A total of 2,687 fresh students have been admitted to pursue various programmes at the University for the 2017/2018 Sandwich year.
Out of this number, 1,865 are postgraduate students and the remaining 822 are pursuing undergraduate programmes.
The Pro-Vice-Chancellor,Prof. George K. T. Oduro, has called on National Service Personnel who were posted to the University of Cape Coast for the 2017/2018 academic year to explore avenues of creating jobs for themselves after their national service period.
A delegation from the Virtual University of Cote d’Ivoire has paid a working visit to the University to explore possible areas of collaboration.
The delegation was made up of Prof. Mian Bi Sehi Antoine, Prof. Fernand K. Kouame and Mr. Bakouan Mamadou.
Introducing the delegation, the Director of Information Communication Technology Services, Dr. Regina Gyampoh, said she met the officials of UVCI at a conference in Lome, Togo and through interaction, they expressed interest in collaborating with UCC to share best practices and experiences.
The first African Youth Festival has been opened at the University by the Provost of the College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences, Prof. L. K. Sam-Amoah, on behalf of the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Joseph Ghartey Ampiah.
Management of the University and Student Leadership has been held the second retreat for the 2017/2018 academic year in Takoradi.
The three-day retreat was aimed at reviewing activities of the University since the last retreat in February; and also outline measures that would help provide a conducive academic environment for members of the University Community.
A three-day workshop has been held for the newly-elected student leaders for the 2018/2019 academic year to equip them to function effectively in their respective leadership roles. The workshop organised by the Office of the Dean of Students’ Affairs, was aimed at training the student leaders on Public Sector Financial Management and other student’s leadership issues.
A workshop on Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights of Young People has been held at the Institute of Education Conference Hall.
The three-day workshop was under the theme “Legal and Policy Arrangement on Sexual, Reproductive Health and Rights of Young People.”
Explaining the rationale for the workshop, the Head of Department of Community Medicine, Dr. Sebastian Eliason, said it was to deepen the understanding of participants and stakeholders on the issues of sexual and reproductive health and rights of young people.
The 4th International Conference for Postgraduate students has taken place at the University with a call on universities to innovate to avoid repeating the mistakes of previous educational programmes and strategies.
Prof. Kocku von Stuckrad, a distinguished Professor of Religious Studies of the University of Groningen in the Netherland, visited the Department of Religion and Human Values of the University of Cape Coast (5th-9th February 2018) to organise seminars for graduate students. The visit was part of the MoU between the University of Groningen and University of Cape Coast. The visit was facilitated by the Centre for International Education (CIE), University of Cape Coast and the Department of Religion and Human Values.
Five postgraduate students of the Department of History are on exchange programme at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) for a semester.
The exchange programme forms part of the Norpart Project between NTNU and three universities in Ghana namely Department of History, UCC, Department of Archaeology and Heritage Studies and the Department of History, University of Ghana.
The beneficiary students are Mr. Bruno Osafo, PhD candidate, Ms. Justina Akansor, Mrs. Julian Mensah Quaye, Mr. Kingsley Agyapong and Mr. Paul Kofi Dadzie all M. Phil candidates.