The Presbyterian University, Ghana has been accredited by the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC)/ National Accreditation Board (NAB) of Ghana. The GTEC also stipulates that proposed Universities be established as University Colleges and be affiliated to already established and accredited Universities. For this reason, the then Presbyterian University College, Ghana was affiliated to the University of Ghana (UG), the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and the University of Cape Coast (UCC).
The implication of this was that the University of Ghana, the University of Cape Coast and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology had oversight responsibilities over the growth and academic activities of the College and the respective programmes affiliated to them and jointly awarded the degrees of the College until the College attained Presidential Charter to award its own degrees.
Having attained the Presidential Charter, the Presbyterian University, Ghana is empowered to award its own degrees for programmes run in the University.
The journey towards Presidential Charter status started with the Agenda 2013 vision ten years after the establishment of the University in 2003. This Agenda, was spearheaded by the first Principal and first President of the University College, Prof. Kofi Sraku-Lartey and spanned from 2003 to 2014. Afterwards, a Visibility Agenda was carried out from 2014 to 2021, under Rev. Prof. Emmanuel Adow Obeng, the Second President of the University. Through the instrumentality of Rev. Prof. E.A. Obeng, the University College systematically and dutifully went through the various stages of the Presidential Charter process. On 30thAugust, 2022, the University was granted the Presidential Charter under Prof. Ebenezer Oduro Owusu, the Third President of the University.
In April, 2022, Presbyterian University College, Ghana, was named among Catholic University College, Ghana, and Methodist University College, Ghana, as having qualified for the grant of the Charter Certificates by a publication on Graphic Online, and on 30th August, 2022, the President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, presented the Charter Certificate to the University at the Jubilee House in Accra.
The event was attended by the Rt. Rev. Prof. Joseph Obiri Yeboah Mante – Moderator of the General Assembly, PCG and Chancellor of the Presbyterian University, Ghana, PUG; Rev. Dr. Nii Noi Odonkor – Clerk of the General Assembly, PCG; His Lordship Justice Prof. Nii Ashie Kotey (JSC) – PUG Council Chairman; Prof. Ebenezer Oduro Owusu – President, PUG; Rev. Dr. Nana Opare Kwakye – Ga Presbytery Chairperson, PCG; Rev. Ishmael Dometey Asare – Akuapem Presbytery Chairperson, PCG; Mrs. Rosamund Amoako-Apenteng – General Manager of Presbyterian Schools; Prof. Frank S. Arku – Vice President, PUG; Mr. Alexander Somuah-Asamoah – Member, PUG Council; Mr. Samuel Ashitey Adjei – Member, PUG Council; Mrs. Anita Amoako-Gyimah – Member PUG Council/Alumni President; Dr. Emmanuel Oheneba Agyenim-Boateng – Acting Registrar, PUG; Mr. John Adarkwah – Director of Finance, PUG and Mr. Emmanuel Osei Kumi – Treasury Officer, GTP (PUG Alumnus).
The Presbyterian University, Ghana has been accredited by the National Accreditation Board (NAB) of Ghana. The NAB also stipulates that proposed universities be established as university colleges and be affiliated to already established and accredited university. For this reason the Presbyterian University College, Ghana was affiliated to the University of Ghana (UG), the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and the University of Cape Coast (UCC).
The implication of this was that the University of Ghana, the University of Cape Coast and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology shall oversee the growth and academic activities of this College and the respective programmes affiliated to them and jointly award the degrees of the College until this College is given the Presidential Charter to award its own degrees. The Charter then gives the College the autonomy to operate as a full-fledged university.