University of Ghana Legon Admission Guide: WASSCE Requirements and Application Process
By Muntasir • Published Jun 07, 2026 • Updated Sep 20, 2026 • Africa Admissions & Exams
University of Ghana (Legon) admits students by WASSCE aggregate, with programme-specific cutoffs published each admission cycle. You need credit passes in English, Core Mathematics, Integrated Science or Social Studies, and three relevant electives, with your overall aggregate deciding which programmes you qualify for.
- 🎓 Apply online through admissions.ug.edu.gh
- 📩 You need credits (A1-C6) in six subjects including the required core subjects
- 💵 For 2025/2026, programme cutoffs ranged from 6 (most competitive) to 30 points
- ⏱️ Applications open after WASSCE results are released each year
- 🏠 Cutoffs differ by programme and by first, second or third choice ranking
What University of Ghana admission depends on
The University of Ghana (UG), commonly called Legon, admits undergraduates based on your West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) aggregate score, calculated from your six best subjects. Lower aggregates are better under WAEC's grading system, where A1 counts as 1 and F9 as 9, so a smaller total signals stronger performance.
To qualify for consideration at all, you need credit passes (A1-C6) in English Language, Core Mathematics, and either Integrated Science or Social Studies depending on your programme category, plus three elective subjects relevant to your chosen course. Science and agriculture applicants need three science electives, while general arts and business applicants need three electives from those tracks.
How cutoff points work at UG
Once you meet the basic eligibility requirement, UG ranks applicants for each programme by aggregate score and admits from the strongest down, until the available places fill. This produces a different cutoff for every programme, and often a different cutoff depending on whether you listed that programme as your first, second or third choice.
UG publishes these cutoffs directly on its admissions site each cycle. For 2025/2026, the official cut-off points page lists first-choice cutoffs ranging from an aggregate of 6 for the most competitive programmes, such as Biomedical Engineering, up to 30 for less competitive routes such as Distance Education programmes. Most mainstream programmes fall between these extremes, so check the published table for your specific course rather than relying on a single university-wide number.
UG confirmed it would hold its admission cutoffs steady for the 2025/2026 academic year despite a decline in candidates' overall WASSCE performance that year, according to Citi Newsroom . That decision meant more applicants missed their first-choice programmes than in cycles with stronger national results.
Applying online
Wait for WAEC to release your WASSCE results, since you cannot apply without them.
Buy an application voucher or pay the online application fee through UG's admissions portal.
Register at admissions.ug.edu.gh and enter your WASSCE index number and results.
Select your programme choices, ranked in order of preference across the colleges you want.
Submit before the deadline UG sets for that admission cycle and track your application status online.
UG typically opens undergraduate applications shortly after WASSCE results come out and runs the window over several months, so start as soon as results are released rather than waiting until close to the deadline.
Documents to prepare
WASSCE or SSSCE results slip with your index number
Birth certificate or passport
Passport photographs
Payment receipt for the application fee or voucher
If you fall short of a programme's cutoff
If your aggregate misses the cutoff for your first-choice programme, UG's system considers your second and third choices automatically, provided you meet the general eligibility requirement. Some applicants also use the gap to retake specific WASSCE papers through WAEC's private candidate registration to improve their aggregate before reapplying the following cycle.