The Presbyterian University, Ghana (PUG), Centre for Continuous Professional Development (CCPD) is organizing 3 weeks of intensive online certificate courses from Monday November 23 to December 10, 2026. Lectures will be organized online from Monday to Thursday, from 6 pm GMT to 9 pm GMT.
The cost per programme is GH¢1000 per local participant, and US$ 200 per international participant. PUG alumni, PUG students, and Presbyterians will have a 25 % discount. The courses are as follows:
- Certificate In Introduction To Data Science (Part 1 0f 3)
Rationale
The Certificate in Introduction to Data Science (Part 1 to 3) is designed to address the growing skills gap in data literacy and analytics in Ghana and across Africa. As organizations increasingly rely on data for decision-making, there is an urgent need to equip professionals, entrepreneurs, and students with practical skills to collect, analyze, and interpret data for business growth and career advancement. The programme adopts a progressive three-part approach, starting from foundational concepts in Part 1, to hands-on tools such as Excel, SQL, Python and Power BI in Part 2, and finally to Machine Learning and AI in Part 3. This structure ensures learners move systematically from understanding data to building predictive models, with emphasis on real-life projects, local case studies, and portfolio development for immediate workplace relevance.
Goal
The goal is to provide participants with a solid foundation in data science concepts, data literacy, and analytical thinking, and to progressively equip them with practical tools and techniques in data analysis, visualization, and machine learning to enable them to extract meaningful insights from data for informed decision-making, career advancement, and business transformation.
Modules
Part 1 of 3 ( 3 weeks)
Module 1: Overview of Data Science
Module 2: Understanding Data
Module 3: Foundations of Statistics for Data Science
Module 4: Data Literacy and Data Visualization
Module 5: Introduction to Data Wrangling
Module 6: Capstone and Mimi Project
Part 2 of 3 ( 3 weeks)
Module 7: Excel for Data Analysis (Advanced)
Module 8: SQL for Data Science
Module 9: Python Programming for Data Science – Basics
Module 10: Data Wrangling with Python
Module 11: Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA)
Module 12: Power BI for Business Intelligence
Part 3 of 3 ( 3 weeks)
Module 13: Introduction to Machine Learning
Module 14: Supervised Learning – Regression
Module 15: Supervised Learning – Classification
Module 16: Unsupervised Learning
Module 17: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence & Generative AI
Module 18: Model Deployment and Storytelling
Target Group
Researchers and Academics, Graduate students, Business Professionals and Managers, Administrative and Office Staff, IT Professionals and any individuals interested in Data Science
- Certificate In Church Financial Management, Compliance & Integrity
Rationale
Churches handle significant financial resources through tithes, offerings, donations, and projects, yet many lack structured financial management systems, leading to accountability challenges, mistrust, and non-compliance with regulatory requirements. This course is designed to equip participants with skills and knowledge in financial management, compliance and integrity. It aims to promote transparency, accountability, and good stewardship to build trust among members and ensure the sustainable growth of the Church.
Goal
To equip Pastors, Church Treasurers, Administrators and Finance Officers with contemporary skills to manage church finances with professionalism, transparency, and integrity.
Modules
1: Foundations of Church Financial Stewardship & Integrity
2: Church Accounting & Bookkeeping Essentials
3: Budgeting, Planning & Financial Controls
4: Digital Finance, Technology & Compliance
5: Transparency, Reporting & Auditing
6: Sustainability, Investment & Strategic Management
Target Group
Pastors, Church Treasurers, Administrators, Elders, Deacons, Finance Committee Members and any individual interested in Church Financial Management, Compliance & Integrity.
- Certificate In Public Service Leadership And Governance
Rationale
This course is to equip participants with a thorough understanding of current trends on leadership in the public sector, the interface between good governance, development and, the performance of the organizations. This Programme is designed to accelerate the development of promising public service workers who need to broaden and deepen if they are to lead effectively in a complex and dynamic world.
Goal
This course is to equip participants with a thorough understanding of current trends on leadership in the public sector and governance.
Modules
Module 1: Principles of leadership .and governance
Module 2: Principle and practice of good governance
Module 3: Public service organization structure and leadership
Module 4: Local Administration in Ghana
Module 5: Integrity reporting and social accountability
Module 6: Leading and managing for results
Target Group
Public/Civil Servants, Staff of MMDAs, Heads of Educational/Health Institutions, Heads of Security Institutions, Media Professionals, Assemblymen and women, and Individuals aspiring for leadership positions in the Public Service, etc.
- Certificate In Healthcare Entrepreneurship
Rationale
This programme addresses the growing need for entrepreneurial skills within the health sector. It focuses on equipping health professionals and entrepreneurs with the knowledge and skills necessary to identify opportunities, create sustainable healthcare ventures, and navigate the unique challenges of health-related enterprises in Ghana and Africa.
Goal
This course seeks to build entrepreneurial capacity among healthcare professionals and entrepreneurs to enable them to create, manage, and sustain health-related businesses that contribute to public health improvement and economic development
Modules
Module1: Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Healthcare
Module 2: Healthcare Sector Business Opportunities
Module 3: Business Planning and Startup Strategies
Module 4: Financing for Health Startups
Module 5: Legal, Ethical, and Regulatory Issues in Health Entrepreneurship
Target Group
Healthcare professionals, Pharmacists, Nurses, Midwives, Public Health Officers, Health Administrators, NGO Staff, Health Project Managers, Start-up Founders, and individuals interested in health-related entrepreneurship.
- Certificate In Environment, Social, Governance And Sustainability
Rationale
This course is designed to enable understanding and appreciation of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) factors in business growth and resilience. ESG represents the key Environmental, Social, and Governance topics that businesses manage, measure and report on to create and maximize economic, social, and environmental value. ESG is regarded as a comprehensive approach to the management of businesses and includes many areas/ topics that contribute to the long-term success of an organization. Participants would gain the appropriate knowledge and analytical skills that can be applied in their respective career space, including the corporate, governmental and non-profit sectors.
Goal
The programme is uniquely designed to strengthen participants’ knowledge base and ability to integrate ESG principles and best practices into mainstream business operations, thereby embedding business growth and resilience in a highly competitive market environment.
Modules
Module 1: ESG and Sustainability
Module 2: The ESG Journey
Module 3: ESG Materiality
Module 4: ESG Risk Management
Module 5: ESG Reporting
Module 6: Measuring ESG Impact
Target Group
CEOs, Managers, Directors, Board members, Company Secretaries, Bank Operations Managers, Risk and Compliance Officers, Auditors, Executives / Individuals who want to develop the skills needed in ESG and Sustainability.
- Certificate In Professional Service Marketing And Strategy
Rationale
Service marketing is crucial for businesses in the growing service sector, as it focuses on understanding customer needs, preferences, and behaviors. It involves ongoing interactions, relationship building, and customization. The unique nature of service demands professional service marketing skills and knowledge.
Goal
This course seeks to equip participants with professional service marketing skills and knowledge.
Modules
Module 1: The Essence of Service
Module 2: Understanding Consumer Behavior & Service Design
Module 3: Service Marketing Mix and strategy
Module 4: Managing service quality and customer satisfaction
Module 5 : Sustainable Service Marketing and strategy
Module 6: Technology and innovation in service marketing
Module 7: Ethics in Service Marketing
Target Group
Individuals interested in professional service marketing
- Certificate In Cloud Computing
Rationale
The demand for cloud computing professionals is on the rise. This course provides a comprehensive understanding of cloud computing from a business perspective. It covers the basics, history, business case, and emerging technology in cloud computing.
Goal
To equip participants Cloud Computing skills
Modules
Module 1: Overview of Cloud Computing
Module 2: Cloud Computing Models
Module 3: Components of Cloud Computing
Module 4: Emerging Trends and Practices
Module 5: Cloud Security and Monitoring
Module 6: Case Study and Project
Target Group
Individuals interested in Cloud Computing.
- Certificate In Emotional Intelligence
Rationale
Every interaction in our lives, including those with our family, neighbors, and coworkers, is fundamentally based on emotions. When emotions are proactive and well-managed, they can enhance our lives. On the other side, unchecked emotions can override reason and logic. This may lead to decisions that people may later regret and that may harm life. In order to succeed in our endeavors, it is crucial that we cultivate our emotional intelligence talents. Therefore, the purpose of this course is to aid participants in developing and strengthening their emotional intelligence competencies.
Goal
The goal of this course is to enhance participants’ ability to manage emotions for productivity
Modules
Module 1: Main theories of emotional intelligence
Module 2: Emotional self-awareness
Module 3: Emotional self-regulation
Module 4: Social management
Module 5: Leading with emotional intelligence
Module 6: Applications of emotional intelligence (Home, Work and Community)
Target Group
Individuals interested in emotional intelligence
- Certificate In Relationship & Couples Counselling
Rationale
The programme is designed to equip participants with the necessary knowledge and skills to improve relationships and couples counselling, understand challenges, and overcome them. The programme is intended to provide the framework that would enable counselors to work with couples in understanding challenges, assisting them to resolve their problems, and effecting behaviour modification through participatory and clinical interventions.
Goal
The goal of this programme is to equip participants with the necessary skills and techniques to manage and counsel couples and people in relationships.
Modules
Module 1: Overview of Relationship and Couples Counselling: The Past and Present
Module 2: Characteristics of the Couples during all the Stages of Life.
Module 3: Crisis of Couples
Module 4: Fundamentals of Working with Couples
Module 5: Theories, Approaches, Skills and Techniques in Relationship and Couples Counseling
Module 6: Clinical Interventions/case studies
Target Group
Religious Leaders, Para-Counsellors, Teachers, Health Workers, Social Welfare Officers, Heads of Educational Institutions, Parents and anyone interested in Relationship and Couples Counselling Development.
- Certificate In Family Law
Rationale
The family is the oldest institution of human kind. It is the bedrock on which on a civil and thriving society and nation is built. As a result, it is important through this certificate programme to ascertain and be abreast with the efforts of government through the legal front to protect and secure the growth of family values with the law.
Goal
This course seeks to equip participants with a thorough understanding of the vast array of laws that govern the various facets of family life in Ghana
Modules
Module 1: Marriages Act 1884 to 1985 (Cap 127).
Module 2: Matrimonial Causes Act 1971 (Act 367).
Module 3: Interstate Succession Act 1985 (PNDCL 111).
Module 4:Children’s Act 1998 (Act 560), as amended by the Children’s Amendment Act 2016 (Act 937).
Module 5: Juvenile Justices Act 2003 (Act 653).
Module 6: Domestic Violence Act 2007 (Act 732).
Target Group
Civil/Public servants, Marriage Counselors, Church Leaders, Teachers, Heads of Educational Institutions, Social workers, Staff of Non-Governmental Institutions, Social Welfare Departments, Law Students, Traditional Rulers etc.
*A participant must attend at least 80% of the online lectures in order to receive a certificate.
To register kindly contact
The Coordinator, CCPD
+233 (0) 209054911 +233 (0) 244705695, +233 (0) 502271090,
WhatsApp +233 (0) 0502271090
Email: ccpd@presbyuniversity.edu.gh