B.Sc Health Administration and Education

This degree combines the practical side of running health services with the skills to teach and promote health. It is offered at the University of Education, Winneba under the Faculty of Health, Allied Sciences and Home Economics Education. If you want to work behind the scenes in healthcare or in community health education, this programme is worth considering.

What Health Administration and Education actually covers

Programmes like this train you in both health services management and health teaching. You study how hospitals, clinics and health programmes are organised and financed, and how to communicate health information to the public. In addition, you learn how to design health education lessons and materials, so you can work with schools, communities or health facilities. Most graduates come away able to manage a health budget, plan health campaigns, and train health workers or patients.

Where the qualification can take you

Graduates typically find work in health facilities as administrators or patient educators, in government health offices, NGOs that run health projects, and in schools or colleges as health teachers. The education side also opens doors in curriculum development for health subjects or workplace health training. With experience, you could move into leadership roles in health programmes or institutions.

How hard it is to get a place

This is one of the less competitive health-related degrees at UEW. That does not mean you can ignore entry requirements, but rather that your chances are better than for highly competitive programmes like medicine or nursing. As long as you meet the minimum WASSCE requirements for degree programmes, you should be able to apply with a realistic chance. Always check the university's official admission guide for the exact subjects and grades needed.