The Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College, following its successful affiliation to the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) has introduced new Ph.D and MSc postgraduate programmes in Defence, International Politics and Security Studies. The programmes include:
- Ph.D in Defence and International Politics (PDIP) - Full-Time. The programme is designed to prepare Ph.D. students for rigorous, policy-relevant research on the management of the defence sector; military science; major threats to national and international security, politics and the relevant strategies, institutional arrangements, knowledge, skill, and the capabilities that will be needed to confront those threats.
The mission of the programmes’ is to produce a new generation of analysts, policymakers, and scholars, fully knowledgeable about the range of international and national security and defence problems and foreign policy issues of the 21st Century. Click on the academics tab to read more on the requirements and structure of the newly introduced postgraduate degree programmes. Deadline for application is 31st November 2023 and the academic year commences in January 2024.
A two-member delegation from Dallaire Institute, accompanied by the Canadian Defence Advisor to Ghana, paid a courtesy call on the Commandant of the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College (GAFCSC), Major General (Maj Gen) Matthew Essien, on Tuesday, 4 February 2025, at the College Headquarters. The aim of the...
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The Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS), ably represented by the Commandant of the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College (GAFCSC), Major General Matthew Essien, chaired the launch of a book entitled ‘The Path of an Army General: How I Served My Country Ghana’ on Tuesday, January 28, 2025,...
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The Commandant of the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College (GAFCSC), Major General (Maj Gen) Matthew Essien in keeping to the traditions of the College has recently visited former commandants to present Christmas gifts as a gesture of appreciation and goodwill. This gesture by Maj Gen Essien and the...
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The Commandant of the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Major General Matthew Essien on behalf of the Staff College Fraternity honoured the Dean and Director of Academic Affairs, Dr Vladimir Antwi-Danso for his many years of outstanding dedication, distinguished career and service to the College during a brief...
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As part of the Graduation Ceremony held for the Junior Staff Course 82, the Commandant of the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College (GAFCSC), Major General Matthew Essien honoured key sponsors and officially commissioned the reconstructed GAFCSC Main Gate and the renovated Ante Room of the Fletcher Mess on...
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