This Facilities Management programme provides students with the opportunity to develop competencies and skills to manage facilities effectively in a changing corporate world. The programme invests in students the skills needed to realise the strategic potential of facilities management to contribute to corporate effectiveness. The complex facilities management industry is thus expected to require jobs and skills training related to:

• Critical thinking in facilities management / developing facilities management solutions.
• Energy efficiency /retrofits management
• Strategic decision making in facilities management.
• Budgeting for facilities management
• Maintenance of infrastructures/assets
• Project and contracts management for facilities management
• Sustainable resources management for facilities management
• Smart and emerging technologies for facilities management
• Facilities management principles to address sustainability and climate change issues.

Aim of the programme

The aim of the programme is 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 acquire the skills relevant to understand the role of facilities management in supporting the strategic objectives of an organisation.

3. Train students to acquire and develop transferable hands-on skills in facilities management, demanded by the industry, to enable them to undertake facilities management consultancy service and research.

4. Equip students with the needed facilities management competences required in the management of workplaces, assets maintenance, and support services.

5. Train students to acquire and develop ethical and entrepreneurial skills needed for professional practice in facilities management.

6. Train students to develop the needed skill in sustainability, energy management and a low carbon future.

Entry Requirements

A. SSSCE Candidates

SSCE applicants must have Credit Passes (A-D) in six subjects comprising three core 
subjects, including English Language and Mathematics, plus three relevant elective subjects
such as Economics and/or Business Management and other related subjects relevant to 
the programme including Government, French, Geography, Mathematics, Building 
Construction, Management in Living, Accounting, Costing etc.

B. WASSCE Candidates

WASSCE applicants must have Credit Passes (A1-C6) in six subjects comprising three core subjects, including English Language and Mathematics, plus three relevant elective subjects including Economics and/or Business Management and other related subjects relevant to the programme, including Government, French, Geography, Mathematics, 
Building Construction, Management in Living, Accounting, Costing, etc.

C. 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.

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

Course Structure

                                                            YEAR ONE, SEMESTER ONE

                                                                                                             YEAR ONE, SEMESTER TWO

                                                       YEAR TWO, SEMESTER ONE

                                                                                                                   YEAR TWO, SEMESTER TWO

                                                                                    YEAR THREE, SEMESTER ONE

                                        YEAR THREE, SEMESTER TWO (OUT INTERNSHIP)

                                                             YEAR FOUR, SEMESTER ONE

                                                              YEAR FOUR, SEMESTER TWO