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A DECADE OF EXCELLENCE
Ten years ago the leadership of The Church of Pentecost, under the chairmanship of Apostle Dr. Michael Kwabena Ntumy, took a bold and visionary decision to establish this great University College, by upgrading it from the Pentecost Bible College. The overarching aim was to produce men and women who work with hands, heads and hearts to the glory of God. The vision was to empower students to serve their own generation and posterity with integrity and the fear of God.
The Pentecost University College was thus inaugurated on May 22, 2003, by His Excellency, J. A. Kuffuor, the then President of the Republic of Ghana during the Church's 34th Session of the General Council meeting. In November 2004, the National Accreditation Board (NAB) granted the University Institutional Accreditation. The Pentecost University College Council, first headed by Elder Dr. Paul Awua was inducted on May 6, 2004 at the 10th Session of the Extraordinary Council Meeting held at the Sowutuom campus. Currently, the Council is under the chairmanship of Dr. Michael Agyekum Addo.
The Pentecost University College started with seven (7) programmes in the 2003/2004 academic year, today runs thirty-two (32) programmes comprising, Certificate, Professional, Undergraduate and Graduate programmes. These programmes have been duly accredited by the National Accreditation Board. Additionally, the University College is affiliated to the University of Ghana, Legon and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.
Pentecost University College admitted its first batch of 171 students in the 2004/2005 academic year for the Evening and Regular schools. These Students were admitted to read various programmes in the three faculties namely:
- Faculty of Business Administration (FBA)
- Faculty of Science and Computing (FESAC) and
- The Faculty of Theology and Mission (FTM).
The University now runs Regular, Evening and Weekend schools for 32 programmes comprising certificate, professional, undergraduate and graduate programmes, with a total student population of 3,193 comprising 1757 male and 1436 female students. International Students population stands at 316.
UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMMES PROFILE
Faculty of Business Administration (FBA):
The following constitute the programmes profile for the faculty of Business Administration.
- B.Sc. Marketing
- B.Sc. Accounting
- B.Sc. Banking & Finance
- B.Sc. Human Resource Management
- B.Sc. Insurance with Actuarial Science
- B.Sc. Logistics & Supply Chain Management
- B.Sc. Insurance
- B.Sc. Corporate & Business Development Studies
- Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com)
- B.A. Communication Studies
Certificate and professional programmes offered by the FBA are:
- Certificate in Business Administration (CBA)
- Certificate in Alternative Conflict Resolution
PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMMES
- Association of Business Executives (ABE Certificate in Business Administration)
- Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transportation
- Chartered Institute of Marketing
Faculty of Theology & Mission (FTM): The FTM offers B.A. Theology
Faculty of Health, Science & Computing Programmes
- B.Sc. Nursing B.Sc. (New)
- Information Technology
- B.Sc. Actuarial Science
- B.Sc. Applied Mathematics
- B.Sc. Quantity Surveying & Construction Economics (New)
- B.Sc. Construction Technology & Engineering Management (New)
As part of its 10-year strategic plan, the Pentecost University Graduate School was started in March 2012 with 66 students. It has over the past few years grown steadily with a current total population of 297 students. The Graduate school under the deanship of Professor Kwame Boasiako Omane-Antwi offers various Master’s Degree Programmes in:
- MCom Taxation
- MCom Applied Accounting
- MCom Microfinance
- MBA Human Resource Management
- MBA Logistics & Supply Chain Management
- MBA Entrepreneurship
- MBA Marketing
- MBA Project Management
- MA Pentecostal Studies
- MSc International Accounting and Finance (is a collaborative programme with the Buckinghamshire New University, UK)
PUC has academic collaborations with a number of international institutions including:
- Saginaw Valley State University—USA
- Oral Roberts University—USA
- Galilee International Management Institute—Israel
- Buckinghamshire University—UK
- Trier University of Applied Sciences—Germany
The objectives for these academic collaborations include International Exposure for PUC students, thesis advisory and supervision and exchange of faculty and students.
The Pentecost University College Graduate School has signed MoUs with a number of National and International Professional Institutes including:
- Institute of Chartered Accountants Ghana (ICAG)
- Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIT)
- Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport (CIL T)
- Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM)
- Project Management Institute (PMI)
These MoUs afford PUC Students some privileges including memberships and exemptions from some examination papers with these professional bodies.
Having successfully graduated a total of 3,016 students between 2008 and 2014, PUC’s contribution to nation building and impact on the national economy cannot be discounted. Our graduates are serving in different sectors of industry and making significant contributions to nation building. It worth mentioning that one of our Alumni is currently in Parliament. Hon. Rachel Florence Appoh (MP for Gomoa Central Constituency and Formal Deputy Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection) was Women’s Commissioner for the Student’s Representative Council from 2007 to 2008.
PentVars Business Journal (PBJ), the official academic/professional refereed journal of PUC, published quarterly has continued to open minds and change the perception of PUC faculty members, students and industry. It has continually afforded faculty members the opportunity to research, write and publish. PBJ has contributed immensely to academic leadership, scholarship in teaching and the overall intellectual life of the University College and Ghana. The areas of Interest for the PentVars Business Journal include:
- Social Sciences
- Legal, Leadership and Corporate Governance
- SMEs and Micro Finance and Entrepreneurship
- International Relations (Regionalisation and Globalisation)
- Business and Finance
- Economic Development
- Engineering and Computing
- Health
- Special area for students (Focus on students)
PUC has in its fold highly qualified and dedicated lecturers who are devoted to churning out highly committed graduates for the Ghanaian and international job market. Currently, the population of teaching staff stands at One Hundred and Eighteen (118) with 24 percent of them as Phd. holders.
It is worth mentioning here that faculty members of PUC have jointly researched and published a book titled “Comparative Case Study in Developed and developing Countries” with faculty from Saginaw Valley State University, USA. The book is an internationally acclaimed IGI Global Science Book and a premiere reference source in Family Business. The said internationally acclaimed book would be officially launched in the USA on 18th November 2015 and PUC will be represented by two (2) of our young researchers namely: Mrs. Lydia Andoh-Quainoo and Mr. Seth Appiah Kubi.
Much as we all allude to improving standards of higher education in the country, the single most important need of our country today is ‘Graduates with character’. Our country is in dire need of men and women of integrity who will not add to the corruption and poor work ethics that make a mockery of our laws and governance systems. This has been the agenda of Pentecost University College over the past decade. Pentecost University’s uniqueness is embedded in our two flagship programmes namely MENTORSHIP and COLLEGE ASSEMBLY.
The PUC Mentorship programme is established to impact the lives of students both spiritually and academically. With prepared handbooks under the leadership of experts, this programme seeks to nurture Students to know Christ and to equip them with personal, organisational and leadership skills throughout their time at the University College and afterwards.
College assembly affords our students the opportunity to hear from prominent people on various topics. In recent years, the university has welcomed engaging and distinguished speakers like His Excellency, John Agyekum Kuffour (Former president of Ghana), Hon. Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo (The former Minister for Local Government and Rural Development), Gifty Afenyi-Dadzie (former GIJ president and immediate past member of the Council of State), Ayaz Shafi (Management Consultant from India), Ken Ofori-Atta (immediate past chairman and co-founder of Databank Financial Services Ltd) and many others.
As we mark this 10 years milestone under the theme “A Decade of Excellence”, a series of events have been put together for the celebrations as follows:
OCTOBER | |
10th | HEALTH WALK |
13th & 15th | BLOOD DONATION |
17th & 24th | MEDICAL OUTREACH |
NOVEMBER | |
7th | CLEAN UP EXERCISE |
12th | PUBLIC LECTURE 1 |
15th | ANNIVERSARY SERVICE |
DECEMBER | |
3rd | PUBLIC LECTURE 2 |
4th | FUNDRAISING DINNER |
18th | ALUMNI HOMECOMING/ MUSICAL CONCERT |
19th | GRADUATION |
20th | THANKSGIVING SERVICE |
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