The University has been established with the principal mission of training the youth to qualify as professional men and women who will not only meet the highest standards and expectations of the Ministry of Education but will also be imbued with the commitment to serve in deprived areas in general and Muslim communities in particular training the youth to qualify as professional men and women who will not only meet the highest standards and expectations of the Ministry of Education but will also be imbued with the commitment to serve in deprived areas in general and Muslim communities in particular.
Providing opportunities for academic and professional development of the youth more especially those from the urban areas.
Nurturing/producing mature individuals who have broad-base knowledge and appreciation of all existing religions for the purpose of encouraging understanding and dialogue between different religions and cultures.
Producing specialists in Administration, Banking, Economics, Secular and Islamic Law to provide honest and selfless manpower resources for the public and private sector.
Maintaining conductive environment for interactive academic work whose products would be shining examples of morality, well integrated into society and desirous of further
research.
History
The establishment of the Islamic University College-Ghana started with the acquisition of land for it in 1995.
The Ahlul Bait Foundation of the Islamic Republic of Iran conceived the idea of a University College as far back as 1986 by opening an Islamic Training Institute in a rented apartment at Abelenkpe, Accra.
The first batch of 15 students was admitted into the Institute to do a two-year course in Islamic Theology with the main objective being to enrich the Ghanaian Muslim Youth with high spiritual and moral standards.
In 1988, the Institute was registered as the Ahlul Bait Islamic School. This was in pursuance of the desire to provide facilities for research into Islamic sciences for Muslim students and scholars from Ghana and the neighbouring countries. The Islamic University College, Ghana was granted interim accreditation by the National Accreditation Board with effect from 2001.
On 10th April 2001, 15 students were given admission to do a 4-year Bachelor of Arts programme in Religious Studies (Islamic option). In September the same year, a second batch of 42 students was admitted into the University College. In September 2002, accreditation was given for the University College to introduce a 4-year degree programme in Business Administration with specialisation in Accounting, Banking and Finance, and Marketing.
Two hundred students applied for admission and after thorough scrutiny 67 were given admission into the Department of Business Administration and 39 into the Department of Religious Studies.