The University of Cape Coast (UCC) has matriculated 1,415 fresh sandwich students to pursue various undergraduate and postgraduate programmes for the 2022/23 Academic Year.
The number, according to records from the Management Information Section of the Directorate of Academic Affairs, is made up of 489 undergraduates and 926 postgraduates.
The students took the Matriculation Oath administered by Mr. Jeff Teye Onyame, Registrar of the University.
The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong, in his address, congratulated the newly admitted students for meeting the requirements to be part of the University of Cape Coast community and urged them to participate in all campus activities to enable them build the necessary credentials to succeed after school.
He noted that being bonafide junior members of UCC, the students were guaranteed the rights and privileges of studentship, having subscribed to the oath of allegiance of the University.
Prof. Boampong urged the students to tolerate one another and live peacefully among themselves, reminding them not to infringe on the rights and privileges of others.
He urged the students to read the students' handbook to be abreast of the code of conduct.
" I wish to emphasize that these rules and regulations are not for the purposes of punishing you. They are meant to bring order and harmony in the University and make your life and stay here enjoyable" he added.
The Vice-Chancellor advised the students to desist from anti-social behaviours such as occultism, hooliganism, prostitution and use of narcotic drugs.
While entreating them to take their studies seriously, Prof. Boampong appealed to the students to observe road traffic regulations on campus and asked them to be security conscious in the discharge of their academic responsibilities.
The Vice-Chancellor seized the opportunity to announce to the students the latest world university rankings by the Times Higher Education that put UCC as the first university in Ghana and West Africa for the third consecutive time.
About Matriculation
Matriculation ceremonies are statutory processes that confer membership of the University on fresh students after they have fulfilled the academic requirements for admission by taking the matriculation oath.
The Oath binds the fresh students to abide by all the rules and regulations of the University as enshrined in the students’ handbook and other authorized documents of the University and require them to be of good behaviour while pursuing their studies at the University.
Source: Documentation and Information Section-UCC