23 Best universities for Psychology in Ghana

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Ghana ranked based on their research performance in Psychology. A graph of 306K citations received by 23.4K academic papers made by 23 universities in Ghana was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. University of Ghana

For Psychology

#17 in Africa

#956 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 67,914
Male:Female: 51:49
Founded: 1948

2. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Psychology

#36 in Africa

#1476 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Enrollment: 85,000
Founded: 1951

3. University of Cape Coast

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Psychology

#38 in Africa

#1497 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

4. University of Education, Winneba

Ghana | Winneba

For Psychology

#64 in Africa

#2082 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 1992

5. University of Health and Allied Sciences

For Psychology

#106 in Africa

#2880 in the World

Founded: 2011

6. University for Development Studies

For Psychology

#107 in Africa

#2894 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1992

7. Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration

For Psychology

#164 in Africa

#3992 in the World

Founded: 1961

8. University of Professional Studies, Accra

For Psychology

#168 in Africa

#4064 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

9. Ho Technical University

For Psychology

#227 in Africa

#4859 in the World

Founded: 1968

10. Kumasi Technical University

For Psychology

#232 in Africa

#4960 in the World

Founded: 1954

11. University of Energy and Natural Resources

Ghana | Sunyani

For Psychology

#238 in Africa

#5092 in the World

Founded: 2011

12. Pentecost University College

For Psychology

#247 in Africa

#5229 in the World

Founded: 2003

13. Catholic University College of Ghana

Ghana | Sunyani

For Psychology

#252 in Africa

#5313 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 2003

14. Ghana Technology University College

For Psychology

#253 in Africa

#5338 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 2006

15. Presbyterian University College

Ghana | Abetifi

For Psychology

#255 in Africa

#5353 in the World

Founded: 2003

16. Central University

For Psychology

#256 in Africa

#5360 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1997

17. University of Mines and Technology

For Psychology

#276 in Africa

#5597 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 2004

18. Methodist University College

For Psychology

#278 in Africa

#5635 in the World

Enrollment: 4,000
Founded: 2000

19. Accra Technical University

For Psychology

#285 in Africa

#5747 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Founded: 1949

20. Islamic University College, Ghana

For Psychology

#298 in Africa

#5859 in the World

Founded: 1988

21. Cape Coast Technical University

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Psychology

#309 in Africa

#6033 in the World

Founded: 1986

22. Christian Service University College

Ghana | Santasi-Kumasi

For Psychology

#326 in Africa

#6282 in the World

Founded: 1974

23. Garden City University College

For Psychology

#334 in Africa

#6377 in the World

Founded: 2001

The best cities to study Psychology in Ghana based on the number of universities and their ranks are Legon, Kumasi, Cape Coast, and Winneba.

Psychology subfields in Ghana

Child Psychology9

Clinical Psychology6

Cognitive Science7

Education Majors13

Negotiation and Conflict Resolution4

Occupational Therapy2

Organizational / Business / IO Psychology4

Social Psychology21

Special Education4