The University of Cape Coast (UCC) was established in 1962 “to serve the needs of the whole country and Africa by drawing its students from a cross-section of the country as well as foreign nations”. Among its terms of reference, the University was mandated to play a unique role in national development by identifying national needs and addressing them. Since its inception, the University has fostered and continues to foster other tertiary institutions to grow and attain autonomy. While remaining loyal to its original assignment of training quality graduate teachers, UCC has successfully diversified its programmes.

Forty-five years of commitment to its core values of excellence and service as well as a vision

University that is strongly positioned with a worldwide acclaim has turned the University of Cape Coast into the University of Choice in Ghana and the West African sub-region. Indeed, UCC has succeeded in establishing itself as a centre of excellence where quality teaching, research and outreach programmes are consistently undertaken.

In line with its tradition of responding to national needs, and backed by her solid academic institutions and infrastructure, UCC is seeking to address the problem of the current shortfall of health professionals, especially doctors, in the country by establishing a School of Medical Sciences (UCCSMS). The aim is to produce doctors and allied health professionals to supplement the efforts of the three existing Medical Schools in the country.

By embarking on the School of Medical Sciences project, UCC has signalled its preparedness to contribute, in a pragmatic way, to the achievement of the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals.


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