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Ghana’s Kwame Nkrumah University to resume classes on 19 October

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Ghana’s Kwame Nkrumah University to resume classes on 19 October

Ghana’s Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology will receive new students on 15 October 2026 and returning students on 17 October, before lectures resume on 19 October. The new dates for the 2026-2027 academic year were announced after an extraordinary management meeting, according to MyJoyOnline.

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Ghana will resume lectures on Monday, 19 October 2026, for the 2026-2027 academic year, according to an official notice published by the university on 14 October.

New students are due to arrive on Thursday, 15 October, and returning students on Saturday, 17 October. The revised timetable was set at an emergency meeting of the university’s executive committee, MyJoyOnline reports.

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