Ghana Telecom University College (GTUC) is a fully accredited university founded in 2005 by Ghana Telecom, the national telecommunications company. Vodafone, a British telecom company, acquired GT in 2008, and the university college was expected to become an independent institution in late 2009.
The university was established to provide first degrees (bachelor's) and graduate programs, particularly in Telecommunications Engineering and Information and Communications Technologies. It also offers certificate programs, with courses that provide credit for the bachelor's degree, and a wide assortment of professional development seminars and workshops.
A School of Business opened in January 2009. First degrees in business include Bachelor of Science in Business and Bachelor of Science in Entrepreneurship. A Master of Science in Entrepreneurship and Technology is offered.
In addition, the first group of graduates recently received master of science degrees from the Technical University of Denmark. The programme was offered at the GTUC campus in Accra via broadband telecommunications.
Programmes are under development with other strategic educational partners, including Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology (KNUST), Ghana; AFRALTI, Kenya; The Open University, United Kingdom; DePaul University, USA; Aalborg University, Denmark; St. Mary's College of Maryland, USA; Antioch University, USA; University of California, Santa Barbara, California; Information Communication Technology (ICU), South Korea; University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom; Wildau Institute of Technology, Germany
Since its first class of 350 students matriculated in fall 2006, GTUC has increased its enrollment to about 1,500 students, with 2,000 expected in fall 2009.
GTUC's main campus is in the Tesano section of Accra, Republic of Ghana. A second campus has been opened in nearby Abeka, a nearby Accra suburb.
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