University For Development Studies UDS Tamale Campus

University For Development Studies UDS Tamale Campus

The Tamale campus of the University for Development Studies is the main campus of the university. Almost all the administrative work is carried out on the Tamale campus of the University.
History of the University

Established in May 1992 by the Government of Ghana to “blend the academic world with that of the community in order to provide constructive interaction between the two for the total development of Northern Ghana, in particular, and the country as a whole” (PNDC Law 279, Section 279).
“The UDS was borne out of the new thinking in higher education which emphasizes the need for universities to play a more active role in addressing problems of the society, particularly in the rural areas” (Effah, 1998).
The University by its mandate and constituency has a pro-poor focus. This is reflected in its methodology of teaching, research and outreach services. The specific emphasis on practically-oriented, research and field-based training is aimed at contributing towards poverty reduction in order to accelerate national development:
It began academic work in September 1993 with the admission of forty (40) students into the Faculty of Agriculture, (FoA), Nyankpala.
The Faculty of Integrated Development Studies, (FIDS), Faculty of Planning and Land Management (FPLM), School of Business and Law, Wa, Faculty of Education (FoE), and School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS), Tamale, Faculty of Renewable Natural Resources (FRNR), Faculty of Agriculture (FoA) and the Faculty of Agribusiness and Communication Sciences (FACS), Nyankpala, Faculty of Applied Sciences (FAS), Faculty of Mathematical Sciences(FMS), Navrongo and the Graduate School now in Tamale were phased in from 1994 to date.
 
Facts
UDS is unique compared to other public universities in the following ways:

  1. Its location and multi campuses are spread out in rural northern Ghana where the incidence and depth of poverty is high.
  2. Its vision is pro-poor aimed at addressing the conditions and structural causes of poverty.
  3. The UDS has four (4) campuses, Eight (8) Faculties, a Business School, one Medical School, one Graduate School, one Institute and three (3) centres.
  4.  The UDS also runs a community-technical interface programme. This is a combination of the academic and community-based field practical work known as the Third Trimester Field Practical Programme (TTFPP).

 Vision
The University is envisaged to be a Home of World Class Pro-Poor Scholarship. This is reflected in its motto: “Knowledge for Service” as well as its methodology of teaching, research and outreach programmes.
 
Mission
The UDS seeks to achieve its vision by:

  1. Promoting equitable and socio-economic transformation of communities through practically oriented, community based, problem solving, gender sensitive and interactive research, teaching, learning and outreach activities.
  2. Providing higher education to persons suitably qualified for and capable of benefiting from it.
  3. Positioning itself as a national asset in the facilitation of lifelong learning.
  4. Developing its information and communication technology infrastructure as the driving force for the education of more people, more rapidly and the improvement of efficiency and academic quality in order to advance community and national development
Postal Address
Post Office Box TL 1350
Tamale, Ghana
Telephone: + 233-3720-22078, 26633, 26634
E-mail: [email protected]
Accra Office
PMB CT 346, Cantonments
Accra, Ghana
Telephone: +233 (0) 302-786300
Vice Chancellor’s Office
Office of the Vice Chancellor
University for Development Studies
Post Office Box TL 1350
Tamale
E-mail: [email protected]
Vice Chancellor
Prof. Teye
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Pro-Vice Chancellor’s Office
Office of the Pro-Vice Chancellor
University for Development Studies
Post Office Box TL 1350
Tamale
E-mail: [email protected]
Pro-Vice Chancellor
Prof. Seidu Al-hassan
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Registrar’s Office
Office of the Registrar
University for Development Studies
Post Office Box TL 1350
Tamale
E-mail: [email protected]
Registrar
Dr. A. B. T. Zakariah
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Finance Office
The Finance Office
University for Development Studies
Post Office Box TL 1350
Tamale
E-mail: [email protected]
Finance Officer
Mr. Shaibu Mohammed Hardi
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Academic Affairs
Academic Affairs
University for Development Studies
Post Office Box TL 1350
Tamale
E-mail: [email protected]
Senior Assistant Registrar
Nurudeen Issah Abubakar
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ICT Directorate
ICT Directorate
University for Development Studies
Post Office Box TL 1350
Tamale
E-mail: [email protected]
Ag. ICT Director
Mr. Boniface Atosona
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Works and Physical Development
Works and Physical Development Department
University for Development Studies
Post Office Box TL 1350
Tamale
E-mail: [email protected]
The Director
Ing. Ambrose K. Tee
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Public Relations Section
University Relations Section
University for Development Studies
Post Office Box TL 1350
Tamale
E-mail: [email protected]
The PRO
Sauda Belko- Sulemanah
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Personnel
Personnel Section
University for Development Studies
Post Office Box TL 1350
Tamale
E-mail: [email protected]
Snr. Assistant Registrar
Mr. George K. Debrie
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Internal Audit
Internal Audit
University for Development Studies
Post Office Box TL 1350
Tamale
E-mail: [email protected]
Internal Auditor
Mr. Azure John
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UDS International
UDS International
University for Development Studies
Post Office Box TL 1350
Tamale
E-mail: [email protected]
Director
Prof. Gordana Kranjac-Berisavljevic
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