Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) is one of the leading institutions of higher learning in Ghana. Located in Kumasi in the Ashanti region of the country, the university is known for offering quality education to local and international students. Discover the latest KNUST fees and more about the institution.
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KNUST was established in 1951. The university offers multiple undergraduate and postgraduate courses across its campuses and affiliate schools. Many prospective students wish to know all the details about KNUST fees. We have it all compiled for you.
KNUST fees: all you should know
The KNUST fees payment process is fairly simple. The fees charged differs depending on the course you wish to pursue and the level of academic learning. Below is a breakdown of the amount you can expect to pay.
Bsc. Business Administration(All areas of specialization)/Law
1,785.99
Hospitality & Tourism Management
2,705.99
Chieftaincy and Traditional Leadership Studies
2,523.64
Akan Language & Culture /English/Political Studies/Geography & Rural Development/ History/ Linguistics/Sociology/Social Work/Economics/French & Francophone studies/ Media and comm.studies/ Religious Studies
Diploma in Community Health Nursing (upgrade)/ Diploma in General Nursing (upgrade)
2,656.50
Medical Lab Technology/Sonography/Medical Imaging/Physiotherapy &Sports Sci/Pharm. D(Doctor of Pharmacy)/Sports and ExerciseScience/Herbal Medicine/ Nursing/Midwifery
The KNUST fees for a fee-paying freshman is documented in the table below. Note that the grand total is exclusive of the residential fees.
Programme
Total academic fee in GH₵ (pa)
Akan Language & Culture /English/Political Studies/Geography & Rural Development/ History/ Linguistics/Sociology/Social Work/Economics/French& Francophone studies/ Media and comm. studies/ Religious Studies
5,821.14
Law (LLB. Degree holders only)
9,716.14
Law/ LL.B
9,166.14
Bsc. Business Administration (All areas of specialisation)
Below is a breakdown of the fees for fee-paying students in years two to six. Note that the total is exclusive of the residential fees.
Programme
Total academic fee in GH₵ (pa)
Akan /Culture & Tourism/English/ French & FrancophoneStudies/Political Studies/ Linguistics/Media & CommunicationStudies/Religious Studies/ Geography & Rural Development/History and Political Studies/ Sociology/ Social Work/Economics/ Modern Language/ Economics
5,712.70
Law( LLB.)
9,058.20
Law( LLB. Degree holders only )
9,058.20
Certificate in Chieftaincy and Traditional Leadership Studies
5,712.70
Business Administration (All areas of specialisation)
Continuing parallel studentsTotal academic fee in GH₵ (pa)
Akan Language & Culture /English/Political Studies/Geography & RuralDevelopment/ History/ Linguistics/Sociology/Social Work/ Economics/ Media andcomm. studies/ Religious Studies
4,019.14
3,911.20
Accounting and Finance/ Marketing/International Business/ Logistics andSupply Chain Management/ Human Resource Management
Akan Language & Culture/Culture and Tourism/Economics/English/Exchangeprogramme/ French and Francophone studies/Geography and RuralDev't/History/Linguistics/Media and Communication Studies/ Religious Studies/S ociology/ Social Work
4,353.55
Business Administration/Hospitality and Tourism Management/ Law(LL.B)
Akan /Culture & Tourism/English/ French & Francophone Studies/Political Studies/ Linguistics/Media & Communication Studies/Religious Studies/Geography & Rural Development/History and Political Studies/ Sociology/Social Work/Economics
3,894.78
Certificate in Chieftaincy and Traditional Leadership Studies
3,895.14
Bsc. Business Administration (All specialisation)/ Hospitality & Tourism Management
PhD Agric./Natural ResourcesArch/Land Economy\Land Governance/ Planning /BT./African Art And Culture/ Art Education/ Painting/ Paintingand sculpture/ Sculpture/Construction Management/Procurement Mgt./Procurement/Project Mgt./Building Technology (allpostgraduate programmes under the College of Art and BuiltEnvironment)
6,067.71
PhD College of Science (All programmes)
6,152.71
PhD Engineering (All programmes)
7,342.71
PhD Pharmacy
6,152.71
PhD Business Administration (all areas of specialisation) /law
7,382.71
MSc/MA
Social Sciences
6,917.71
MSc/MA Agric./Natural Resources
6,067.71
MSc/MA College of Science (all programmes)
6,152.71
MSc/MA - M.Arch/Land Economy\Land Governance/ Planning /BT./African Art And Culture/ Art Education/ Painting/ Paintingand sculpture/ Sculpture/Construction Management/ProcurementMgt./Procurement/Project Mgt./Building Tech.(AllPostgraduate Programmes under College of Art and BuiltEnvironment)
6,067.71
MSc/MA- Intellectual Property(MIP)
7,342.71
MSc Engineering (all programmes)
7,342.71
MPH. Health Education & Promotion/ MPH. HealthService Planning and Mgt/ MPH. Health Systems Research& Mgt/ MPH. Occupational & Developmental Health &Safety/MPH Population & Reproductive Health
9,742.71
MSc/MA - Disability, Rehabilitation and Development/HealthEducation & Promotion/Health Service Planning and Mgt/Occupational & Developmental Health &Safety/Population & Reproductive Health
MPhil Languages/ Chieftaincy and Traditional Leadership/ English/ Comparative Literature/Economics/ Geography and Rural Development/ Religious Studies/ Sociology/ Social Works/French/ Historical Studies/ Political Science/
5,859.98
MPhil Actuarial Science/ Analytical Chemistry/ Animal & Plant Physiology/ Applied Mathematics/Biochemistry/ Biological Sciences/ Biotechnology/ Chemistry/ Computer Science/Computational Chemistry/ Ecology/ Entomology(TAB)/ Environmental chemistry/Environmental Science/ Experimental Taxonomy/ Food Science and Tech/ Forensic Science/Geophysics/ Human Nutrition and Dietetics/ Information Tech/Inorganic & Coordination Chemistry/ Limnology Fisheries/ Material Science/ Mathematical Science/ Mathematical Statistics/ Mathematics/ Meteorology & Climate Science/ Microbiology/ Nuclear Physics/Organic and Natural Product/ Organic Chemistry/ Parasitology/ Physical Chemistry/ Physics/Plant Pathology/ Pure Mathematics/ Reproductive Biology/ Scientific Computing andIndustrial Modelling/ Solid State Physics/ Theoretical and Applied biology/ Vision Science
5,859.98
MPhil Architecture/ African Art and Culture/ Art Education/ Building Tech/Integrated Art & Industry/ Publishing Studies/Comm. Design/ Conservation of the Built Env/ Construction Mgt/Construction Project Mgt/ Development Policy and Planning/ Development Studies/ Housing Studies/ Land Economy/ Land Management/ Landscape Studies/Jewellery & Metalsmithing/Painting/Painting and Sculpture/ Planning/ Planning and Dev. Studies/ Procurement Mgt/Project Mgt(BT)/ Urban Management Studies
5,859.98
MPhil Engineering(All other Mphil Programmes)
5,859.98
MPhil Intellectual Property
2,684.98
MPhil Geographic Information System/ Agricultural Machinery Eng.
6,284.98
MPhil Chemical Pathology/ Clinical Microbiology/ Clinical Parasitology/ Clinical Pharmacology/Clinical Pharmacy/ Community Health/ Disability and Rehabilitation/ Genetics/ Haematology/Health Systems Research & Mgt/ Human Anatomy and Cell Biology/Human anatomy and Forensic Science/ Human Physiology/ Immunology/ Molecular Medicine/ Mortuary Science & Mgt/ Natural Product Pharmacology/ Nursing/ Pharmaceutical Chemistry/Pharmaceutical Microbiology/ Pharmaceutics/ Pharmacognosy/ Pharmacology/ Physiology/ Reproductive Physiology
5,859.98
MPhil Master of Business Administration (All Streams and specialisation)
5,859.98
PhD Chieftaincy and Traditional Leadership/ English/ Comparative Literature/ Economics/ Geography and Rural Development/ Religious Studies/ Sociology/ Social Works/ French/ Historical Studies/ Political Science
5,859.98
PhD Actuarial Science/ Analytical Chemistry/ Animal & Plant Physiology/ Applied Mathematics/Biochemistry/ Biological Sciences/ Biotechnology/ Chemistry/ Computer Science/Computational Chemistry/ Ecology/ Entomology(TAB)/ Environmental Chemistry/Environmental Science/ Experimental Taxonomy/ Food Science and Tech/ Forensic Science/Geophysics/ Human Nutrition and Dietetics/ Information Tech/ Inorganic & Coordination Chemistry/ Limnology Fisheries/ Material Science/ Mathematical Science/ Mathematical Statistics/ Mathematics/ Meteorology & Climate Science/ Microbiology/ Nuclear Physics/ Organic and Natural Product/ Organic Chemistry/ Parasitology/ Physical Chemistry/ Physics/ Plant Pathology/ Pure Mathematics/ Reproductive Biology/ Scientific Computing andIndustrial Modelling/ Solid State Physics/ Theoretical and Applied biology/ Vision Science/Optometry
5,859.98
PhD Architecture/ African Art and Culture/ Art Education/ Building Tech/Integrated Art & Industry/ Publishing Studies/Comm. Design/ Conservation of the Built Env/ Construction Mgt/ Construction Project Mgt/ Development Policy and Planning/ Development Studies/ Housing Studies/ Land Economy/ Land Management/ Landscape Studies/Jewellery & Metalsmithing/ Painting/Painting and Sculpture/ Planning/ Planning and Dev. Studies/ Procurement Mgt/ Project Mgt(BT)/ Urban Management Studies/ Painting/ Painting and Sculpture/ Sculpture
5,859.98
PhD Languages/ Chieftaincy and Traditional Leadership/ English/ Comparative Literature/ Economics/ Geography and Rural Development/ Religious Studies/ Sociology/ Social Works/ French/ Historical Studies/ Political Science/
5,859.98
PhD Engineering (All Programmes)
5,859.98
PhD Chemical Pathology/ Clinical Microbiology/ Clinical Pharmacology/ Clinical and Social Pharmacy/ Clinical Pharmacy/ Community Heath/ Genetics/ Haematology/ Human Anatomy and Cell Biology/Human anatomy and Forensic Science/ Immunology/ Molecular Medicine/Natural Product Pharmacology/ Pharmaceutical Chemistry/Pharmaceutical Microbiology/ Pharmaceutics/ Pharmacognosy/Pharmacology/ Public Health/ Social Pharmacy/ Public health
5,899.98
Business (Doctor of Business Administration and all PhD programmes)
5,899.98
MSc/MA EMB Human Resources Mgt/ Languages/ Chieftaincy and Traditional Leadership/ Comparative Literature/ Economics/ Geography and Rural Development/ Religious Studies/ Sociology/ Social Works/ English/ French
5,859.98
MSc/MA Actuarial Science/ Analytical Chemistry/ Animal & Plant Physiology/ Applied Mathematics/ Biochemistry/ Biological Sciences/ Biotechnology/ Chemistry/ Computer Science/ Computational Chemistry/ Ecology/ Entomology(TAB)/ Environmental Chemistry/ Environmental Science/ Experimental Taxonomy/ Food Science and Tech/ Forensic Science/ Geophysics/ Human Nutrition and Dietetics/ Information Tech/ Inorganic & Coordination Chemistry/ Limnology Fisheries/ Material Science/ Mathematical Science/ Mathematical Statistics/ Mathematics/ Meteorology & Climate Science/ Microbiology/ Nuclear Physics/ Organic and Natural Product/ Organic Chemistry/ Parasitology/ Physical Chemistry/ Physics/Plant Pathology/ Pure Mathematics/ Reproductive Biology/ Scientific Computing and Industrial Modelling/ Solid State Physics/ Theoretical and Applied biology/ Vision Science
5,859.98
MSc/MA Architecture/ Architectural Studies/Art and Culture/ Art Education/Integrated Art & Industry/ Publishing Studies/Mcomm. Design/ MFA Ceramics/ MFA. Jewellery & Metalsmithing/ MFA. Painting/MFA. Painting and Sculpture/ MFS. Sculpture/ MFA. Textile Design/ MFA Textile/ construction Mgt/ Dev. Planning & Mgt/ Dev. Planning &Mgt(Weekend)/ Development Policy & Planning( Weekend)/ Development Studies/ Facilities Mgt/ Land Governance/ Planning/ Procurement Mgt/ Project Mgt/ Transportation Planning/ Industrial Art Mgt
5,859.98
MPH Health Education & Promotion/ MPH Health Services & planning Mgt/ MPH Health Systems Research and Mgt/ MPH Occupational & Environmental Health Safety/ MPH Population and Reproductive Health
5,859.98
Engineering (MSC, MTECH,& MENG)
5,859.98
MSc Audiology/ Chemical Pathology/ Clinical Microbiology/ Clinical Biochemistry/ Clinical Nursing/ Global Mental Health Policy, Services and Development/Occupational & Environmental Health Safety/ Pharm. Analysis & Quality Control /Clinical Pharmacy/ Disability and Rehabilitation/ Health Education and Promotion/ Health Services Planning & Mgt/ Immunology/ Pharmaceutical Microbiology/ Pharmaceutical Technology/Population And Reproductive Health/ Reproductive Biology/ Social Pharmacy
5,859.98
M Pharm Natural Product Pharmacology/ M Pharm Pharmaceutical Microbiology/ M Pharm Pharmaceutics/ M Pharm Pharmacognosy
5,859.98
LL.M
5,859.98
Masters of Business Administration (all streams and specialisation) / Masters of Public Administration/ All MSc programmes
Asante History/ Comparative Literature/Religious studies/ Social Work/ Sociology/Geography and Rural Development/MSc Geography and Sustainable Development/Master of Public Administration(Regular)
6,298.40
Master of public Administration(Weekend)/Chieftaincy and Traditional Leadership
15,387.45
Master Of Business Administration (Full-Time)
8,525.45
Master Of Business Administration (Top-Up)/ Business - MBA Strategic management and management consulting (Top Up)/ Master Of Business Administration (Weekend/Part-Time)
9,625.45
MSc Accounting and Finance/ MSc Finance/ MSc Accounting/ corporate Governance/ Finance and Investment/ Logistics and Supply Chain/ Management and Human resource/ Marketing/ Procurement
15,427.45
MSc. Economics
11,107.95
LLM Law
15,688.45
MSc. Agricultural Extension and Development Communication(Weekend)
MPH/MSc Disability, Rehabilitation and Development/ MPH/MSc Health Education and Promotion/MPH/ MSc Health Services planning and Mgt./ MPH/MSc Occupational Health & Safety/MSc population & Reproductive Health/Health System Research Mgt.(Regular)/ MPH Global Health
14,857.45
MPH/MSc Disability, Rehabilitation and Development/ MPH/MSc Health Education and Promotion/ MPH/MSc Health services planning and Mgt./ MPH/MSc Occupational Health & Safety/MPH/MSc Population & Reproductive Health/ Health System Research Mgt.(Weekend)
Continuation of MSc/MA/MFA/MPH courses. Note that this is the annual academic fees in GH₵.
MSc Global Mental Health Policy, Services and development
7,319.60
Chieftaincy and Traditional Leadership
15,387.45
Economics/ English/French And Francophone Studies/ Geography/History/ PoliticalScience/Religious Studies/ Sociology/ Social Work
6,298.40
Accounting/Business Administration/Business And Management/Finance/Logistics and Supply Chain Management/Management And Human Resource Strategy/Management and Human Resource Strategy (Top Up)/Procurement And Supply Chain Management/Marketing
9,800.95
Biological Science/ Biotechnology/ Chemistry/Computational Chemistry/ Computer Science/ Cyber-security and Digital Forensics/ Ecology/ Entomology/ Environmental Science/ Environmental chemistry/Experimental Taxonomy/ Food Science and Technology/ Forensic Science/ Geophysics/ Human Nutrition and dietetics/ Information Technology/ Inorganic and Coordination chemistry/ Limnology and Fisheries/ Mathematical Science/ Mathematical Statistics/ Mathematics/ Meteorology and Climate Science/ microbiology/ Nuclear Science and Tech. / Organic and Natural Product/ Organic Chemistry/ Parasitology/ Physical Chemistry/ Physics/ Plant Pathology/ Polymer Science and Technology/ Pure Mathematics/Reproductive Biology/ Scientific Computing and Industrial Modelling/ Theoretical and Applied Biology/ Vision Sciences/Solid State Physics/ Material Science/ Mathematics and Computation Physics/Environmental Physics/Mphil. Actuarial Science/ Mphil Analytical Chemistry/Animal and Plant Physiology/Biochemistry/ Biodata Analytics and Computational Genomics/Animal Physiology/Organic and Natural Products/Physical Chemistry/Plant Physiology(Tab)
6,606.60
Agroforestry/ Agronomy/Animal Breeding and genetics/ Animal nutrition/Crop physiology/Crop Protection/Entomology/Floriculture/Fresh Water Fisheries/ Fruit Crops/ MeatScience/Olericulture/ plant breeding/ Plant pathology/Pomology/Post Harvest physiology/ Post Harvest Technology/ Reproductive Physiology/ Seed and Science Technology/Soil Fertility/Soil Management & Conservation/ Soil Science/Sustainable and Integrated RuralDevelopment/Agribusiness/ Agric. Extension/ Agricultural economics/Aquaculture/ Vegetable Crop Production/Wildlife and Range Management/Aquaculture and Environment/Crop Protection (Plant Virology)/Watershed Management
6,606.60
Natural Resource and Environmental Governance
9,021.60
Wildlife and Range management
6,721.60
Mechanical Engineering(Top-up)/ All Other Engineering Mphil Programmes
7,319.60
M Phil Geographic Information Systems
10,022.95
Intellectual Property(MIP)
15,738.40
Educational Planning and Administration/ Language Education/ Science Education/ ICT Education/ Mathematics Education/Educational Innovations and Leadership Science/Creative Art Therapy/Development Policy & Planning/Development Policy & Planning (Sandwich)/Land Governance And Policy (Weekend)/Real EstateAfrican Art and Culture/ Art Education/Communication Design/ Integrated Art/Painting And Sculpture
6,606.60
Educational Innovations and Leadership Science/Art Education(Weekend)/Publishing Studies
Economics/English/ French And Francophone Studies/Geography and Rural Development Historical Studies/Religious Studies/Sociology
7,893.45
Business/ Business and Management/ Management Studies/ Human Resource/ Organizational Leadership/ Business(DBA)
18,741.45
Biochemistry/ Biodata Analytics and Computational Genomics/ Bio-Technology
9,527.60
Chemical Pathology/ /Immunology/ Molecular Medicine/Natural ProductPharmacology/Pharmaceutical Chemistry/Pharmaceutical Microbiology/ Pharmaceutics/ Pharmacology/ Pharmacognosy/ Social Pharmacy/Chemistry/ Entomology/ Environmental Microbiology/ Food Science and Technology/ Microbiology/ Parasitology/Nuclear Science and Tech./Solid State Physics/ Material Science/ Mathematics and Computation Physics/Environmental Physics/Animal Physiology/Plant Physiology/Plant Pathology/Animal and Plant Physiology
9,528.75
Actuarial Science/ Applied Mathematics/ Environmental Chemistry/ EnvironmentalPhysics/Environmental Science/Geophysics/ Information Technology/Mathematics Statistics/ Scientific Computing and Industrial Modelling/Pure Mathematics
8,298.25
Human Nutrition and Dietetics
9,767.95
Biological Science
9,540.25
Computer Science/ Meteorology and Climate Change
8,297.10
African Art And Culture/ Art Education/ Painting/ Painting and sculpture/Sculpture/Architecture/ Land Management/Land Management and Governance
Construction Mgt./Procurement Mgt./Project Mgt./Building Tech./Planning/Development Studies (Weekend)
14,489.45
Educational Planning and Administration/ Language Education/ Science Education/ ICT Education/ Mathematics Education/Education/Project Management
9,413.35
PGD. Education
9,515.90
EdD Educational Planning and Administration
9,961.40
Animal Breeding and Genetics/ Entomology
9,528.75
Agric. Extension & Development communication/ Agricultural economics/ Agronomy/Animal Breeding and genetics/ Animal Nutrition/ Animal Science/ Crop Physiology/ Development Economics/Forage Crop Production Management/ Fruit Crops/ Horticulture/ Landscape/Meat Science/ Nematology/ Plant Breeding/Plant Pathology/ Plant Virology/ Post harvest Physiology/ Reproductive Physiology/ Seed Science and Technology/ Soil Fertility & Forest management/Soil management and conservation/ Soil Microbiology/Soil Physics/ Soil Science/WoodTechnology/Agribusiness management/ Agricultural Extension/ Agroforestry/Silviculture & Forest Mgt./Post-harvest Technology/Wildlife and Range Management/ Aquaculture
8,298.25
Agricultural Machinery Eng./Agroenvironmental Eng./Bioengineering/Chemical Eng./Climate Change and Land Use/Computer Eng./Electric. & Electronic Eng./Environmental Sanitation and Waste Mgt./Food and Post Harvest Eng./Geological Eng./Geomatic Eng./Geotechnical Eng./Highway and Transportation Eng./Material Eng./Mechanical Eng./Mechanical Eng. (Applied Mechanics)/Mechanical Eng. (Design And Manufacturing)/Mechanical Eng. (Thermodynamics)/Mechanical Eng. (Thermo-Fluids And Energy Systems)/Soil and Water Eng./ Structural Eng./Sustainable Energy Technologies/Telecommunication Eng./Water Resource Eng.And Mgt./Water Supply and Treatment Technology/Water Resources Eng.
9,010.10
Clinical Microbiology Clinical and Social Pharmacy
9,528.75
Pathobiology
9,528.75
Human Anatomy and Cell Biology/ Human Anatomy and Forensic Science
14,386.95
Haematology/Medical Imaging
14,033.45
Health Service Planning & Mgt. /Health Education & Promotion/Population & Reproductive Health
NB: If you wish to get the KNUST fees in PDF, you should visit the university website. Postgraduate continuing students have a different fee structure. The KNUST fees for medical students is generally higher than that of social sciences.
What banks accept KNUST fees?
GCB Bank, Ecobank, Republic Bank, UBA Bank, Cal Bank, Consolidated Bank Ghana, ABSA, Stanbic, Standard Chattered Bank, GT Bank, Fidelity Bank, and Ghana Post accept KNUST fees.
Is KNUST fees paid yearly?
KNUST fees are calculated annually. While fees can be paid annually, some people pay semester fees.
How much is the fees for KNUST?
Check out the tables below to know the fees for different courses offered at the university.
How much are KNUST hostel fees?
The cost of residing in any of the KNUST halls ranges between GHC 267.00 and GHC 2,305.00 for local students.
Graduands are to pay a graduation fee of 400 Ghana cedis at any of the KNUST approved banks.
How much does KNUST cost for international students?
Check out the table above to know the fees for international students at KNUST.
The current KNUST fees for local and international students is quite competitive. KNUST is known for offering quality undergraduate and postgraduate education.
It was founded in 1948 and was initially known as the University College of the Gold Coast. Since then, the institution has expanded significantly and now has various campuses.
