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University of Cape Coast
Coastal public university in the Central Region of Ghana, founded 1962 to train teachers; now organised into five colleges.
Country:Ghana
Language:English
Published:2025-09-19
Audience:Prospective students, teacher trainees
The University of Cape Coast (UCC) is a public university located on the Atlantic coast of the Central Region of Ghana, about 165 km west of Accra. It was founded in 1962 as a University College specifically to train graduate teachers for secondary schools and teacher-training colleges. UCC gained full university status in 1971. It now has five colleges: Education Studies, Humanities and Legal Studies, Agriculture and Natural Sciences, Health and Allied Sciences, and Distance Education. Despite expansion, teacher education remains a core part of UCCs identity.
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UCC
Cape Coast
teacher training
Central Region
higher education
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