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 28-member delegation from the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College (GAFCSC) Course 46 Air Faculty paid an educational visit to the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) on Wednesday, 12 March, 2025, at the Kotoka International Airport, Accra. The delegation comprises 4 directing staff and 23 student officers, 13...
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A 29-man delegation from the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College (GAFCSC) Air Faculty, led by the Assistant Commandant (ASCOM), Air Commodore Thomas Nii Okai, visited the Air Force Base Takoradi (AFB TAK) from Monday 3 to Wednesday 5 March 2025. The delegation comprised a Chief Instructor, four Directing...
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The Naval Faculty of the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College (GAFCSC) paid a 2-day educational visit to Akosombo and Ada on 25th and 26th February respectively. The team comprising 12 students and 2 Directing Staff was led by the Chief Instructor Naval Faculty, Naval Captain Kwasi Kyeremateng Donkor....
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The Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College (GAFCSC) has held a matriculation ceremony for 36 weekend students for the Master of Science in Defence and International Politics (MDIP) and Master of Science Degree in Security Studies (MSS) programs on Friday, 7 March 2025, at the Hamidu Hall in Otu...
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As part of the program for Junior Staff Course 83, students and staff visited 1 Infantry Battalion (1Bn) and 48 Engineer Regiment of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) on Tuesday 18 and Friday 21 February, 2025 at the Units' Headquarters in Tema and Accra respectively. The purpose of the visits...
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A three-member delegation from the Military Christian Fellowship led by Commander Benedict Quayeson donated 150 prayer guides (Our Daily Bread) to the Commandant of the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College (GAFCSC), Major General (Maj Gen) Matthew Essien, on Friday, 21 February 2025, at the Fletcher Mess, Teshie. ...
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