MSc. Occupational Health, Safety & Environmental Management At GIMPA

Occupational health is designed to protect employees from potential risks and hazards on the job, assisting with everything from injury prevention to injury care.

Safety can also refer to the control of recognized hazards in order to achieve an acceptable level of risk.

Environmental resource management is the management of the interaction and impact of human societies on the environment

GIMPA is one of the best schools in Ghana offering MSc. Occupational Health, Safety & Environmental Management courses
find below GIMPA MSc. Occupational Health, Safety & Environmental Management course, structures, and entry requirements

GIMPA MSc. Occupational Health, Safety & Environmental Management General Entry Requirements

Senior Secondary School Certificate Examinations (SSSCE), and West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) candidates

SSSCE Candidates:

Credit Passes (A-D) in six (6) subjects comprising three (3) core subjects, including English Language and Mathematics, plus three (3) relevant elective subjects.

WASSCE Candidates:

Credit Passes (A1-C6) in six (6) subjects comprising three (3) core subjects, including English Language and Mathematics, plus three (3) relevant elective subjects.
General Certificate of Education (GCE) Advanced Level candidates:
Passes in three (3) GCE Advanced Level subjects (at least one of the passes should be Grade D or better).
Also, the applicant must have had credit passes (Grade 6) in five GCE Ordinary Level subjects including English, Mathematics, a Science subject (for non-science students) and an Art’s subject (for science students).
Admission of Higher National Diploma (HND) candidates to first-degree programmes:
Applicant must have graduated with a good HND certificate (at least second class lower division).

In addition, the applicant must have acquired a minimum of two (2) years post-HND qualification working experience.

Other diploma qualifications from elsewhere assessed to be equivalent to HND by the National Accreditation Board (NAB) may be similarly considered.
Advanced Business Certificate Examination (ABCE) candidates:
Passes in three (3) subjects (at least one of the passes should be Grade D or better).

Also, the applicant must have credit passes in five (5) subjects including English, Mathematics, Integrated Science or Social Studies in the General Business Certificate Examination (GBCE)

Mature Students’ entry:

Mature student’s entry avenues to tertiary education provide opportunities for people who could not do so earlier to further their education at the tertiary level after years in the workplace.
The applicant must be at least twenty-five (25) years old, at the time of registration and show proof of age with a birth certificate or any legitimate document.
An applicant must pass the mature students’ entrance examinations conducted by GIMPA in English, Mathematics, and an Aptitude test.

Foreign Qualifications:

All foreign qualifications would be referred to the National Accreditation Board (NAB) for determination of equivalences and eligibility for admission to tertiary institutions in Ghana in accordance with the National Accreditation Board Act, 2007 [Act 744 (2(2b)].

Note should be taken however that the American SAT, TOEFL, etc. cannot in themselves be acceptable as entry qualifications into GIMPA.


Professional and other entry qualifications:

All professional certificates and any other qualification beyond the ones specified above would be referred to the National Accreditation Board for the establishment of their equivalences, to determine their eligibility for admission to university.

Note that the Diploma in Business Studies (DBS) qualification cannot, in itself, be used for admission into tertiary education institutions and programmes in Ghana.


WASSCE Awaiting Results:

Candidates who write the May/June WASSCE examinations are given the opportunity to apply for provisional admission into the daytime (8:00 am – 3:00 pm) 4-year bachelor’s degree programmes.


Transfer from Other Universities:


Students from other universities who wish to transfer to GIMPA have the opportunity to do so.

They must be in good standing from their former university.

The application should include the applicant’s SSSCE, WASSCE, or GCE Ordinary and Advanced levels results, and a transcript from the transferring university.