General Information and Guidelines for Undergraduate Applicants

The University of Ghana announces for the information of the general public, applicants, parents, and guardians that applications are open for the admission of prospective applicants into various undergraduate programmes for the 2025/2026 academic year. Applicants should take note of the following

All prospective applicants are advised to visit the University’s website www.ug.edu.gh and carefully read all relevant information and guidelines for prospective applicants before applying

Programmes at the College of Health Sciences, except those offered at the School of Biomedical and Allied Health Sciences, are offered as FIRST CHOICE programmes only. 

For the Bachelor of Arts (BA) programme, applicants are required to select subjects from the list of bouquets provided.  Up to four (4) subject bouquets must be selected in order of preference. Click here to view various bouquets 

Applicants who select either B.Sc. Administration or Bachelor of Laws (LLB) as first choice are advised strongly to select subject bouquets from the Bachelor of Arts programme as second choice to enhance their chances of gaining admission.

The following programmes offered at the College of Basic and Applied Sciences are FIRST CHOICE programmes: Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Bachelor of Science in Information Technology, Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering and Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering. Do not choose any of these programmes as second and third choices. 

For second and third choices, applicants must choose courses from the Sciences. 

All Applicants must take note that the process for admission to the University of Ghana is very transparent.  Applicants should therefore beware of any persons who may approach them on the pretext of assisting them gain admission for a fee.

All students entering the BA programme must offer three (3) subjects at Level 100, two (2) subjects at Level 200 and Level 300 and either two (2) subjects or one (1) subject at Level 400

Qualified Applicants to the Bachelor’s degree on the Legon Campus who are unable to meet the competitive cut-off points determined by the Admissions Board for admission to preferred programmes of study may opt for the Fee-paying Scheme.  Interested applicants must indicate this option on their application forms. 

Mature Students Admission has been re-introduced into the Bachelor of Arts Distance Education (DE) Programme with effect from the 2017/2018 academic year. 

All applicants who have ever attended or graduated with Certificate/Diploma from the University of Ghana from 1996 to date should indicate their STUDENT IDENTITY NUMBERS on their application forms.  The same number will be used in the intended programme of study if admitted.

Since the 2007/2008 academic year, the University of Ghana has ceased to admit applicants with the West African Examination Council’s Ordinary and Advanced Level Certificates

Programmes and their respective bouquets

Accounting, Economics, Kiswahili

Accounting, Sociology, Russian

Economics, Geography, Archaeology

Economics, Geography, Philosophy & Classics

Economics, Insurance, Geography

Economics, Mathematics, Statistics

Economics, Philosophy & Classics, French

Economics, Russian, Insurance

Economics, Study of Religions, Theatre Arts

English, French, Theatre Arts

English, History, Spanish

English, Kiswahili, Music

English, Theatre Arts, Psychology

Finance, Economics, Geography

French, Spanish, Linguistics

Geography, History, Archaeology

Geography, History, Dance Studies

Geography, Political Science, Dance Studies

Geography, Sociology, Linguistics

Health Services, Psychology, Chinese

History, Archaeology, Economics

History, Chinese, Study of Religions

Human Resource Management, Psychology, History

Linguistics, Russian, Dance Studies

Marketing, History, Archaeology

Marketing, Psychology, Kiswahili

Philosophy & Classics, Economics, Study of Religions

Philosophy & Classics, Geography, Human Resource Management

Political Science, Chinese, Music

Political Science, Finance, Russian

Political Science, History, Arabic

Political Science, Linguistics, Arabic

Political Science, Linguistics, Kiswahili

Political Science, Linguistics, Spanish

Political Science, Philosophy & Classics, Archaeology

Political Science, Spanish, French

Psychology, Archaeology, Arabic

Psychology, Archaeology, Philosophy & Classics

Psychology, Linguistics, Study of Religions

Psychology, Study of Religions, Geography

Public Administration, Sociology, Chinese

Public Administration, Sociology, French

Sociology, Geography, Spanish

Sociology, Social Work, Music

Sociology, Social Work, Philosophy & Classics

Sociology, Study of Religions, Geography

Sociology, Study of Religions, Philosophy & Classics

Sociology, Study of Religions, Social Work

Study of Religions, Health Services, Theatre Arts

Theatre Arts, Economics, Mathematics

Economics, Geography, Philosophy & Classics

Geography, History, Archaeology

Geography, Sociology, Linguistics

Information Studies, History, Archaeology

Political Science, Philosophy & Classics, Archaeology

Psychology, Archaeology, Philosophy & Classics

Psychology, Linguistics, Professional Development

Sociology, Geography, Philosophy & Classics

Sociology, Social Work, French

Sociology, Social Work, Philosophy & Classics

Sports, Education, Dance Studies

Sports, Education, French

Sports, Education, English

Sports, Education, History

Sports, Education, Information Studies

Sports, Education, Psychology

Sports, Education, Linguistics

Sports, Sociology, Information Studies

Political Science, Sociology and Information Studies

Economics, Sociology and Psychology

Psychology, Sociology and Information Studies

Professional Development, Psychology, Information Studies

Accounting, Psychology and Professional Development

Public Administration, Sociology and Information Studies

Human Resource, Psychology and Information Studies

French, Sociology and Information Studies

Professional Development, Human Resource Development and Information Studies

Professional Development, Psychology

Professional Development, Information Studies

Information Studies, Political Science

Information Studies, Human Resource Management

Information Studies, Public Administration

Information Studies, Psychology

Information Studies, Sociology

Sociology, Psychology

Sociology, Political Science