Garden City University (GCU) is a private university located in Kenyase, a suburb of Kumasi, in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The University was established in 2001 as College of Information Technology and Management Systems (CITMAS) by Mr. Albert Acquah, an indigene of the Kenyase town. The institution was granted accreditation as a tertiary education provider in 2005 and renamed Garden City University College (GCUC). In July 2024, it was granted a Presidential Charter by the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC), making it an autonomous university with the authority to award its own degrees.
History Garden City University was founded in 2001 as the College of Information Technology and Management Systems, initially operating as an ICT training center. In 2004, the name was changed to Garden City University College. The institution received its first institutional accreditation from the National Accreditation Board (now part of GTEC) in 2005.
The university began its degree programmes in October 2005 with an initial cohort of 27 students (in two batches). Over the years, the student population has grown to over 6,000 across various academic disciplines.
At a ceremony on 19 December 2024, GCUC was awarded a Presidential Charter by President Nana Addo Danquah Akuffo-Addo, which was formally presented in January 2025. The charter transitioned the university from a college to a fully-fledged degree-awarding university, now operating as Garden City University (GCU).
Affiliations Garden City University until receiving charter status was mentored by Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and has professional affiliations and collaborations with the following institutions and regulatory bodies:
Nursing and Midwifery Council, Ghana Medical and Dental Council, Ghana Allied Health Professional Council, Ghana University of Calabar, Nigeria Ohio University
See also List of universities in Ghana
References
External links National Accreditation Board