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since 1963
Academic Excellence
The University College of Agriculture and Environmental Studies (UCAES) is Africa’s first university dedicated solely to agriculture and environmental studies.
The Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Council established it under the visionary leadership of His Majesty, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin, the Okyenhene.
Registered in October 2006 under Ghana’s Companies Code, 1963 (Act 179), UCAES stands as a significant private-sector initiative designed to bridge the gap in tertiary education for qualified students unable to access public universities due to limited capacity.
Rooted in the cultural heritage of the Akyem people, who have traditionally practiced subsistence farming, especially among women. UCAES seeks to integrate innovation, research, and technology to modernize agriculture.
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mission statements
The mission of the university college in the next five years is to become an institution that provides high-quality tertiary education in agriculture and the environment and through which developmental programmes in Ghana can be achieved with strong emphasis on high moral and ethical values among the youth.
It will also help raise the standard of education and development in Bunso and its environs through demand-driven outreach programs.
UCAES aims to provide thorough education and training, as well as functional and general skills in contemporary studies/issues, to Ghanaians in general, within its core mandate of providing advanced studies in the sustainable exploitation and preservation of the environment through the complementarities of teaching, research, and the dissemination/practice of knowledge so acquired.
The vision of the University College of Agriculture and Environmental Studies (UCAES) is to be a leading institution in the teaching, researching, and practice of sustainable agriculture and environmental sustainability.
UCAES aims to create a strong scientific and technological knowledge base to address national, regional, and global environmental challenges.
It strives to be a catalytic institution, producing graduates equipped with the knowledge and skills to be agents of change in environmental sustainability.
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vision statements
Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin
chancellor
Professor Kwesi Kwafo Adarkwa
Council chairman
