Family Health University

Teshie, Accra, Ghana · University · Private institution · Founded 2017 · Accredited by Presidential Charter (Dec 2024); regulated by Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) · Taught in English

Family Health University is a private health-focused university in Teshie, Accra. It grew from a 1997 diagnostic centre into a hospital, a nursing and midwifery school (2009) and Ghana's first private medical school (2014). It received a Presidential Charter in December 2024, allowing it to award its own degrees, and trains doctors, nurses and midwives with an integrated teaching hospital.

Programmes

• MB ChB (Medicine)
• Graduate Entry Medical Programme
• Foreign Doctors Revision
• BSc Nursing
• BSc Midwifery
• Nurse Assistant Clinical
• BSc Medical Sciences

Tuition

• Medical School 2023/24 (third-party): USD 10,500 for Ghanaian freshers, USD 11,000 for foreign freshers, USD 9,200 for continuing students. Application fee GHS 300 (Ghanaian) or USD 120 (foreign).

Admissions

• Medicine: credit passes in Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics and Physics at WASSCE or A-Level, plus an entrance exam and/or interview
• Graduate entry: Second Class Lower or better in a science field
• Accepts international applicants

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