{"id":53,"date":"2025-07-10T15:19:28","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T15:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ucaes.edu.gh\/?page_id=53"},"modified":"2025-09-03T13:09:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T13:09:23","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ucaes.edu.gh\/?page_id=53","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"53\" class=\"elementor elementor-53\" 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data-id=\"d6efb3a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-650e388 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"650e388\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">since 1963<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a9e81b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6a9e81b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Academic Excellence<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb239d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bb239d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The University College of Agriculture and Environmental Studies (UCAES) is Africa\u2019s first university dedicated solely to agriculture and environmental studies.<\/p><p>The Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Council established it under the visionary leadership of His Majesty, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin, the Okyenhene.<\/p><p>Registered in October 2006 under Ghana\u2019s 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.<\/p><p>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.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-36b91d9 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"36b91d9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-48a1b22\" data-id=\"48a1b22\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"806\" src=\"https:\/\/ucaes.edu.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/mission.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-363\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ucaes.edu.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/mission.png 768w, https:\/\/ucaes.edu.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/mission-286x300.png 286w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f7e1a06\" data-id=\"f7e1a06\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3699bc4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3699bc4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>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.\u00a0<\/p><p>It will also help raise the standard of education and development in Bunso and its environs through demand-driven outreach programs.<\/p><p>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.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-092d314 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"092d314\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d350809\" data-id=\"d350809\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b45dbb9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b45dbb9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>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.<\/p><p>UCAES aims to create a strong scientific and technological knowledge base to address national, regional, and global environmental challenges.<\/p><p>It strives to be a catalytic institution, producing graduates equipped with the knowledge and skills to be agents of change in environmental sustainability.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e20bc0d\" data-id=\"e20bc0d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap 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data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8bf0397\" data-id=\"8bf0397\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0598d7 bdt-icon-type-icon elementor-position-top bdt-icon-effect-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-bdt-advanced-icon-box\" data-id=\"f0598d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"bdt-advanced-icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-ep-advanced-icon-box\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-ep-advanced-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"bdt-ep-advanced-icon-box-icon-wrap\">\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-building\"><\/i>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-ep-advanced-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"bdt-ep-advanced-icon-box-title ep-title-\">\n\t\t\t\t<span >\n\t\t\t\t\tFaculty of Agriculture and Rural Development\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-ep-advanced-icon-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Department of Sustainable Agriculture<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"bdt-ep-advanced-icon-box-readmore bdt-display-inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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