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Call for Submission: Inputs for the 2025/2026 Vice-Chancellor’s Annual Report

As part of preparations for the 2026 Congregation, the Vice-Chancellor will present the University’s Annual Report, which will reflect the institution’s performance, achievements, and strategic impa

Defending Champions University for Development Studies (UDS) Began Their Quest to Retain The African Universities Football Title with a Pulsating 1–1 Draw Against The University of Hertfordshire, Egypt, at The Ongoing 12th All Africa University Games in Cairo

It was a contest that lived up to its billing. The Egyptian side showed little regard for UDS's status as defending champions, matching the Ghanaian university boot for boot in a fiercely competitive encoun

UDS Makes Strong Showing at Opening Ceremony of 12th All-Africa University Games in Cairo

The University for Development Studies (UDS) was prominently represented at the colourful opening ceremony of the 12th All-Africa University Games in Cairo, Egypt, as thousands of university athletes, officials

Behind the Champions: The Men Preparing UDS for African Glory

As the University for Development Studies (UDS) football team prepares to step onto the pitch in Egypt to defend its African universities football crown, attention will naturally turn to the players, the goals

19th Annual Interdisciplinary Conference & 3rd Research Week Celebration

The Institute for Interdisciplinary Research (IIR) of the University for Development Studies (UDS) wishes to inform the University Community of the 19th Annual Interdisciplinary Conference and 3rd Research Week

Welcome To UDS

Established on 15th May 1992, with only a single faculty at the Nyankpala campus, the University for Development Studies (UDS) is Ghana's first public university in the North with the aim to provide quality higher education, undertake research and to blend the academic world with that of the community.

The pedagogical philosophy of UDS is said to have been borne out of a new thinking in higher education emphasizing the need for universities as teaching and research institutions to play more active role in addressing societal problems (especially rural areas) for speedy development.

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