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| The University College of Management Studies (UCOMS) holds fifth congregation |
The university also admitted a total of 236 fresh students into various departments and disciplines for the 2015/2016 academic year.
Mr James Creppy, the Acting Vice Rector of the University, said it had introduced new Masters Programmes including Masters in Business Administration (MBA); Logistics and Supply Chain, Forensic Accounting and Auditing and Human Resource Management.
He said the university would collaborate with the SMC University, Switzerland, to offer MBA in Strategic Procurement, MBA in Information and Security Management, MBA in Entrepreneurship and Master of International Business (MIB).
He expressed worry about mushrooming sister institutions across the length and breadth of the country offering business programmes.
“Between the Kaneshie, Kasoa and Budumburam enclave alone one can count not less than 12 university colleges who are offering practically the same business programmes. This is evident of the fact that the market is getting choked,” he said.
Mr Creppy gave the assurance that management of the university would do well to turn the numerous challenges into opportunities.
“We will improve the physical structures here and participate fully in annual education fairs organised with the assistance of the Ministry of Education; we will also improve our relationship with the local community through the effective use of corporate social responsibility mechanisms,” he added.
Dr Sazrar Opata, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, charged the graduands to use their knowledge in entrepreneurial skills “to bring about a change in their lives, families, communities, country and the world at large.”
“Let the values that you gained here guide you to lead exemplary lives; you must be the change you wish to see in the world as postulated by Mahatma Gandhi,” he said.
Dr Opata urged them to be confident of their own capabilities and tackle the challenges they would face to make the university proud.
He said the university had established an International Trade Office at its Accra Campus for students to learn to run their own businesses effectively.
The office would offer the facilities and exposure on how businesses are run in the international arena.
He said the university, in its bid to be abreast with modern technologies, had begun operating an online college management system which had transformed the students’ registration, admissions and fees collection procedures.
The UCOMS was founded in 1974 as a professional tutorial college offering courses in Marketing, Sales Management, Advertising, Public Relations, Journalism and Accountancy. The College was re-named University College of Management Studies with the introduction of some foreign professional programmes.
UCOMS is affiliated to the University of Education, Winneba, and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.
Report By: Hafsa Obeng
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