Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration

Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration
GIMPA
Address
P.O. Box AH50, Achimota, Accra, Ghana
Accra
Greater Accra Region
Greenhill, Accra
Ghana
Information
School type Public University
Motto Excellence Leadership, Management and Administration
Founded 1961
Status Active
School district West Legon
President Dr. Osei Boeh-Ocansey
Chairman Dr. Christina Amoako-Nuama
Employees 600
Number of students 10,000 (2015)
Classes offered Regular and Weekend
Language English, French
Campuses

Greenhill Campus(MAIN), Tema Campus,

Takoradi Campus and Kumasi Campus.
Campus type urban
Nickname GIMPA
Accreditation National Accreditation Board
Affiliations Association of African Business Schools
Alumni 15,000
Website gimpa.edu.gh

Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) is a public university spread over four campuses (Accra, Tema, Kumasi and Takoradi) and made up four schools, four research centers located at Greenhill in Accra, Ghana.[1] The location of GIMPA, Greenhill, was named by the former Rector, Nicholas T. Clerk (1930-2012) [2][3] The name, "Greenhill", is a reference to the lush greenery and hilly topography of the main campus, as well as its location in Legon which was historically on the periphery of the Ghanaian capital, Accra.[3] It was established as a public university by an Act of Parliament in 2004. The institute was established in 1961 by the Government of Ghana with assistance from the United Nations Special Fund Project and was called the Institute of Public Administration. It is coeducational. GIMPA offers master's and executive master's degree programmes in business administration, public administration, development management, governance, leadership and technology.

History

GIMPA was established in 1961 as a joint Ghana Government/United Nations Special Fund Project. GIMPA was founded in 1961 as a training centre. It was originally called the Institute of Public Administration, established to train public servants with administrative and professional competence to plan and administer national, regional and local services. In 1999/2000, GIMPA was among a group of 200 public sector organisations in Ghana earmarked under the World Bank-funded Public Sector Reform Programme to be taken off Government Subvention. GIMPA was subsequently selected under the National Institutional Reform Programme to be transformed, notably to be self-financing. Subsequently, GIMPA was taken off Government Subvention in 2001.[4]

Today, GIMPA has been transformed from a small, public service institution to a comprehensive tertiary institution offering programmes in leadership, management, public and business administration and technology for both the public and private sectors, NGO's, civil societies and many more. The institute had the mandate to train public servants with administrative and professional competence to plan and administer national, regional and local level services.[5]

Schools/faculties

GIMPA’s academic programmes are also accredited by the National Accreditation Board. The Institute is made up of four schools, namely:

  • GIMPA Business School
  • School of Public Service and Governance
  • Faculty of Law, GIMPA
  • School of Technology

GIMPA Business School (GBS)

Undergraduate programmes

  • Bachelor of Accounting
  • Bachelor of Economics
  • Bachelor of Entrepreneurship
  • Bachelor of Finance
  • Bachelor of Marketing
  • Bachelor of Human Resource Management
  • Bachelor, Operation and Supply Chain Management
  • Bachelor, Hospitality And Tourism Management
  • Bachelor, Procurement Management
  • Bachelor, Project Management

Postgraduate programmes

  • Postgraduate Certificate in Business Administration (CBA)
  • Diploma In Management Studies (DMS)

Graduate programmes

  • Executive Masters in Business Administration (EMBA)
  • Master Of Business Administration (MBA)International Executive
  • Master Of Business Administration (iEMBA)
  • Master Of Research In Business Administration (MRes)

GIMPA School of Public Service and Governance,(GSPSG)

  • Master In Public Administration (MPA)
  • Master Of Development Management (MDM)
  • Executive Master Of Governance and Leadership (EMGL)
  • Executive Master Of Public Administration (EMPA)
  • Master Of Arts in Governance & Leadership
  • Postgraduate Certificate In Public Administration. (PG-CPA)
  • Postgraduate Diploma In Public Administration. (PG-DPA)
  • Postgraduate Certificate In Occupational Safety, health and Environmental Management(COSHEM)
  • Postgraduate Diploma In Occupational Safety, health and Environmental Management.

Faculty of Law, GIMPA

The faculty of law at GIMPA was established in 2010 and has quickly grown from its small size of about seventy students and five full-time faculty to over four hundred students and twenty-six full-time faculty in addition to fourteen adjuncts. Faculty of Law, GIMPA brag of the first and only ultra modern moot court facility in Ghana.

  • LL.B Day Programme
  • LL.B Regular Programme
  • LL.B Modular Programme

Law Library & Centres

  • Law Library
  • Atta Mills Centre for Law & Governance
  • SKB Asante Center for International Negotiations & Mediation

GIMPA School of Technology (SOT)

  • Certificate in ICT (CICT)
  • Certificate in ICT for Project Management (CIPM)
  • Certificate in Telecommunications Management
  • Certificate in IT Management
  • Certificate in Information Systems Requirements Analysis (CIRA)
  • Advanced Certificate in Web Technologies with .Net Framework (ACWT)
  • Advanced Certificate in Web Programming with .Net Framework (ACWP)
  • Advanced Certificate in Database Programming with .Net Framework (ACDP)
  • Certificate in Microsoft Server Database Administration (CSDA)
  • Certificate in SQL Expertise in Microsoft SQL Server 2012 (CSQL)
  • BSc in Information and Communication Technology (BSc ICT) [Daytime and Evening Sessions]
  • BSc in Computer Science (BSc CS) [Daytime and Evening Sessions]
  • BSc in Management Information Systems [Daytime and Evening Sessions]
  • Master of Philosophy in Information Systems (MPhil IS) [Evening and Modular Sessions]
  • Master of Science in Management Information Systems (MSc MIS) [Evening and Modular Sessions]
  • Master of Science in Information Communication Technology (MSc ICT) [Evening and Modular Sessions]
  • Post-Graduate Diploma in Management Information Systems (Pg. Dip. MIS) [Evening and Weekend Sessions]
  • Post-Graduate Diploma in Information Technology Project Management (PG. Dip. ITPM) [Evening and Weekend Sessions]
  • Post-Graduate Diploma in Information Technology and Communication Technology (PD ICT)

Notable alumni

  • Nana Aba Anamoah – journalist
  • Mimi Areme – Miss World 2010 (1st Runner Up Beauty with A Purpose, Miss Ghana 2009)(Winner)
  • Aliu Mahama – 4th Vice President of the Republic of Ghana(3rd Vice President of the 4th Republic)
  • Imoro Yakubu Kakpagu – Member of Ghana Parliament for Kumbungu (Jan 2009 -Jan 2013)
  • Lordina Mahama – the former First Lady of Ghana (2012 - 2017)
  • Samira Bawumia – Second Lady of Ghana
  • Roland Agambire – CEO of Agams Holdings and Chairman and CEO of the ICT company Rlg Communications.
  • Daniel Markoley – McDan Group of Companies.
  • Charles Agyin-Asare – Founder of Perez Chapel International and Precious TV
  • Gifty Afenyi-Dadzie – The first woman to be appointed president of the Ghana Journalist Association (GJA) and the longest serving official in that position.
  • Rebecca Akosua Acheampomaa Acheampong – Becca (Ghanaian Singer & songwriter)

Research and advocacy

  • JAEM Center
  • CHESPOR
  • GCII
  • CRIA
  • GDRC

Banking facilities/services

UniBank’s GIMPA campus branch opened in 2012 and is located at the Greenhill campus in Achimota. Services include :

  • an ATM machine that is open 24 hours,
  • Western Union money transfer,
  • Moneygram transfer,
  • teller services,
  • personal banking and many more.

For more information, log on to the uniBank website.

References

  1. ↑ "GIMPA". ghanaschoolsonline.com. Archived from the original on 2013-05-22. Retrieved 2013-05-03.
  2. ↑ "PRESEC | ALUMINI PORTAL". 2016-11-11. Archived from the original on 2016-11-11. Retrieved 2017-07-23.
  3. 1 2 Christian Messenger (27 October 2012). Obituary: The Rev. Dr. Nicholas Timothy Clerk. Accra: Presbyterian Church of Ghana Funeral Bulletin.
  4. ↑ gimpa.edu.gh
  5. ↑ "History and Background". www.gimpa.edu.gh. Archived from the original on 2013-06-23. Retrieved 2013-05-03.
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