University of Health and Allied Sciences

Key Highlights

• Public university established by Act 828 in December 2011
• Began operating in September 2012
• Principal campus and central administration in Ho, with a second campus in Hohoe
• Specialized in health and allied-sciences education

Student Life & Environment

Student life is coordinated in part through the Office of Student Affairs, which oversees the Student Representative Council and other student groups, hostel management, sports and recreation. The office also lists guidance and counselling, financial-aid coordination, disability advocacy, accommodation support and student-welfare services. Students can use formal request or complaint channels for counselling, housing, security, transport and other concerns. The 2025 student handbook, the latest handbook posted during this research, says students are encouraged to establish registered clubs and associations with a senior member as patron. The university also supports discipline-based associations, public-health outreach, debate, sports and wellness activities. Its sports unit trains teams for university competitions, while the SRC serves as a liaison between students and the institution. Housing requires active planning. The university assigns students a hall affiliation and coordinates residential matters through hall staff, but this should not be interpreted as a current guarantee of a university room. The 2025 handbook reports hostel accommodation, food vendors on hostel premises, and internet access in the computer laboratory, library and hostel. Applicants should confirm room availability, allocation rules, charges and campus location directly for 2026/2027 before committing. This is especially important because teaching is distributed between Ho and Hohoe.

Location & Surroundings

UHAS is based in Ghana’s Volta Region. Its principal campus and central administration are at Sokode-Lokoe in Ho, while the Fred N. Binka School of Public Health is located in Hohoe. Official material also refers to university sites in Ho at the permanent campus, Dave and Trafalgar. Applicants should verify the teaching site for their exact programme rather than assuming that every course is delivered at the main campus. The two-city arrangement is academically meaningful. Public-health students based in Hohoe participate in field-oriented training connected with communities, clinics, hospitals, health directorates and other public institutions. Students in Ho have access to the university’s main administrative base and the concentration of schools located there. UHAS also uses health facilities and community settings for supervised practical education, so some learning takes place away from classrooms. Prospective students should compare housing and daily transport options in the relevant city before enrollment. The official sources reviewed do not provide sufficiently current estimates for rent, commuting time, inter-campus transport or general living costs, so these should be confirmed locally rather than inferred from the university’s postal address.

Costs & Career Outcomes

UHAS had not posted a 2026/2027 general fee schedule on the official fees page by August 20, 2026. The newest general schedule found was explicitly provisional and applied to 2025/2026, so its figures should not be treated as current prices for a new 2026/2027 entrant. That schedule separates regular Ghanaian, fee-paying and foreign-student categories, with charges varying by school, programme and level. Applicants should obtain a current individual fee statement and ask whether accommodation, food, equipment, clinical requirements, fieldwork, transport or professional costs are billed separately. The Student Affairs resources also identify scholarships, financial-aid information and a student financial-support scheme, but an award should not be assumed without written confirmation. Career preparation is built mainly around professional curricula and field experience. For four-year programmes, the vocational-training structure normally moves through observational, experiential and application phases during long vacations. Students work with supervised placements in health facilities, organizations, industry or communities, and the structure can extend or differ for medicine, pharmacy and other longer programmes. The stated objectives include understanding health-system operations, working with other professionals, applying classroom knowledge and preparing for employment. No sufficiently current, official graduate-employment rate, salary data or employer-placement statistics were found. Prospective students should evaluate likely professional outcomes by the exact degree, applicable Ghanaian licensing or registration requirements, clinical-placement arrangements and the recognition rules of any country where they hope to practise.