The University of Mines and Technology (UMaT) at Tarkwa has admitted 504 students to pursue various courses this academic year.
This represents only 33 per cent of the 1,520 qualified students who applied for admission into the university.
The courses include Geometric, Geological, Mining, Mineral, Petroleum, Mechanical, Electrical and Computer Science Engineering.
Addressing the university’s matriculation ceremony on Saturday, the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Daniel Mireku-Gyimah, explained that the inability of the university to admit all the qualified students was due to limited academic, residential and other user facilities.
He indicated that the students admitted included 20 foreigners from Nigeria, Cote d’Ivoire, Cameroun, Sierra Leone and Gabon and this brings to 62, the number of international students studying at the university.
He said 48 post-graduate students were also admitted bringing the number of postgraduate students to 117, representing 11.6 per cent of total student population of 1,527 of which, 239 are females.
Prof. Mireku-Gyimah disclosed that female applicants who qualified for admission this year were automatically admitted and assured that “the university’s doors would continue to be opened to female applicants who express interest to pursue courses in mining and related engineering education”.
He said the vision of UMaT is to become a centre of excellence in Ghana and Africa for teaching, research and entrepreneurship in mining and related engineering disciplines, management sciences, and for training world-class professionals in the fields of mining, technology and related disciplines.
“In line with this vision and to make the graduates more valuable in the international market, UMaT has revised the content of its academic programmes to include courses which are relevant to modern day industrial practice,” he stressed.
Prof. Mireku-Gyimah said apart from hardcore engineering disciplines, every student at UMaT would be made to learn computer applications, communication skills in English, law of contract and tort, economic department planning, business entrepreneurship and public relations.
He hinted that the university intends to introduce a special course in French language as an elective for students and staff.
Prof. Mireku-Gyimah said UMaT also plans to mount alternative energy technology programmes such as solar and wind energy engineering and academic biomass energy engineering next academic year.
He expressed gratitude to the university’s benefactors for their positive contributions towards the development of UMaT.
Prof. Mireku-Gyimah urged the fresh students to be focused on their objectives and avoid all non-productive immoral activities and warned that any student who involves himself or herself in examination malpractice, ponding, assault and occultism would face outright dismissal.
This represents only 33 per cent of the 1,520 qualified students who applied for admission into the university.
The courses include Geometric, Geological, Mining, Mineral, Petroleum, Mechanical, Electrical and Computer Science Engineering.
Addressing the university’s matriculation ceremony on Saturday, the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Daniel Mireku-Gyimah, explained that the inability of the university to admit all the qualified students was due to limited academic, residential and other user facilities.
He indicated that the students admitted included 20 foreigners from Nigeria, Cote d’Ivoire, Cameroun, Sierra Leone and Gabon and this brings to 62, the number of international students studying at the university.
He said 48 post-graduate students were also admitted bringing the number of postgraduate students to 117, representing 11.6 per cent of total student population of 1,527 of which, 239 are females.
Prof. Mireku-Gyimah disclosed that female applicants who qualified for admission this year were automatically admitted and assured that “the university’s doors would continue to be opened to female applicants who express interest to pursue courses in mining and related engineering education”.
He said the vision of UMaT is to become a centre of excellence in Ghana and Africa for teaching, research and entrepreneurship in mining and related engineering disciplines, management sciences, and for training world-class professionals in the fields of mining, technology and related disciplines.
“In line with this vision and to make the graduates more valuable in the international market, UMaT has revised the content of its academic programmes to include courses which are relevant to modern day industrial practice,” he stressed.
Prof. Mireku-Gyimah said apart from hardcore engineering disciplines, every student at UMaT would be made to learn computer applications, communication skills in English, law of contract and tort, economic department planning, business entrepreneurship and public relations.
He hinted that the university intends to introduce a special course in French language as an elective for students and staff.
Prof. Mireku-Gyimah said UMaT also plans to mount alternative energy technology programmes such as solar and wind energy engineering and academic biomass energy engineering next academic year.
He expressed gratitude to the university’s benefactors for their positive contributions towards the development of UMaT.
Prof. Mireku-Gyimah urged the fresh students to be focused on their objectives and avoid all non-productive immoral activities and warned that any student who involves himself or herself in examination malpractice, ponding, assault and occultism would face outright dismissal.
