Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has released a new 2024/2025 Academic Year Re-Opening and Admissions Update along with Key Dates and Guidelines for all students.
Update on Re-Opening for the 2024/2025 Academic Year
- A new re-opening date for prospective first year undergraduate Ghanaian students will be announced after the release of the 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results.
- International students who have been offered admission for the 2024/2025 academic year will report on the 4th January 2025.
- All first-year Postgraduate students shall report on the 4th of January 2025 as scheduled.
- All Continuing students (Undergraduate and Postgraduate) shall report on 11th January 2025.
READ: KNUST to release 2024-2025 admission lists on 8th January 2025
Provisional Schedule for First Year Undergraduate Students – 2024/2025 Academic Year
| DATE | ACTIVITY |
| Tuesday, 31st December 2024 | Meeting of Central Admissions Committee |
| Tuesday, 31st December 2024 – Friday 3rd January 2025 | Review of Application details/Data from WAEC |
| Monday, 6th January 2025 | Meeting of Central Admissions Committee for Admissions |
| Monday, 6th January – Tuesday 7th January 2025 | Interviews of Applicants for Selected Schools/Faculties |
| Wednesday, 8th January 2025 | Release of list of successful Applicants |
| Friday, 10th January 2025 | Virtual Orientation |
| Tuesday, 14th January 2025 | Re-opening for 1st Years Students |
| Wednesday, 15th – Saturday, 18th January 2025 | Freshers Orientation |
| Monday, 20th January 2025 | Lectures Begin |
Selection of Candidates for Admission into the School of Medical Sciences and the School of Dentistry
Applicants for Admission into the School of Medical Sciences and the School of Dentistry for the 2024/2025 Academic Year are to note the following:
- There will be an Entrance examination and Interview for all shortlisted applicants on Monday, 6th January 2025 at 8:00am.
- All WASSCE candidates who have applied for BSc. Human Biology (Medicine) and had aggregate 8 or better, should check the portal via (HERE!) by 8:00am on Sunday, 5th January, 2025.
All WASSCE candidates who have applied for BSc. Human Biology (Dentistry) and had aggregate 10 or better, should check the portal via (HERE!) by 8:00am on Sunday, 5th January, 2025.
- The calculation of the aggregates is based on 3 Core Subjects: English, Integrated Science and Core Mathematics and 3 Elective Subjects: Chemistry, Biology, and either Physics or Elective Mathematics which one is better.
- All Advance Level (A-Level) Applicants who had aggregate 08 or better should check the portal via (HERE!) by 8:00am on Sunday, 5th January, 2025.
(NB. ONLY shortlisted applicants would be allowed to write the entrance examination and attend the interview. Candidates are advised to confirm their eligibility via (HERE!).
- Applicants would be required to pay an Entrance Examination Fee of Three Hundred and Fifty Ghana Cedis (GHȻ 350.00).
- It is advised that candidates avoid middlemen in their quest to seek admission. Selection is exclusively by merit.
- For any enquiries contact us on 054 625 5063 via WhatsApp only.