Student's Financial Support

On Thursday, June 27, 2024, the University of Cape Coast’s Students’ Financial Support Office (STUFSO) hosted representatives from Pecan Energies’ CSR Department and ESL Consulting. This maiden visit followed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two institutions, aimed at strengthening their partnership and exploring new opportunities for collaboration. The delegation, led by Mr. Emmanuel Annor Appiah, CSR Senior Advisor, included Ms. Akuorkor Osuteye from ESL Consulting and Mr. Leonard Annan Prah from Pecan Energies.

During the 56th Congregation's Open Day event, TV UCC conducted an insightful interview with representatives from the Students' Financial Support Office (StuFSO) and the Gold Fields Ghana Foundation. The discussion focused on the services provided by StuFSO, including eligibility criteria and the application process for financial aid.

The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) Foundation Scholars Association held its annual meeting on 13th January 2024, with the Students’ Financial Support Office (StuFSO) in attendance. The meeting aimed to remind scholars of their responsibilities and inform them of upcoming activities, including the social service project and the annual verification exercise.

On February 6th, 2024, the management of the Confucius Institute at the University of Cape Coast invited the Students’ Financial Support Office (StuFSO) to educate its students about the financial assistance services available. Madam Esther Dede Azzu and Mr. Emmanuel Eshun represented the Office during the session.

As part of the 56th Congregation of the University of Cape Coast, an Open Day event was held on Monday, 22nd January 2024, at the forecourt of the Sam Jonah Library. Various faculties and departments gathered to showcase their academic and research activities, engaging a wide audience of students, faculty, and visitors.

The Students' Financial Support Office (StuFSO) at the University of Cape Coast (UCC) organized the 2nd UCC Scholars’ Forum on December 14, 2023, at the School of Medical Sciences Auditorium. Established in December 2019, StuFSO provides financial assistance to needy but brilliant students through the UCC Scholarship and coordination of external scholarships. By November 2023, the office had completed disbursing scholarships to 392 students for the 2023/2024 academic year.

On Monday, January 22, 2024, the Student Financial Support opened the application portal to receive applications for College of Distance Education (CoDE) students across the country. In the quest of the office to increase the level of awareness of our operations and to publicize the UCC Scholarship and the DESAG Partial Scholarships available to CoDE students, certain new strategies have been introduced to increase the patronage of the financial aid facility.

The Students’ Financial Support Office was honored to receive an eight-member delegation from Ghana National Gas Company Limited on Tuesday, 20th February, 2024. The Ghana Gas Scholarship Scheme which is their educational scholarship scheme aims to support the education and development of Ghanaian students pursuing undergraduate or HND programmes in any of Ghana’s public tertiary institutions.

At the 6^th session of the 56^th Congregation, the Students’ Financial Support Office under the Office of the Vice Chancellor took the opportunity to honor the overall best graduating awardee. This award was presented to Ms. Abigail Cudjoe, a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) student. Ms.