AUTOMOTATIVE ENGINEERING

Entry requirements

I. West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) WASSCE Applicants must have six (6) credit passes (A1-C6) in all subjects including English Language, Core Mathematics, Integrated Science, and any other three (3) of the following combinations that should consist of at least two mandatory subjects and one optional subject. General Science: MANDATORY SUBJECTS: Mathematics and Physics or Chemistry; OPTIONAL SUBJECTS: Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Technical Drawing, Geography, General Agriculture, Elective ICT Technical: MANDATORY SUBJECTS: Mathematics and Physics OR Technical Drawing OR Auto Mechanics; OPTIONAL SUBJECTS: Applied Electricity, Electronics, Metal Work, Auto Mechanics, Physics, Elective ICT, Chemistry Agriculture: MANDATORY SUBJECTS: Mathematics and Physics OR General Agriculture; OPTIONAL SUBJECTS: Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Elective ICT, General Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Crop Husbandry and Horticulture, Forestry, Fisheries General Arts: MANDATORY SUBJECTS: Mathematics and Geography OR Elective ICT; OPTIONAL SUBJECTS: Geography, Economics, Elective ICT II. Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSSCE) Candidates SSCE applicants must have six (6) credit passes (A-D) in all subjects including English Language, Core Mathematics, Integrated Science, and any other three (3) of the following combinations that should consist of at least two mandatory subjects and one optional subject. General Science: MANDATORY SUBJECTS: Mathematics and Physics or Chemistry; OPTIONAL SUBJECTS: Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Technical Drawing, Geography, General Agriculture, Elective ICT Technical: MANDATORY SUBJECTS: Mathematics and Physics OR Technical Drawing OR Auto Mechanics; OPTIONAL SUBJECTS: Applied Electricity, Electronics, Metal Work, Auto Mechanics, Physics, Elective ICT, Chemistry Agriculture: MANDATORY SUBJECTS: Mathematics and Physics OR General Agriculture; OPTIONAL SUBJECTS: Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Elective ICT, General Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Crop Husbandry and Horticulture, Forestry, Fisheries General Arts: MANDATORY SUBJECTS: Mathematics and Geography OR Elective ICT; OPTIONAL SUBJECTS: Geography, Economics, Elective ICT III. Certificate II Applicants (Technical School Graduands – CTVET) Credit passes or better in three (3) core subjects namely; English Language, Core Mathematics, and Integrated Science/Social Studies; and must possess three (3) credit passes or better in three relevant elective subjects. IV. General Certificate of Education (GCE) Advanced Level Candidates must have five (5) credits at Ordinary Level in GCE including English Language, Mathematics and a Science subject, and pass in GCE ‘A’ Level Relevant Subjects. V. Technician Applicants Candidates must have six credits in NABPTEX/TEU Examinations including three (3) core (NABPTEX CERTIFICATE II) and three (3) electives (TEU) subjects Passes in Refrigeration, Motor Vehicle, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering Technician Part I in addition to passes in English, Core Mathematics and Integrated science Pass in Refrigeration Technician II with passes in all subjects. OR Pass in Motor Vehicle Technician Part II with passes in all subjects. OR Pass in Mechanical Engineering Technician Part II with passes in all subjects. OR Passes in Electrical Engineering Technician Part II with passes in all subjects. OR Technical applicants with Technician Part III in the fields stated in iii, iv, v, and vi are qualified to be admitted at level 200 VI. Higher National Diploma HND in Automotive and Mechanical Engineering with a minimum of Second-Class Lower Division will be offered admission into the programme at level 300 for a two-year top-up. Other Diploma qualifications assessed by the National Accreditation Board to be equivalent to HND may be similarly considered. VII. Diploma Diploma in Automotive and Mechanical Engineering will be offered admission into the programme at level 200 for a three (3) year top up. VIII. Mature Candidates Candidates applying for admission to the B.Tech. programme as matured applicants would have to: Show prove of WASSCE/SSSCE Have some background knowledge or working experience in Automobile Engineering Be 25 years or more at the time of application. The candidates would be required to pass a written and oral examination after a pre-qualification exercise. IX. International and Other Applicants International applicants (Baccalaureate and Others) may apply with the content of programmes equivalent to Ghanaian WASSCE/SSSCE or the Ghanaian ‘A’ Level programmes. Credit passes of the international applicants (Baccalaureate and Others) shall meet requirements for WASSCE/SSSCE and GCE ‘A’ Level with equivalent certificate.