The Department of Forensic Sciences was formed out of the erstwhile Department of
Biomedical and Forensic Sciences. In 2015, during the reorganization of University of
Cape Coast into colleges, Biomedical related programmes of the then Department of
Biomedical and Forensic Sciences were migrated to the School of Allied Health Sciences
to form a Department of Biomedical Science, leaving the B.Sc. Forensic Science
programme in the School of Biological Sciences under the College of Agriculture and
Natural Sciences.
Accreditation to run the B.Sc. Forensic Sciences programme was given on 1st August,
2017. The first batch of students was enrolled into the programme in the 2015/2016
academic year. Another round of admissions were made in the 2016/2017, 2017/2018,
2018/2019 and 2019/2020 academic years. Thus, the Department has graduated three
batches of students so far.
The Department of Forensic Sciences was established in August 2015 with six students and five faculty. After two years, we have 86 students, 9 full-time faculty, 6 part-time faculty and one visiting professor.
Philosophy
We recognize that the number of forensic scientists in Ghana is woefully inadequate considering the current population and the pace of development. Also as crime becomes increasingly sophisticated, the demand grows for highly skilled forensic scientists capable of innovating, performing and analyzing scientific procedures to improve crime prevention and detection.
In line with this philosophy, we believe in the need to:
- turn out more students for professional careers related to crime prevention and detection;
- provide students with critical thinking and technical skills required for lifelong success in forensic and investigative sciences;
- produce confident, competent and ethically-minded future forensic scientists;
- advance the various fields through innovative research to solve pertinent problems that confront the country;
- impart knowledge, skills and intellectual leadership in the public and private sector.
VISION: To have a department that serves as a pivot for the training of forensic scientists with world-wide
acclaim.
MISSION: To provide unique training programmes which enable students from different backgrounds to
meet the challenges of their countries and to produce ground-breaking discoveries in forensic
sciences.
