Bachelor of Science in Facilities Management

Introduction 

The programme has been designed to provide graduates with relevant knowledge and competencies needed to make constructive and effective contribution in their professional career path in facilities management. To achieve this aim, the following objectives have been set.

Objectives of the programme

The objectives of the programme are to:

1. Equip students with the requisite skills needed to develop comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the key theories, concepts and frameworks underpinning the study of facilities management.
2. Train students to understand the role of facilities management in supporting the strategic objectives of the organisation.
3. Train students to acquire and develop transferable hands-on skills in facilities management, demanded by the industry.
4. Provide students with skills to enable them to undertake facilities management consultancy service and research.
5. Equip students with specialist knowledge about the management of workplaces, assets maintenance, and support services.
6. Train students to acquire and develop ethical and entrepreneurial skills needed for their professional practice.
7. Train students to develop the needed skills in sustainability, energy management and a low carbon future.

Target Market and Employability

Apart from gaining the requisite skills to set up their own private facilities management practice, graduates of the programme can be employed in a wide range of sectors as facilitites mangers.

The under listed sectors form the core of the program’s target market. However, graduates can be employed in all sectors of the economy.

• Healthcare Institutions
• Oil and Gas Industry
• Telecommunication Establishments
• Financial Institutions
• Insurance Institutions
• Educational Institutions (secondary and tertiary levels)
• District Assemblies
• All corporate institutions/ organizations eg ECG, GHANA WATER, GHAPOHA, JUDICIAL SERVICE, etc.
• Diplomatic Missions
• NGOs
• Mining Companies

Admission Requirements

1. SSSCE Candidates

SSCE applicants must have Credit Passes (A-D) in six subjects comprising three core subjects, including English Language and Mathematics, plus Economics or Elective Mathematics and any two relevant elective subjects. Applicants must have at least aggregate 24 from these 6 subjects.

2. WASSCE Candidates

WASSCE applicants must have Credit Passes (A1-C6) in six subjects comprising three core subjects, including English Language and Mathematics, plus Economics or Elective Mathematics and any two relevant elective subjects. Applicants must have at least aggregate 24 from these 6 subjects.

3. General Certificate of Education (GCE) Advanced Level Candidates

GCE “O” and “A” level holders with Passes in three (3) 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 Language, Mathematics, and a Science subject (for non-science students) and an Arts subject (for science students).

4. HND Certificate holder

Applicants must meet any of the following requirements:

1. HND Estate Management with Second Class (Lower Division) or better. Such applicants will join the BSc programme in level 300.
2. HND Estate Management with Pass with at least one (1) year Real Estate practice experience. Such applicants will join the BSc programme in level 300.
3. HND in any relevant built environment programme with at least a Second Class (Lower Division). The applicant needs to pass an interview to join the BSc programme at level 200.

5. Mature Applicants

1. 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 five years old at the time of application.
2. Must have at least three years’ experience in the real estate industry
3. Pass written aptitude test (English Language, Mathematics, General Knowledge), and an interview.

6. Foreign Applicants

All foreign applicants shall be referred to GTEC for the determination of qualification equivalences and eligibility for admission towards appropriate placement.

7. Diploma Holders

1. Must have completed a Tertiary Diploma programme, and
2. Must have passes in three core subjects at the WASSCE and SSCE Level. The applicant needs to pass an interview to join the BSc programme at level 200.