“A home away from home” is how Ghanaian students describe their experience studying at the University of Nottingham, UK.

Indeed, data shows that the University of Nottingham has been a popular destination among Ghanaian students for decades, with notable alumni including the distinguished Professor Nana SKB Asante who obtained his LLB (Hons) Degree in 1956 just a couple of years prior to Peter Ala Adjetey, a former Speaker of Parliament graduating with the same course. More recent alumni include the most recent first Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Maxwell Opoku-Afari who completed a PhD in Economics. Others are leading the way in their respective fields, with some taking the entrepreneurship route – Mildred Akotia completed MSc Food Production Management and is the founder of the popular Akwaaba Fine Foods snacks selling high quality cashew and other snacks.

The University of Nottingham prides itself on opening up opportunities for students from different backgrounds and has run its flagship masters scholarship programme, developing Solution, for over 25 years. In recent years, a Memorandum of Agreement between the University of Nottingham and Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology has also introduced automatic partnership scholarships for KNUST alumni headed for masters’ programmes in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Nottingham.

For students resuming in September 2024, the university awarded over GH¢6.3 million worth of scholarships to Ghanaian students, with awards ranging from £4000 to 100% tuition. It is also a popular destination among students receiving UK government-funded awards such as Chevening and Commonwealth as well as Ghanaian funding bodies such as GETFund and Ghana Scholarship Secretariat.

Emmanuel Tetteh, completed KNUST and is now at Nottingham studying MSc Bioengineering. He received an automatic 20% scholarship due to holding a first-class degree from KNUST.

The good news doesn’t stop there, these students go on to fly the Ghanaian flag high performing strongly in their academics. At the winter graduation ceremonies in December 2024, a number of Ghanaians received prizes for outstanding academic performance.

“Receiving the Developing Solutions scholarship was a transformative opportunity for me, allowing me to pursue world-class higher education at my dream university. It not only acknowledged my academic ambitions but also provided the support I needed to thrive and reach my full potential.” Isaac Ardey, Prize winner for health research, Master of Public Health (Health Research) (2023-2024).

The Graduate Guidance Group (G3 Africa, local representative of the University of Nottingham, is excited to announce a virtual event focused on offering guidance to prospective students and hopeful scholars looking to join the university in September 2025. They will be joined by current students willing to share their experiences as well as academic staff from the Faculty of Engineering, Business school and School of Medicine.

The virtual event will take place on Thursday 20 February, 2025 between 12 and 2pm GMT and will feature a series of presentations and interactive breakout sessions.

"We are thrilled to be running this virtual event specifically for students from Africa and invite all interested Ghanaian students to join," said Kyri Protopapa, International Relations Manager at the University of Nottingham.

"Our goal is to ensure as many students have all the support needed for a successful application and to have a wonderful student experience."

G3 Africa is a careers and education consultancy committed to connecting individuals with opportunities. It represents the University of Nottingham in Ghana, providing free assistance with the application process.