06/05/2024
At a Special Council meeting held on Monday, May 6, 2024, the Governing Council of the University of Professional Studies, Accra, appointed Prof. John Kwaku Mensah Mawutor as the third Vice-Chancellor of the University of Professional Studies, Accra. His appointment takes effect on January 1, 2025.
Prof. Mawutor is currently the Pro Vice-Chancellor at UPSA and is responsible for the day-to-day control and administration of academic affairs. As Pro Vice-Chancellor, he has
promoted the development, diversification and effective delivery of current and new programmes to address emerging national issues, supervised UPSA’s quality assurance initiatives, and streamlined academic processes to enhance efficiency and eliminate redundancies. Under the direction of the Vice-Chancellor, he has also spearheaded facultycentric and student-centred projects to further enrich the teaching and learning process.
He is an experienced professional and academic and comes to this role with more than 20 years of experience in academia and industry.
Prof. Mawutor has held various positions at UPSA, serving in increasingly responsible roles
culminating at executive level roles. He has served as Programme Coordinator of various academic programmes, Vice-Dean and in 2016, he was appointed as Dean of the School of Graduate Studies, a position he held until 2022. As Dean, he is credited with the exponential
growth of UPSA’s graduate programmes both in student population and programme
offerings.
Prof. Mawutor began his career in the higher education sector as a lecturer at UPSA in 2008.
Since then, he has risen through the ranks, serving as programme coordinator of several graduate school programmes. He was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2014 and became Associate Professor in 2021. He has also served as Vice-Dean of the School of Graduate
School. And more...
Prof. Mawutor will take over from Prof. Abednego F.O. Amartey, whose tenure ends on December 31, 2024.
Congratulations👏 PROF.