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Accra, Ghana
Ahead of tomorrow's contest, we'll like to congratulate PRESEC, KETASCO and PREMPEH College on their spectacular performance at this year's NSMQ and for making it to the grande finale. May the best school win! #NSMQ2021 #NSMQFinals #NSMQinKumasi
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UPSA names Hostel B after Matthew Opoku Prempeh
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Congratulations to our neighbours @PRESECLEGON_ on their outstanding 8th victory in the National Science and Maths Quiz competition!🏆 We also commend @AchimotaSchool and @Akatakyie for their gallant performance throughout this year's competition. #NSMQGrandFinale
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Ag. Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie commissions state-of-the-art UPSA Law School Moot Court
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Congratulations to @NihadTitiaka on your historic win as Ghana’s Most Beautiful 2024!💐 Your incredible journey from UPSA to the crown is a testament to your professionalism, leadership, and unwavering dedication. We’re so proud of you! 👏🏽 #WeLoveUPSA #UPSA #GMB2024 #ProudAlum
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𝐔𝐏𝐒𝐀 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 – 𝐕𝐂 The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. John Kwaku Mensah Mawutor has announced an ambitious initiative to make coding a compulsory course for all undergraduate students.
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Interior Minister commissions UPSA police station
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We celebrate and honour your exceptional service and dedication to the communities in the Shama district #livingUPSAvalues #service #responsibility #livingstonefoundation #stonebwoy #bhimnation
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A beautiful scenic view of the Professional University! 😍😍😍 #WeLoveUPSA #UPSA
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Abednego F. O. Amartey Towers 🌟 😍
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UPSA 14th Congregation: If you can dare to dream; you can surely have it - Becca #UPSA #Becca
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President @NAkufoAddo has commissioned the newly-constructed ten-storey multipurpose Twin Towers at UPSA. The edifice, named after the outgoing Vice-Chancellor of UPSA, Prof Abednego F. O. Amartey will have spacious lecture halls, lecturers’ offices, and meeting and reading rooms
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📣Another proud moment for Ghana🇬🇭. Meet the #UPSA student who won gold🎖for the Republic at the 2019 Korean Ambassador’s Cup Taekwondo World Championship. Henrietta Armah is a Level 300 student pursuing BSc. in Accounting. Congrats champ!🎉🎉#BreakingNews #Budget2020 #BlackLove
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Arrival of former South African President H.E. Jacob Zuma at the UPSA Annual Leadership Lecture on Tuesday. He was warmly welcomed by the Education Minister, Hon. Haruna Iddrisu, and a high-level delegation from UPSA. #UPSA60 #leadershiplecture #WeLoveUPSA
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Our exchange students are having a good time in Norway 🇳🇴 😍 #weloveupsa #upsa
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Meet the newly-elected UPSA SRC Executives
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Congratulations to our neighbours, PRESEC-Legon, for emerging winners of the #NSMQ2022. Indeed you are 'seven' a living God. Meanwhile, a special kudos to Prempeh College and Adisadel College for their sterling performances throughout this year's competition. #UPSA
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Meet our Valedictorian: @beccafrica was adjudged the Overall Best Graduating Student (One Year Programme) with a FCGPA of 3.92 at the First Session of the 14th Congregation. She also emerged the Best Graduating Student in the Master of Arts in Brands & Communications Mgt program
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📌 BREAKING The Governing Council of the University of Professional Studies, Accra, has announced the appointment of Professor John Kwaku Mensah Mawutor as the next Vice-Chancellor of the University. More soon... #UPSA #weloveupsa
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It's a beautiful Sunday morning in UPSA 🌄 #UPSA #WeLoveUPSA😍
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UPSA unveils bust to honour Prof. Okoe Amartey
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A beautiful Sunday afternoon at UPSA! ⛅️😍 #UPSA #weloveupsa
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H.E. Jacob Zuma pays courtesy call on former President John Agyekum Kufuor
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“The time has come for Africa to take ourselves to the final destination,” Mr. Zuma declared. “We must do more to get what belongs to us. Our resources should benefit our people first before anyone else.” Read more👇🏽 upsa.edu.gh/jacob-zuma-calls…
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The Nii Amon Kotei students hostel is not only a thing of beauty but a place of comfort, convenience, and vibrant community. #upsa #weloveupsa #studentslife
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UPSA congratulates our distinguished alumni who continue to make us proud! #weloveupsa😍 #upsa
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Congratulations to #TeamUPSA for emerging as 1st Runner-Up for the 2022 Inter-University Law Challenge. We are proud of your accomplishment, gallantry and sterling performance throughout the competition. 🤝 #UPSA #weloveupsa😍 @UPSALawSchool
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Last night, scores of students from @PRESECLEGON_, our neighbours, stormed the #UPSA hostel to celebrate their historic seventh win at the #NSMQFinals and to thank the #Odadeɛ Community in UPSA for their unflinching support throughout the competition. #tbt 🎥 @univers1057fm
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Thank you for the overwhelming endorsement and continued support. 🙏 Let’s RESET the narrative and stay true to what sets us apart — Scholarship with Professionalism. #WeLoveUPSA😍 #UPSA #professional
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We're excited to introduce the all-new branded UPSA hoodie🤩 to our student community, an initiative by the Students Representative Council (SRC) geared towards fostering a distinctive collegiate students outlook. #UPSA #weloveupsa @upsasrcofficial
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Complete the sentence👇 in your own words. When you a get a presidential handshake for graduating from #TheProfessionalUniversity... #UPSA #legon #TheStarOfHope #ThrowbackThursdays #Ghanaians #Ghana
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Joshua Kpodjie Opey, a graduate of #UPSA, has been selected to the 2023 UNICEF Youth Foresight Fellowship. Mr. Opey, a Brands and Communications graduate, is the first Ghanaian to be recruited for the international fellowship program which began two years ago.
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"When I see the infrastructural transformation the university [UPSA] has witnessed in recent times, I have no doubt that with the right leadership, Ghana will stop squatting and begging." @Manasseh_Azure via Facebook #weloveupsa😍 #UPSA
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Earlier today, a high-powered delegation from UPSA, led by Vice-Chancellor Prof. Kwaku Mensah Mawutor, paid a courtesy call on former President John Agyekum Kufuor. The visit was to officially invite the former president to this year’s UPSA Annual Leadership Lecture.
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Leapfrogging into the future: The UPSA dual qualification policy allows students who are enrolled on undergraduate programmes to concurrently pursue and receive free tuition in any professional course of their choice – i.e. ICAG, ACCA, CIB, CIM, CGI, CIMA etc #WeLoveUPSA😍
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President Akufo-Addo commissions new UPSA Twin Towers
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Find a place where you are valued - Van Vick tells UPSA students
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Congratulations @NihadTitiaka! 🎊 #WeLoveUPSA😍
Your girl is winner✅🎉Masha Allah❤️ #GMB2024
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A campus without students is just like a camp without people. #UPSA is our ‘home’ and we can’t wait to welcome our students back to campus. #WeLoveUPSA #TheStarOfHope #TheProfessionalUniversity #OneBigFamily @UPSASRC
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UPSA signs MoU with Hallmark Research Lab to construct Artificial Intelligence lab
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Congratulations to Presec Legon, our neighbours, for emerging winners of the #NSMQFinals. We also celebrate the feats of Adisadel College and Opoku Oware School for their gallant performance at this year's national quiz competition. #upsa #nsmq2020finals #letstalkaboutsix
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Welcome to #TheProfessionalUniversity- the premier business and professional university in Ghana. At #UPSA we equip our students with valuable skills and introduce them to real-life experiences that they will encounter in their future careers. #Highest @UPSASRC
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The President of the Republic, His Excellency, @NAkufoAddo on Friday, commissioned #UPSA's AstroTurf Sports facility. The 500-seating capacity fenced pitch is accompanied with changing rooms, VIP stand, floodlights, washrooms & offices for the Sports Directorate of the University
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UPSA student develops innovative Digital Attendance System
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We're super excited to welcome our distinguished alumnus, Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), as Special Guest for the First Session of the 14th Congregation of the University of Professional Studies, Accra. #UPSA #UPSAGrad2022
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📌📌 UPSA Mourns Eight National Heroes Lost in Tragic Helicopter Crash
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First-year students checking in at the various UPSA hostels. #weloveupsa #upsa #welcometoupsa
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Congratulations @ProfAbotsi, Dean of @UPSALawSchool, on your appointment as 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧 of the 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐫𝐚 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲. UPSA commends you on this remarkable achievement and wishes you a successful tenure. 👏🏽
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Congratulations, Professor Joshua Alabi, former Vice-Chancellor of UPSA, on your appointment as Board Chairman, @GCBBankPLC! #WeLoveUPSA😍 #upsa
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Ecstatic scenes from the First Session of our 16th Congregation ceremony, which saw some 1,473 students graduating from the University.
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📌📌 OFFICIAL STATEMENT
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When you can't wait to graduate from #TheProfessionalUniversity... Congratulations to all Accounting and Finance students donning the #Lucky gown today! #UPSAGraduation2019 @UPSASRC
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It's Matriculation Day! Hurray!!🕺💃 A day to celebrate the start of an amazing chapter in the educational journey of our fresh students. Let's make memories together! #weloveupsa😍 #upsa #matriculation
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UPSA freshmen share their first-day campus experience
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Highlight from UPSA Annual Leadership Lecture 2025
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Congratulations, Michael Ackon, on winning the 2022 MTN Pulse Business Challenge!🏆 Michael, a third-year Public Relations student, succeeds Reginald Boateng, who won the 2021 edition. The University Community is proud of you. 👏 #weloveupsa #mtnpulsechallenge #UPSA
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Meet Bernard Addo Obeng, Valedictorian of the Second Session of the 12th Congregation of #UPSA. Bernard graduated with a First Class Honours in BSc. Accounting with a FCGPA of 3.84. He also emerged the Best Graduating Student in the Department of Accounting. Congrats Bernard!🎉
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Check out UPSA's magnificent 1,664-bed hostel complex
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Sports remain an integral part of the #UPSA undergraduate experience and soon, our Astro Turf project which is 70 per cent complete, will serve as the centre of attraction for outstanding footballing activities for the student community. #FastestGrowingUniversity @UPSASRC #Ghana
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Three students from the University of Professional Studues, Accra, have arrived in Norway on a student exchange programme. The initiative stems from a collaborative agreement between UPSA and Volda University College. Read more 👇🏽 upsa.edu.gh/three-upsa-stude… #weloveupsa😍
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Welcome to UPSA! 😍😍 We are proud to be a progressive institution that is dedicated to providing a supportive and inclusive environment where students can thrive. Join us on the path to success by enrolling in our undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.
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The 𝐍𝐢𝐢 𝐀𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐊𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐢 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐇𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐥, a 1,664-bed capacity facility, was named in honour of the renowned artist and designer of Ghana’s Coat of Arms. The 10-storey edifice was funded entirely by UPSA through IGF. It was commissioned in March 2023.
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The UPSA Management led by the VC, Prof. John Mawutor has paid a courtesy call on the Minister for the Interior, Hon. Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak. The visit was aimed at deepening existing collaboration between UPSA and the Ministry while exploring new areas of partnership.
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The four-year full-tuition scholarship in UPSA will afford the contestants the opportunity to pursue a Bachelor’s program in Actuarial Science commencing next academic year.   The VC made the announcement when the @PRESECLEGON_ quiz team paid a courtesy call on him on Thursday.
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Gradually, the semester is grinding to a halt, and the Joshua Alabi Library is beginning to experience the usual pressure that accompanies the End of Semester Examinations. We wish all fresh and continuing students an exciting and successful examination! #SaveOurData @UPSASRC
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The Minister of Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum on Tuesday commissioned a newly constructed 1664-bed capacity students hostel facility on the UPSA campus. 1/2
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"When they (male students) come to you with all the flowering proposals, just know that it is a format. They say same to other ladies. Do not fall for it. Trust me, it will end in tears," Prof. Okoe Amartey, VC of UPSA, to first-year female students. #upsa #Orientation2024
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Congratulations to @ProfAbotsi, Dean of the @UPSALawSchool, on your appointment as the Forum Chairman (Ghana) of the African Bar Association. The University commmunity is proud of you.🤝🏾 #WeLoveUPSA #UPSA #TheProfessionalsUniversity
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An empty street, an empty campus and an empty lecture hall. Life on campus is never the same without our invaluable stakeholders. We can't wait to have our students back after the Christmas break. @UPSASRC #TheProfessionalUniversity #UPSA #Ghana #MondayMood #mondaythoughts
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Commissioning of the @UPSALawSchool Moot Court by the Ag. Chief Justice, Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie. #weloveupsa😍 #mootcourt
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Lord Boateng condemns Dutch passport and Ghanaian PhD comparison #UPSA #leadershiplecture
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We are just 24 hours away from the 2024 Matriculation Ceremony.💃🕺 #weloveupsa #upsa #matriculation2024
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What would you remember #UPSA for? #We❤UPSA
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It's Graduation Day. Yaaaaay! 💃🕺 Here in UPSA, graduation means much more to us. It's... 🎓 the climax of the academic year 🎓 a fulfilling experience for our students who have worked so hard 🎓 And a proud moment for families, friends and loved ones 📸 @ellyqem_multimediagh
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Happy Farmer's Day to all our industrious farmers across the country. #UPSA #FarmersDay
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The Founder of #UPSA, Nana Opoku Ampomah, has gifted a 35-acre parcel of land to the University for the establishment of a new campus in Amanfo near Bekwai in the Ashanti region of Ghana. Construction works at the new campus is scheduled to commence next year. #NewCampus #Ofeetsɔ
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Meet Paul... Paul Dwebeng! Paul graduated with a First Class Honours degree in Business Administration with an FCGPA of 3.89 and emerged the Best Graduating Student of the Faculty of Management Studies. In 2017, he also graduated with Distinction at the diploma level. @UPSASRC
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Great news! #TheProfessionalUniversity will soon provide shuttle service to students living in and around campus. A bus procured for this purpose is set to arrive in the coming weeks- the VC has said #ShuttleComesToCampus #WeCare4You #TheFastestGrowingUniversity #CR700 #Ghana
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“I have told other Vice-Chancellors that they should go to KNUST and UPSA, and be humbled enough to ask them how they are doing what they are doing. There's nothing wrong in going to the best to learn actually. I doff my hat for UPSA..” - Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh(Minister of Edu)
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Happy Birthday, 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟. 𝐊𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐮 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐰𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐫! We celebrate your passion for youth development, your impactful service to society, and your deep devotion to the things of God. May your new year be filled with strength, wisdom, and greater accomplishments.
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Which degree or master's programme(s) are you looking forward to? Let's hear from you. #UPSA #WeLoveUPSA
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"And to our male students, I urge you not to use your fees to buy phones for your female friends. We have seen it over the years. They (female students) will graduate and leave you behind. Be wise and think about your future." Prof. Okoe Amartey to fresh students #UPSA
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It’s exam season, and our amazing first-year students are breaking new ground — sitting their very first exams in the iconic Abednego Amartey Towers! They’re not just taking exams — they’re stepping into history as the first cohort to use this ultra-modern academic facility!
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📌IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ALL STUDENTS, STAFF AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC📌
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This comes to inform all prospective applicants that the application deadline for the 2023/2024 academic year has been extended to Tuesday, January 9, 2024. Kindly dial *887*9# on any local telecom network to purchase an application e-voucher and proceed to our website to apply.
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Professor John Kwaku Mensah Mawutor was on Friday sworn into office as the new Vice-Chancellor of the University of Professional Studies, Accra. #weloveupsa #UPSA
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We are thrilled to announce that our state-of-the-art four-storey multipurpose lecture hall complex is almost complete! This modern facility will feature: ✅ Spacious lecture halls ✅ A fully equipped workshop ✅ A lactation room ✅ Non-denominational worship auditoriums #upsa
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The University of Professional Studies, Accra is pleased to announce the appointment of Prof. Emmanuel Asamoah and Prof. Samuel Antwi as Pro-Vice-Chancellors in charge of Academic and Students Affairs (ASA), and Research Innovation and Knowledge Transfer (RIKT) respectively.
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📌 IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ALL UPSA FINAL YEAR STUDENTS
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𝐔𝐏𝐒𝐀 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐁𝐒𝐜 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 The new programme reflects the university’s commitment to equipping students with cutting-edge skills in data analysis, artificial intelligence, and machine learning to meet industry demands.
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Why graduate with just a degree? When you could graduate with a degree and become a chartered professional in any of the following professional programmes [i.e. CIMG, ACCA, CIMA, ICSA, CIB, ICA etc] within four years. Yes, the UPSA dual-qualification policy makes it possible.
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How our graduating students showed up for the big event this morning! #upsagraduation2023 #weloveupsa #UPSA
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We’re thrilled to announce that three UPSA Law students have swept the top THREE positions on the shortlist of qualified candidates for the Ghana Law School Entrance Exams! Congratulations to our outstanding students for making us proud and flying the UPSA flag high! 👏🏽
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Our students have arrived in Norway for the 2024 Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility exchange programme. #weloveupsa😍 #upsa
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