TheUniversity of Media, Arts and Communication-Institute of Journalism (UniMAC-IJ), formerly theGhana Institute of Journalism (GIJ), is apublic university inGhana.[1] The University is a merger of the erstwhile Ghana Institute of Journalism, the National Film and Television Institute, established and the Ghana Institute of Languages. Theinstitute is accredited by theNational Accreditation Board.[2][3]
UniMAC-IJ has campuses inAccra at Ringway,Osu, andNorth Dzorwulu.[1]
UniMAC-IJ is connected to a religious non-denominational Christian group known as Campus Christian Family (CCF)and has the GIJ chapter, where services are held on both campuses.[4]
The Ghana Institute of Journalism was established on 16 October 1959 (66 years ago) (1959-10-16) byKwame Nkrumah, the first president of Ghana. The school was formally called the School of Journalism and was a department at the Accra Technical Institute (nowAccra Technical University). The first principal and journalism tutor was Richard McMillan.[1] The university's library is named in his honour.[5]
The school became the Ghana Institute of Journalism in 1974 (52 years ago) (1974).[1][4] The school received its presidential charter establishing it as a university in 2009.[6][7] Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ), National Films and Television Institute (NAFTI), and Ghana Institute of Languages (GIL) were merged as a University by an act of Parliament (Act 1059) in 2022.
| Name Eric Opoku Mensah2024 | Duration |
| Kwamena Kwansah-Aidoo | 2018–2022 |
| Modestus Fosu | 2018 |
| W.S.K Dzisah | 2014–2018 |
| David Newton | 2009–2014 |
| Kweku Rockson | 2006–2009 |
| David Newton | 1993–2006 |
| Kojo Yankah | 1984–1993 |
| Kwame Duffour | 1983–1984 |
| Kabral Blay Amihere | 1982–1983 |
| R. Quartey | 1979–1982 |
| G. F. Dove | 1973–1978 |
| Fred Agyeman | 1969–1973 |
| Martin Tay | 1968–1969 |
| W.G. Smith | 1965–1966 |
| Cecil Forde | 1963–1965 |
| Sam Arthur | 1962–1963 |
The University is in the face of a transition
The Richard McMillan Library
The school runsDiploma,Bachelor of Arts, andMasters programmes.[8]
The management of the university was labeled as "insensitive" to the hardship caused by theCOVID-19 pandemic, after the school increased its facility user fees for the 2020/21 academic year. It led to a protest on social media and the decision was later reversed.[15]
The management of the institution asked students who paid their fees late to defer their courses for the academic year. The students protested and accused the management as "unfair" and "insensitive" as they were not aware of the consequences.[16] Some students were denied access to the two campuses of the institution.[17] The management later allowed the students to register for their end-of-semester exams.[18]
In November 2020, students who had not been able to graduate since 2013, were given the opportunity by the academic board to register and complete their programmes. This was to be done within three years.[19]
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