[ 2021-02-14 ]

Over 11,000 students decline admission offers to UDS
The University for Development Studies (UDS)
offered 16,763 applicants admission to study
various undergraduate programmes in the 2020-2021
academic year.

However, out of the total number of students that
were offered admission into the university, the
Vice-Chancellor of the UDS, Professor Gabriel Ayum
Teye said only 5,518 honoured the admission to
study in the university.



Speaking at the 28th matriculation ceremony of the
school last Friday (February 12), the
Vice-Chancellor added that the university also
admitted 512 postgraduate students and 355
accepted the offer.

"Out of a total of 22,609 undergraduate and 939
postgraduate applications, 16,763 and 512 students
respectively were admitted. However, only 5,518
undergraduates and 355 postgraduates accepted the
offer," Prof Ayum Teye indicated.

Expansion

The Vice-Chancellor in his address at the event
indicated that since the university has lost two
campuses at Wa and Noverongo, the university has
taken steps to establish additional campuses to
maintain its initial four-campus status.



According to him, the university was creating
campuses at Gbanyamni in Tamale and another at
Yendi, adding that some faculties were going to be
relocated to the new campuses.

He further indicated that the institution had also
introduced new programs including; Bsc Physician
Assistant, Bsc Medical Imaging Technology, Bsc
Health Information Management to enable the
university produce products that would meet the
needs of stakeholders and employers.

Advice


Prof Ayum Teye urged the matriculants to take
their studies serious, adding that the university
only awarded degrees to hardworking students who
met all the academic requirements of the
university at the end of their study period.

He advised students to seek counselling from
academic advisors, the Dean of Students, Heads of
Departments and other lecturers to ensure that
their academic activities were not disturbed by
any factor.



"The university is totally against the activities
of unregistered clubs and associations. Occultism
and other anti-social and non-conforming practices
are outlawed in this university. Any student found
to be engaging in any form of occultism shall face
full rigours of the university's rules and
regulations," he stated.

Source - Graphic Online

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