RELEVANT UNIVERSITY OF GHANA WEBSITES AND APPS YOU MUST DOWNLOAD AS A FRESHER

~ January 11, 2023

Source: Samuel K. Owusu

Congratulations to newly admitted the University of Ghana students. I wish you all well in your stay on the various campuses. May you achieve all your academic goals. Kindly find below some relevant University of Ghana websites and software applications you must download in order not to be left behind in your tertiary education;

UG HOME PAGE: The UG home page is the main web page of the University of Ghana website where all necessary pieces of information and announcements are orderly positioned for easy accessibility. Staff, students, and alumni portals can be found here also https://www.ug.edu.gh/

UG MIS WEB: MIS Web is an online academic portal for students of the University of Ghana. It is a self help iEnabler where prospective, continuous students, and alumni login with their credentials, reset forget pins,  change pins, reset pin, and retrieve forgotten student number. The portal also have useful features like, application, course registration, residence application, residence registration, financial aid, student enquiry, etc https://ienabler.ug.edu.gh/pls/prodi41/w99pkg.mi_login

SAKAI LMS: UG Sakai LMS is an educational software platform designed to support teaching, research and collaboration. Sakai facilitates document distribution, discussion, live chat, assignment uploads, assignment submission, online testing and quizzes,  and examinations https://sakai.ug.edu.gh/portal/xlogin

STUDENTS/STAFF SERVICES (STS): UG sts is an important portal where students will have access to services such as; Course/Lecturer evaluation, medical examination, exam schedules, academic calendar, submit complaints, apply for academic transcript. The portal also have useful features such as HERC registration, UGRC registration, matriculation registration, meet a counselor,  making payments (internship fees, residential fees, academic fees), register for resits, gown collection registration, student loan trust fund consent form, and medical services). You can download your temporal student identification card as you await for your original and permanent plastic student identification card https://sts.ug.edu.gh/

UNIVERSITY OF GHANA COMPUTIG SYSTEMS (UGCS): The above mentioned websites are being managed by the University of Ghana Computing Systems otherwise known as UGCS. UGCS is the official website of the University of Ghana that provide IT services that the University of Ghana requires to fulfill its mission to be a world-class center for research and teaching. As well as the core IT systems, tools and services that keep the University running day-to-day, it provides innovative services and projects to support learning, teaching and research. UGCS is located on the left side of the University of Ghana Business School, behind the Department of Economics Cedi Conference Center, and on the left side of the Balme Library

          

Call UGCS for help. The UGCS service desk should be your first point of contact for UGCS IT services. You can submit/report a problem using the customer self-service portal. Email: frontdesk@ug.edu.gh. +233-(0)302-213820. +233-(0)302-213850. 300 (IP Phone). servicedesk@rt.ug.edu.gh. P.O. Box LG 25. Legon, Accra

UGCS Offices: Main Campus: W.E. Dubois Rd. Korle-Bu Campus: CHS Central Administration Block, IAC. Accra City Campus: New Library Complex. Regional Learning Centers

NB: All newly admitted students and continuing students are highly advised and encouraged to frequently check the various departmentals, junior common rooms (JCRs), institutes, libraries, etc notice boards for information. Fellow students, information is key for a successful higher education in general and University of Ghana in particular

"Knowledge is power. information is liberating. Education is is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family"  ~ Kofi Annan


Students must download software applications such as;


TReC

ZOOM

WPS OFFICE

GOOGLE MEET

ADOBE ACROBAT

MICROSOFT TEAMS

MICROSOFT OFFICE

GOOGLE CLASSROOM


NB: The TReC application software is used to calculate GPA. Do not wait till your final year before knowing your status. Start calculating your GPA, CGPA, and FGPA now !!!  


In summary, it is vital for newly admitted the University of Ghana students to acquaint and abreast themselves well with the above websites. This is because online teaching and learning in higher education has become increasingly common and there is no doubt online education is here to stay as such one cannot afford to be left behind

Relevant information will be provided in order to benefit your stay on campus. Expect more diverse information in every aspect of university students' life on SKO BUREAU in our ensuing news feed


Published by: Samuel K. Owusu

Location: Legon, Accra, Ghana

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  1. McBilly Yaw GrahamJanuary 11, 2023 at 4:45 AM

    Thanks for this information..it'll be of great help to students..

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