Ghana President, Nana Akufo-Addo has granted a Presidential Charter to Academic City University College.
With the charter, Academic City, as an independent tertiary institution in Ghana, can now award its own degrees.
The new status positions Academic City as one of the youngest universities since the inception of private tertiary institutions in Ghana to achieve this feat. It also affirms the university’s commitment to delivering quality educational experiences and industry-focused programmes.
President of the university, Fred McBagonluri, remarked: “We are excited about this achievement. It empowers us to dream bigger and innovate boldly, offering us the opportunity to develop forward-thinking programmes that prepare students to succeed in their chosen profession”.
According to him, the Presidential Charter gives Academic City the foundation to improve its teaching methods, to help students become more creative and imaginative in finding innovative solutions to complex problems.
President of the university, Fred McBagonluri, remarked: “We are excited about this achievement. It empowers us to dream bigger and innovate boldly, offering us the opportunity to develop forward-thinking programmes that prepare students to succeed in their chosen profession”.
According to him, the Presidential Charter gives Academic City the foundation to improve its teaching methods, to help students become more creative and imaginative in finding innovative solutions to complex problems.
The review assessed Academic City’s teaching and learning approaches, its world-class infrastructure, curriculum, financial stability, staff qualifications, and governance structures. Since its inception seven years ago, Academic City has been committed to improving higher education in Africa and providing the highest quality education possible. This resulted in the university being ranked 15th in Sub-Saharan Africa and 2nd in Ghana by the Times Higher Education (THE) in 2023.
The university distinguishes itself through a unique model of education that prioritises experiential, contextual, unified, and extensional learning, all while emphasising entrepreneurship. This approach ensures that graduates are equipped to become ‘Future-Ready Leaders’.
The university has the best-equipped workshops furnished with the real state -of-the-art industry machinery and equipment to offer students first-hand practical experiences in their fields of study, be it communication arts, computational sciences, engineering or business.
