Schools and Faculties
The university presently runs six faculties, one school and two centres of excellence. Further there are Masters Programmes in the social sciences, and sciences with some leading to the award of doctorate degrees.
The School of Medicine and Health Sciences which offers courses in medicine and the three other health related programmes is located in Tamale, the northern regional capital.
Nyankpala, a suburb of Tamale, hosts the faculties of Agriculture and Renewable Natural Resources. The faculty of agriculture offers two four-year programmes in Bsc. Agriculture Technology and Bsc. Agribusiness. In the faculty of renewable natural resourses, the only programme offered is Bsc. Renewable Natural Resources.
The faculty of Applied Sciences is at Navorongo in the Upper East region. This campus sprung up upon the introduction of Bsc. Integrated Developtment Studies which was later moved to then new Wa campus. At the undergraduate level four-year degree programmes are offered with various areas of specialization. The graduate school offers Msc., Mphil and PhD programmes in a number of science disciplines.
The Wa campus is where majority of our students are based presently. The six prevailing academic pogrammes on this campus are being run under three faculties in Integrated Development Studies, Planing and Land Management, and Education, Law and Business Studies with most students in the faculty of Integrated Development Studies. Both Msc. and Mphil programmes are also offered here.