Jan. 1, 2021
The Accra Institute of Technology (AIT), a leading technology-focused private university has held its 17th Graduation Ceremony at the Knowledge City Campus (KCC), Kokomlemle, Accra.
This batch’s graduation class comprised of 5 PhDs, 17 PhD Candidates, 13 Masters, and 116 Bachelors degree holders.
The event was witnessed by the deployment of current technology in facilitating a blended graduation experience wherein a majority of the undergraduate students joined in virtually via the Google Meet platform.
In a statement by the University, the achievement spotlights a tremendous success not only in the history of the University but also in the annals of private university education in Ghana.
The total number of PhDs graduated at AIT continues to grow exponentially. To date, AIT has graduated nine batches of PhDs since 2016 bringing the total number to Fifty-four (54) in the fields of Engineering, Business Administration, Education, and Information Technology.
Professor Edward Ayensu, Chairman of the AIT Board of Trustees in his address to the graduands and guests, reported that efforts in all the directions towards the mission to deliver quality university education and facilitate cutting-edge research work at this University are proceeding according to plan.
Giving an account of his stewardship in the past year to the Board of Trustees and stakeholders, Professor Clement Dzidonu, President of AIT outlined among other things, great strides by the university in improving its academic program offerings as well as its enrollment programs.
He noted that AIT is currently doing Ph.D. research work in Engineering, Information Technology, Education, and Business Administration with an enrollment of a number of the academic and senior administrative staff of almost all public and private universities in Ghana.
Dzidonu underscored how achieving such a feat within the span of ten years is nothing short of an academic marvel given the fact that AIT has successfully offered, run, and graduated students on an internationally benchmarked Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree program within a context where the Ph.D. per capita of Ghana is extremely low.
He however encouraged the graduating class to avail themselves and make the best of all opportunities that may come their way after their graduation.
He assured those planning to pursue graduate studies at either the Master’s or the Ph.D. levels of an enriched academic life and experience at AIT, should they choose to enroll with their Alma Mater.
