Department of Planning, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

🎓 Advance Your Career in Urban Management | KNUST

The Department of Planning, in collaboration with The Centre for Settlement Studies, KNUST, is pleased to invite applications for the MSc and MPhil programmes in Urban Management Studies at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST).

These programmes are designed for recent graduates and working professionals seeking to deepen their expertise in urban management, equipping them with the analytical and practical tools to shape the cities of tomorrow.

📌 Why Urban Management Studies at KNUST?
✅ Rigorous academic training grounded in African urban realities with international benchmarking.
✅ Interdisciplinary approach combining planning, governance, and settlement studies
✅ A gateway to careers in government, development agencies, research, and the private sector

Whether you are building on a first degree or advancing a professional career, these programmes offer a transformative academic experience in one of Africa's leading universities.

📩 Interested? Contact the Programmes Coordinator, Dr. Irene-Nora Dinye on WhatsApp on +233 24 497 2257 or the Head of The Centre for Settlement Studies, KNUST via WhatsApp on +233 20 809 3643, for admission requirements and application details. You can also visit the University website for details: https://www.knust.edu.gh/announcements/general/admission-applicants-research-or-higher-degree-programmes-20262027-academic-year

🎟️🎟️Admission is still !!!

The Department of Planning, KNUST is offering an opportunity for persons wishing to acquire knowledge and enhance their competence in dealing with urban and regional planning, transportation, and development policy and planning issues to pursue our Masters (MSc. and MPhil) programmes.

Follow the instructions on the attached flyers to apply.

Thank you.

For inquiries, kindly contact +233 322070324; +233 3224961183/60324

You can use this link to apply: https://apps.knust.edu.gh/admissions/apply.

Excited to see Yetimoni Kpeebi, an alumnus of the Department of Planning, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in an insightful piece published by Urban Affairs Review on “Homelessness as America’s New Urban Crisis.”

The article highlights important conversations around homelessness, urban inequality, and the growing challenges facing cities today. It is inspiring to see alumni contributing to global urban discourse and research that seeks practical and inclusive solutions.

This recognition also reflects the growing impact of the Department of Planning, whose alumni continue to contribute meaningfully to urban research, policy, and sustainable development conversations across the world.

Congratulations to Yetimoni on this recognition and impactful contribution.👏👏🎊🙌

Read the article via:

https://www.urbanaffairsreview.com/uar-archive/homelessness-as-americas-new-urban-crisis

The Centre for Settlement Studies, KNUST in partnership with the Department of Planning, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, is pleased to inform the general public that admission to the MSc Urban Management Studies and MPhil Urban Management Studies open.

Mode of Application
All applicants whether, Ghanaian or International, must purchase the E-Voucher and apply by following these steps:

Option 1 (Ghanaian and International Applicants)

Visit the KNUST Admission Application Portal via: (https://apps.knust.edu.gh/admissions/apply)
Register with a valid email address.
Login and purchase a voucher via Mastercard, Visa or Mobile Money.
Proceed with application

Option 2 (Ghanaian Applicants only)
From a mobile device, type *415*55 #
Follow the prompts to purchase a voucher via Mobile Money

Visit the KNUST Admission Application Portal via: (https://apps.knust.edu.gh/admissions/apply)
Register with a valid email address
Login, validate the purchased voucher, and proceed with application.

🎟️🎟️Admission is !!!

The Department of Planning, KNUST is offering an opportunity for persons wishing to acquire knowledge and enhance their competence in dealing with urban and regional planning, transportation, and development policy and planning issues to pursue our Masters (MSc. and MPhil) programmes.

Follow the instructions on the attached flyers to apply.

Thank you.

For inquiries, kindly contact +233 322070324; +233 3224961183/60324

You can use this link to apply: https://apps.knust.edu.gh/admissions/apply.

SHAPING CITIES, DEFINING THE FUTURE: How KNUST's Department of Planning is rewriting Ghana's urban and settlement story

In the heart of one of Africa's most dynamic universities, a quiet revolution in urban thought is underway. The Department of Planning at KNUST has emerged as far more than an academic unit. It is a living laboratory where ideas meet policy, and research reshapes real communities across Ghana and beyond.

At the core of this distinction is a remarkable assembly of scholars whose work does not merely occupy journal pages but actively moves the needle on how cities are built, how people are housed, and how millions navigate their daily lives.

Prof. Owusu Amponsah, Associate Professor & Head, Centre for Settlements Studies. His research on sustainable urban development and informal urbanism shapes national policy on inclusive cities.

Prof. Michael Poku-Boansi, is a leading voice in transport planning and socio-economic impact assessment. He undertakes rigorous research and real-world infrastructure policy worls through global collaborations.

Prof. Clifford Amoako, investigates urban housing and migration dynamics. His works have deepened the department's research output and broadened its international partnerships.

Dr. Michael Osei Asibey is a scholar whose work in settlement dynamics and urban change continues to enrich the department's diverse, globally connected research ecosystem.

Together, these academics represent something rare. They present a critical mass of expertise that is simultaneously local in its commitment and global in its reach. Their combined output spans urban development, transport, housing, resettlement, and settlement studies; fields that are not peripheral to Ghana's future but absolutely central to it.

Together, they represent what it means to be a centre of excellence; not as a slogan, but as a daily practice of scholarship, service, and impact that puts KNUST's Department of Planning firmly on the map.

The University Community is specially invited to a Professorial Inaugural Lecture to be delivered by Professor Samuel Amos-Abanyie, a Professor of Architecture at the Department of Architecture, College of Art and Built Environment, KNUST.

Professor Amos-Abanyie investigates the indoor conditions of the spaces we inhabit daily and what prolonged exposure to such conditions can do to our health.*

Join Professor Amos-Abanyie as he delivers his Professorial Inaugural Lecture on the topic, “Protecting Humanity from Itself”

Read more via: bit.ly/profamos-abanyie

Date: Thursday, 16th April, 2026
Venue: Great Hall, KNUST
Time: 4.30pm

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🚨🚨PhD Seminar! PhD Seminar!! PhD Seminar!!!

The Department of Planning invites you to our weekly PhD Seminar, featuring TWO PhD candidates presenting their works.

📅 Date: Thursday, 26th March, 2026
📍 Venue: DoP Conference Room
⏰ Time: 9am

Join us as the candidates share insights from their work, followed by a discussion session. This seminar is open to all faculty members, students, and interested researchers.

We look forward to your participation!!!

🚨🚨PhD Seminar! PhD Seminar!! PhD Seminar!!!

The Department of Planning invites you to our weekly PhD Seminar, featuring TWO PhD candidates presenting their works.

📅 Date: Thursday, 19th March, 2026
📍 Venue: DoP Conference Room
⏰ Time: 9am

Join us as the candidates share insights from their work, followed by a discussion session. This seminar is open to all faculty members, students, and interested researchers.

We look forward to your participation!!!

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has named a newly established Infrastructure Research Hub at the Department of Planning after Hon. Francis Asenso-Boakye MP, MP for Bantama, in recognition of his contributions to development planning and infrastructure in Ghana.

The facility, commissioned on March 16, 2026, was created through a partnership between the Bantama Asenso-Boakye Foundation and the Department of Planning to promote research, collaboration, and policy innovation in infrastructure planning, sustainable housing, transport systems, and urban management. The hub includes furnished offices, a reception area, and modern research equipment to support academic and professional work.

Speaking at the event, Hon. Francis Asenso-Boakye emphasized the need to bridge academic research and infrastructure development. Akyamfour Asafo Boakye Agyemang-Bonsu, Chairman of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Council, and Richard Ofori Agyeman Boadi, Mayor of Kumasi, praised the initiative as a major boost to research-driven solutions for Ghana’s urban and infrastructure challenges.

Learn more here⬇️

https://www.knust.edu.gh/news/news-items/knust-commissions-asenso-boakye-infrastructure-research-hub-drive-evidence-based-policy

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