LUCAS College Admission Requirements
UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
SSSCE Holders & WASSCE Applicants: Six (6) Credit passes or better including core English, Mathematics and either Integrated Science or Social Studies and three (3) electives in relevant subjects.
GBCE Applicants: Credit passes (A-D) in six (6) subjects comprising three core subjects including English Language and Mathematics plus three (3) relevant elective subjects.
‘A’ Level Certificate Holders: Five (5) Credit passes in GCE “O” Level Examination, including English Language and Mathematics and three (3) “A” Level passes in relevant subjects. A pass in the General paper is required.
French Baccalaureate
International Baccalaureate
ABCE Applicants: Full Diploma Certificate in ABCE: Passed in five (5) subjects including English Language, Mathematics, Integrated Science or Social Studies in the General Business Certificate Examination (GBCE) or Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSSCE) or West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). ABCE candidates may be considered for admission at level 200 of the degree programme.
HND Holders with first class or second class upper desiring a top up in the same discipline shall be admitted to level 300. HND holders with second class lower or third class, regardless of discipline or those changing disciplines (regardless of the class obtained), shall be admitted into level 200. (Applicants must have graduated with a good HND certificates (i.e. at least second class lower division). In addition, the applicant must have acquired a 2-year post-HND qualification working experience).
Other Certificate Holders: Holders of City and Guilds, Senior Stenographers, Private Secretary, HND Holders and Professional Certificate Holders can also apply to be considered on merit.
Mature Students
LUCAS education provides opportunities for people who could not do so earlier in their lives to further their education at the tertiary level in all its programmes.
i. The applicant must be at least 25 years old, and show proof of age with birth certificate or any legitimate documentary proof of date of birth which is at least 5 years old at the time of application; ii. All applicants must pass Mature Students’ Entrance Examinations conducted by LUCAS College in (English Language, Mathematics and an Aptitude Test) for entry into all programmes and at all levels; iii. The applicant should show proof of passes in English Language and Mathematics in WASSCE, iv. Any other standard High School level examinations (for qualifications from countries outside WAEC’s aegis should be referred to the National Accreditation Board (NAB) for determination of equivalences and eligibility for admission.
FOREIGN QUALIFICATIONS
All foreign qualifications should be referred to the National Accreditation Board (NAB) for determination of equivalences and eligibility for admission to tertiary institutions in Ghana (National Accreditation Board Act, 2007 {Act744(2(2b)}).
Applicants may be invited to sit for an entrance examination and to attend a selection interview.
GRADUATE ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
An applicant to the MBA programme is required to have earned a bachelor’s degree or the equivalent as follows:
- The applicant must have a good first degree with 2nd Class Lower Division minimum plus one (1) year of post-graduation professional experience
OR
- The applicant must hold a professional qualification such as ACCA, ICA, ICSA, CIPS, plus three (3) years post-qualification experience.
Applicants may be invited to write an entrance examination and to attend a selection interview.