UPSA Postgraduate Programmes for the 2022/23 Academic Year

EducationGhana| February 05| UPSA Postgraduate Programmes: The article below gives the most current Postgraduate Programmes being offered at the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA).

Graduate Programmes

• Master of Science in Procurement Management
• Master of Philosophy in Finance
• Master of Philosophy in Leadership
• Master of Business Administration in Accounting and Finance
• Master of Business Administration in Auditing
• Master of Business Administration in Corporate Governance
• Master of Business Administration in Marketing
• Master of Business Administration in Internal Auditing
• Master of Business Administration in Petroleum Accounting & Finance
• Master of Business Administration in Total Quality Management (TQM)
• Master of Science in Leadership
• Master of Arts in Peace, Security and Intelligence Management
• Master of Arts in Brands and Communications Management
• Master of Business Administration in Impact Entrepreneurship and Innovation
• Master of Science in Insurance Risk Management

Uniqueness of Programmes

The uniqueness of the programmes lies in their flexibility and practical emphasis without compromising academic rigour.

The state-of-the-art lecture facilities coupled with the electronic learning aids provide participants with an exclusive comfortable environment for academic work.

The University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) is a progressive public institution that provides both academic and professional higher education in Ghana.

With over fifty (50) years of experience, UPSA has achieved the reputation as the oldest Ghanaian human resource development institution in professional Accountancy and Management with many of its products in key leadership positions in Ghana and abroad.

UPSA remains the only public institution in Ghana with the mandate to offer both academic degrees and provide tuition for business professional qualifications.

A combination of scholarship with professionalism is the foundation of UPSA’s unique profile.

With this background, the University has built systems thereby laying the foundation for a distinctive academic and professional profile somewhat different from the requirements of a purely professional or academic institution.

UPSA is fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programmes (ACBSP) in the USA.

History of UPSA

The University of Professional Studies, (UPSA) formerly the Institute of Professional Studies (IPS) was birthed out of a dream of a young man in 1965 as a private business professional institution.

By dint of hard work, the founder, Nana J.K. Opoku Ampomah successfully carved a niche for the Institute as the only tertiary educational institution to train professional accountants and administrators in the whole of West Africa at the time.

The institution has undergone a lot of restructuring over the years through to where it is today.

From a humble beginning as a Private Tutorial College in 1965, the Institution was taken over by government in 1978 by the Institute of Professional Studies Decree, 1979 (SMCD 200).

Subsequently, on 22nd April 1999, the Institute of Professional Studies (IPS) Act, Act 566 was passed to establish the Institute as a tertiary institution with the responsibility of providing tertiary education in the academic disciplines of Accountancy and Management.

With great fortitude and hard work, the Presidential Charter was granted to the Institute in September 2008 making it a fully-fledged university capable of awarding its own certificates, diplomas and degrees for its accredited programmes.

In 2012, the University of Professional Studies Act 2012, Act 850 was passed to change the name of the Institution from Institute of Professional Studies to University of Professional Studies.

Repositioned as a fully-fledged public university, with its unique mandate to provide academic and professional education, the University is poised towards attaining scholarship, professionalism and entrepreneurship; offering professional, postgraduate, bachelor and diploma programmes. From an initial enrolment of five students in 1965, the University currently can boast of over 15,000 students.

Check the SHS Grading System HERE

Check Business Courses being offered at the SHS in Ghana HERE

Download the 2022 basic and shs Academic Calendar HERE

Check This Out: JUST IN: Coalition of Concerned Teachers sacks acting President King Ali Awudu