ADMISSION INTO FIRST DEGREE (REGULAR) PROGRAMMES FOR THE 2025/2026 ACADEMIC YEAR

ADMISSION INTO FIRST DEGREE (REGULAR) PROGRAMMES FOR THE 2025/2026 ACADEMIC YEAR

Academic Year: 
2025

ADMISSION INTO FIRST DEGREE (REGULAR) PROGRAMMES FOR THE 2025/2026 ACADEMIC YEAR

Applications are invited from suitably qualified persons for admission into undergraduate programmes of the University of Cape Coast for the 2025/2026 academic year. Persons who will be writing WASSCE this year (AWAITING 2025 WASSCE RESULTS) can also apply.

E-vouchers for online application are up for sale at the following Centres:

1. SALES CENTRES

(a) Cashier’s Office, University of Cape Coast

(b) University of Cape Coast – Accra Office, Tesano – Accra

(c) Ghana Post Company Limited (Regional and District Capitals)  

(d) All Network Branches of GCB Bank Nationwide
(e) All Network Branches of ADB Bank Nationwide
(f) All Network Branches of GT Bank Nationwide

(g) All Network Branches of ARB Apex Bank Nationwide

(h) All Network Branches of Republic Bank Nationwide

(i) All Network Branches of Consolidated Bank Nationwide Bank
(j) All Network Branches of Zenith Bank Nationwide   
(k) All Network Branches of Prudential Bank Nationwide

(l) All Network Branches of Cal Bank Nationwide

(m) All Network Branches of National Investment Bank Nationwide

(n) All Network Branches of Fidelity Bank Nationwide

(o) All Network Branches of OmniBsic Bank Nationwide

 

COST OF E-VOUCHERS:

Ghanaian Applicants     - GH¢220.00

International Applicants  -  (visitapply.ucc.edu.gh and click on ‘apply as international student’)

Deadlines for the sale of Application E-vouchers and submission of completed online application forms are Friday, 22nd August, 2025 and Friday, 29th August, 2025 respectively.       

 

2. ONLINE APPLICATIONS

Applicants should visit apply.ucc.edu.gh then under “Application Process” select “click to apply for a programme” for further instructions.

 

Applicants are advised to read application instructions as well as the contents of the online admissions brochure (https:www.ucc.edu.gh/document/admission-brochure-regular-programmes) very carefully before completing the online application form. 

 

3. BASIC ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Entry requirements for admission into programmes of study for both local and international students include the following:

1. WASSCE/SSSCE: Applicants should have credit passes in six (6) subjects with overall aggregate of 36/24 at the WASSCE/SSSCE

Three of the six subjects should be in English Language, Core Mathematics, Integrated Science or Social Studies and three must be in relevant electives.

For purposes of admission, a credit pass in:

  1. WASSCE means A1 – C6
  2. SSSCE means A – D
  3. General Certificate of Education (GCE) Advanced Level: Applicants should, in addition to credit passes in five (5) GCE ‘O’ Level subjects (including English and Mathematics), have three (3) passes in the relevant subjects at the Advanced Level.
  4. General Business Certificate Examination (GBCE): Applicants should have credit passes (A-D) in six (6) subjects comprising three (3) core subjects (including English Language and Mathematics) and three (3) relevant elective subjects.
  5. International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE): Applicants should have credit passes in five (5) GCE ‘O’ Level subjects (including English and Mathematics) and three (3) passes in the relevant subjects at the Advanced Level.
  6. International Baccalaureate (IB): Applicants should have a minimum of grade 4 at the Higher Level in three (3) subjects relevant to the programme of choice (minimum of grade 5 for Health and Allied Sciences). Applicants should, in addition, have a minimum of grade 4 in English/Literature and Mathematics (SL).
  7. American High School Grade 12 Examinations. Applicants should have a Final Grade point of 3.0.
  8. PRACTICAL EXAMINATIONS FOR B.ED (PHYSICAL EDUCATION) CANDIDATES

      SSSCE/WASSCE candidates applying for B.Ed (Health, Physical Education and Recreation) should hold themselves in readiness for a practical examination.  The date for this examination will be communicated in due course.

 

5. NO HARD COPIES OF COMPLETED APPLICATION FORMS REQUIRED

(i) Applicants are required to keep printed copies of their application for their
own record and reference after submitting the completed online application form. No hard copy should be sent by POST or delivered by HAND to the University.     

(ii)  Persons awaiting 2025 WASSCE results MUST select the “Awaiting Results” option before providing their examination details. Those who already have results SHOULD NOT select the “Awaiting Results” option but rather go ahead to verify their results.

  • Change of programme after submission of completed online application form is NOT allowed.

 

6. PROGRAMMES AVAILABLE FOR THE 2025/2026 ACADEMIC YEAR

The following programmes are available for the 2024/2025 academic year.  Applicants should ensure that the programmes selected as their 1st and 2nd choice options are the same as those displayed on the website.

COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES AND LEGAL STUDIES

FACULTY OF ARTS

Programmes

B. A. (African Studies)

B. A. (Arts)

B. A. (Chinese)

B. A. (Communication Studies)

B. A. (Film Studies)

B. A. (Information Science)

B. A. (Music)

B. A. (Theatre Studies)

 

FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

Programme

B. A. (Anthropology)

B. A. (Population & Health)

B. Sc. (Geography and Regional Planning)

B. Sc. (Hospitality Management)

B. A. (Social Science)

B. Sc. (Tourism Management)

 

FACULTY OF LAW

Bachelor of Laws (LLB)

 

SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

Programme

Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting)

Bachelor of Commerce (Finance)

Bachelor of Commerce (Human Resource Management)

Bachelor of Commerce (Management)

Bachelor of Commerce (Procurement & Supply Chain Management)

 

SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS

Programme

Bachelor of Science (Applied Economics)

Bachelor of Science (Economics)

Bachelor of Science (Economics with Finance)

 

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION STUDIES

FACULTY OF HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES EDUCATION

Programme

B.Ed (Accounting)

B.Ed (Accounting with Management)

B.Ed (Arabic)

B.Ed (Economics)

B.Ed (English)

B.Ed (French)

B.Ed (Ghanaian Language and Culture)

B.Ed (Geography)

B.Ed (Government)

B.Ed (History)

B.Ed (Management)

B.Ed (Management with Accounting)

B.Ed (Religious and Moral Studies)

B.Ed (Social Studies)

 

FACULTY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION

Programme

B.Ed (Agriculture)

B.Ed (Automobile and Metal Technology)

B.Ed (Clothing and Textiles with Management in Living)

B.Ed (Communication Design)

B.Ed (Construction and Wood Technology)

B.Ed (Electrical and Electronic Engineering)

B.Ed Fine Art (Painting and Sculpture)

B.Ed (Food and Nutrition with Management in Living)

B.Ed (Health, Physical Education and Recreation)

B.Ed (Information Communication Technology)

B.Ed (Integrated Arts)

B.Ed (Mathematics)

B.Ed (Science)

B.Ed (Robotics and Intelligent Systems)

 

FACULTY OF EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONS

Programme

B.Ed (Early Childhood Education)

B.Ed (Junior High School Education)

B.Ed (Primary Education)

B.Sc. (Psychology)

B.Ed (Inclusive Education)

 

COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES

SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES

Programme

Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB)

 

SCHOOL OF PHARMACY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES

(Doctor of Pharmacy – Pharm D)

 

SCHOOL OF NURSING AND MIDWIFERY

B.Sc. (Community Mental Health Nursing)      POST-DIPLOMA

B.Sc. (Mental Health Nursing)  

B.Sc. (Midwifery)

B.Sc. (Nursing)

 

SCHOOL OF ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCES

Programme

B.Sc. (Biomedical Sciences)

B.Sc. (Nutrition)

B.Sc. (Dietetics)

B.Sc. (Health Information Management)

B.Sc. (Medical Laboratory Technology)

B.Sc. (Sport and Exercise Science)

 

SCHOOL OF OPTOMETRY AND VISION SCIENCE

Doctor of Optometry (OD)

 

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL SCIENCES

 

SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE

Programme

B.Sc. (Agri-Business)

B.Sc. (Agriculture)

B.Sc. (Agricultural Extension) POST-DIPLOMA

B.Sc. (Agro-Processing)        

B.Sc. (Horticulture)

B.Sc. (Livestock Science and Meat Technology)

 

SCHOOL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Programme

B.Sc. (Biochemistry)

B.Sc. (Conservation Biology and Entomology)

B.Sc. (Environmental Science)

B.Sc. (Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences)

B.Sc. (Forensic Science)

B.Sc. (Molecular Biology and Biotechnology)

 

SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES

Programme

B.Sc. (Actuarial Science)

B.Sc. (Chemistry)

B.Sc. (Computer Science)

B.Sc. (Engineering Physics)  

B.Sc. (Industrial Chemistry)

B.Sc. (Information Technology)

B.Sc. (Laboratory Technology)

B.Sc. (Mathematics and Statistics)

B.Sc. (Mathematics with Business)

B.Sc. (Mathematics with Economics)

B.Sc. (Mathematics)

B.Sc. (Meteorology & Atmospheric Physics)

B.Sc. (Physics)           

B.Sc. (Statistics)

 

SCHOOL OF SUSTAINABLE ENGINEERING

Programme

B.Sc. (Water and Public Health Engineering)

B.Sc. (Chemical Engineering)

B.Sc. (Agricultural Engineering)

 

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