Rights; and Innovative Medicine.
Our department combines healthcare principles with strategic business management, preparing graduates to tackle modern health system challenges through leadership and innovation.
The Department is an innovative unit that continues to define its mission around the creation of world class marketing personnel for public, private, and not for profit sectors in Ghana and beyond and also facilitates the continuing professional development of its faculty.
The Department of Organisation and Human Resource Management (OHRM) is focused on teaching, research and extension series in the areas of Human Resource Management (HRM), organisational sciences, strategy, project management and legal issues as they relate to businesses and institutions.
Provides broad understanding of current legal, regulatory and ethical issues that arise in promoting and protecting human rights. Courses include Theory and Approaches to Human Rights; Foundations of International Human Rights Law; The African Human Rights System; Human Rights in Ghana; Refugee Policy and Protection; International Human Rights Treaties and Covenants; Human Rights Institutions and Courts; Human Rights and the Oil and Mining Industries; Disability and Human Rights; Gender-based violence, Gender and Armed Conflict; and Gender and reproductive health rights issues.
Focuses on the responses of law to issues of modern technology. Courses include cyberlaw, Internet and digitalization, e-commerce, online privacy, data protection, telecommunications, e-governance, technology transfer, robotics and artificial intelligence law.
Designed to equip students with an advanced understanding of International Law and its impact on modern international politics. It will improve students’ capacity to engage with vexed questions in current global affairs that border on the normativity and legitimacy of International Law in areas like International Human Rights Law, International Trade Law, International Humanitarian Law, International Labour Law, among others.
Provides distinctively in-depth study of domestic, international labour, employment and human rights law in a comparative approach which ensures that graduates remain relevant in this specialised area within the present changing phase of labour and employment.
The Master of Arts (M.A.) programme is designed to provide functional legal training to persons without a background in law, equipping them with knowledge and skills to navigate relevant work-related legal and other regulatory situations and providing opportunities and substantive training to engage in postgraduate research.
The Master of Laws (LL.M.) programme provides specialized legal training to persons with previous legal backgrounds, equipping them with knowledge and skills to navigate relevant work-related legal and other regulatory situations. These programmes additionally provide opportunities and substantive training to engage in postgraduate research.
The Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) is a research-intensive degree and the most advanced degree offered by the University of Ghana School of Law. The programme provides advanced training for scholars to deepen and broaden their understanding of Law. The programme is designed to transform these scholars into producers of knowledge, capable of expanding the frontiers of the law to achieve policy goals and sustainable development.
An interdisciplinary study of law and economics and social development. Courses include Law and International Development; International Law, Sustainability and Development; Multinational Enterprises and the Law; Law, Governance and Development; and Gender and the Law.
Provides innovative public service education for pre-career and in-career persons, with focus on the interface between law and practice of public administration. Aim is to open graduates up to relevant and specialised skills in law and public administration, public financial administration legal framework, legal basis of public administration, administrative policy development and implementation, labour and employment arbitration, the contract of employment, labour law and human rights.
Welcome to the Academics page at the University of Ghana School of Law, the gateway to our vibrant and diverse academic community. Explore our rigorous legal education programmes, carefully designed to cater to a wide range of interests and career aspirations, preparing you for a successful career in law.
Introduces students to the features of maritime law, legal environment of the shipping industry, Jurisdiction, Ship Legal Personality, Ownership, Registration and Nationality of Vessels, Salvage, Marine Insurance, Pilotage and Towage, Vessel-source Pollution and Compensation Claims, Port State Control, rules on carriage of goods by sea, charterparties, carriage of goods under Bills of Lading, obligation of ship owners, shippers and charterers, Limitation of Liability, Admiralty, Maritime Safety, Security, and sustainable use of Marine resources.
The Department of Mathematics admits students at the beginning of each academic year into its Master of Philosophy (MPhil) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) programmes.
The MSc Accounting and Finance programme is a specialist programme designed to develop professional accountants and non-professionals in two (2) strategic roles. The programme is a management training programme that equips professional accountants with the skills needed for managerial functions and broadens the theoretical accounting knowledge of non-business graduates and professionals who have diverted into accountancy. One key advantage attached to this programme is that it enables you to obtain full exemptions from the ICAG (Institute of Chartered Accountants Ghana) exams up to the professional level. It also prepares you to complete the ICAG final level papers. For more information about the programme and course content, kindly download the programme brochure.
The Department of Accounting in the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS) is at the forefront of skills development in the areas of corporate and individual financial record keeping and management of all organizations.
Handles the theoretical, practical and regulatory dynamics of national security laws.
Courses include National Security in Theory; Managing National Security; Cybersecurity and National Security: Current Issues; International Criminal Law (Core Crimes and Concepts); Policing in the 21st Century: Law Enforcement in a ‘Digi-World’; International Humanitarian Law; International Criminal Law (Prosecution and Practice); Online Privacy and Data Protection; and Artificial Intelligence and Robotic Systems.
Advanced as a crucial sector for Ghana and Africa's developmental trajectory, this course includes the Political Economy of Natural Resource Regulation; Environmental Protection in Natural Resources Extraction: Law, Policy and Trends; Renewable Energy Law and Policy; Basic Geology of Oil and Gas; Environmental Aspects of Oil and Gas Law; On-Shore Mining Law; Regulation of Trees and Forest Resources in Ghana; Regulation of Inland, Ground, Coastal Water and Seabed Resources; Marine Ecology & Environmental Protection; International Maritime Conflict Management; Gender-based violence, and Law of the Marine Environment.
Deals with the theoretical, practical and regulatory dynamics of ocean-related development strategies. Courses include Ocean Governance and Policy; Maritime Security and the Law of the Sea; Dispute Settlement in the Law of the Sea; Introduction to Public International Law; Maritime Safety and Security; Admiralty Law; International Law, Sustainability and Development Seminar; Marine Ecology and Environmental Protection; International Maritime Conflict Management; Law of Marine Environment; and Law of Marine Insurance.
An experiential learning programme that seeks to provide an opportunity for non-lawyers to acquire legal knowledge, practical and problem-solving skills from seasoned legal practitioners and academics that will enable them to provide a circumscribed set of legal services in the legal sector.
The Department of Organisation and Human Resource Management (OHRM) is focused on teaching, research and extension series in the areas of Human Resource Management (HRM), organisational sciences, strategy, project management and legal issues as they relate to businesses and institutions.
Why Study for an MSc Public Financial Administration programme at the University of Ghana Business School? The uniqueness of the MSc. Public Financial Administration programme can be seen in the variety of courses with a specific emphasis on diverse topical issues pertinent to public sector financial administration.
The Centre for Social Policy Studies was established in 1996 at the University of Ghana to influence social policymaking and practice through research, teaching and advocacy.
Through social policy research, the centre provides empirical evidence for policy interventions to improve the well-being of all people, including the socially and economically disadvantaged.
Equips students with knowledge and skills in tax policy formulation, tax legislation design, tax administration and tax practice. Knowledge and skills gained will enable them to navigate relevant work-related legal and regulatory situations in tax law, policy and practice.