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A Little History of Spiritan University College



Spiritan University College started as an Institute of philosophy to give the first stage of priestly and missionary formation uniquely to candidates of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit. It was opened on 17th December, 1990 and the foundation stone was laid by Very Rev. Fr. Pierre Haas, C.S.Sp. then Superior General of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit and blessed by the Most Rev. Peter Kwasi Sarpong, Catholic Bishop of Kumasi (now Emeritus Archbishop I of Kumasi Archdiocese).

In 2002, the proprietors decided to raise the academic standard to enable graduates to meet the intellectual challenges of the society of the day. Added to this, the proprietors saw the need to bring the benefits of Catholic and Spiritan education to the youth of Ghana and Africa by opening the doors of the College to the wider public, especially, the marginalized in the society.

 

The College was accredited by the National Accreditation Board on 25th September, 2005.On 15th May, 2008, the College signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Tehnology (KNUST) to offer Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy and Social Sciences. On June 20th 2008, the University college status was inaugurated.

The College started a Faculty of Business Studies with the following disciplines in September 2011: Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with the following options: Accounting, Human Resource Management, Marketing, Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management, Banking and Finance and B.Sc. in Economics and Finance, B.Sc. in Finance and Management.

The Spiritan University College has links with Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the United States of America. The College signed a Cooperation Agreement with Duquesne University when the President of Duquesne University, Prof. Charles J. Dougherty visited the College on 28th October 2011. Since then there have been visits from the College to Duquesne University and vice Versa to strengthen the relationship.

The University College is made up of five communities, namely: the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans), Congregation of St. Joseph (Josephites of Murialdo), Missionaries of Africa( White Fathers), the Society of the Most Holy Redeemer( Redemptorists) and the Secular Students.  All these communities make up the Students` Representative Council of the College.

There are different nationalities which span across Africa which are in the University College. About 40% of the students are foreigners and hence diverse cultures in the College.

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