Ashesi University

Ashesi University

Type	Private
Established	2002; 22 years ago (2002)
President	Patrick G. Awuah, Jr.
Provost	Angela Owusu Ansah
Students	1253 (January 2021)[1]
Location	Berekuso , Eastern Region , Ghana 05°45′35″N 00°13′11″W / 5.75972°N 0.21972°W / 5.75972; -0.21972
Campus	Suburban
Website	www.ashesi.edu.gh

Ashesi University (/ɑːʃˈs/ a-shii-si') is a private, non-profit university located in Berekuso, near Accra. The mission of Ashesi University is to educate ethical, entrepreneurial leaders in Africa; to cultivate within students the critical thinking skills, the concern for others, and the courage it will take to transform the continent.^[2]

Ashesi was established as an independent, public benefit education institution operating on a not-for-profit basis. The university obtained accreditation from the Ghanaian National Accreditation Board (now the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission) in September 2001 to operate under the mentorship of the University of Cape Coast (UCC), with degrees conferred by UCC. Ashesi began instruction on 4 March 2002. Ashesi University received a Presidential Charter from the President of Ghana, effective January 2018, making it an independent university that confers its own degrees.^[3] It is a member of the Council of Independent Universities,^[4] the Association of African Universities^[5] and the Association of Commonwealth Universities.^[6]