University of Ghana dismisses students with a CGPA below 1.0

The University of Ghana (UG) has directed all students who obtained a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) below 1.0 at the end of the 2024/2025 academic year to withdraw.

The directive, issued in a letter signed by Mrs. Lydia Anowa Nyarko-Danquah, Director of Academic Affairs, and dated October 2, 2025, follows Section 9.26 of the University Regulations for Junior Members (2017) on passing and withdrawal.

The regulation stipulates that students must achieve a CGPA of at least 1.00 to remain in good academic standing and progress to the next level.

According to the regulation, “A candidate who does not qualify to progress to the next level shall be asked by the Registrar to withdraw from the University.”

It also states that there shall be no probation for students who fall below this threshold.

The letter explained that students who fail to achieve the minimum requirement are automatically deemed unqualified to continue their programmes.

They are therefore required to send an email through their official student email accounts by November 30, 2025, to confirm their withdrawal from the university.

In some instances, specific schools or departments will directly issue withdrawal letters to affected students.

The statement noted that the move is part of efforts by the University to maintain high academic standards and ensure that only students who meet the required performance levels continue their studies.

The directive affects both undergraduate and postgraduate students who failed to attain the CGPA benchmark at the close of the 2024/2025 academic year.

University authorities say the decision is aimed at promoting discipline and academic excellence among students.

The University of Ghana, established on August 11, 1948, as the University College of the Gold Coast, remains Ghana’s premier institution for higher learning and research.

It operates a collegiate system made up of the College of Basic and Applied Sciences, College of Education, College of Health Sciences, and College of Humanities, alongside a central administration that oversees graduate studies and international programmes.

This is hardly the first time the University of Ghana has enforced the rule in Section 9.26 to withdraw students whose CGPA fell below 1.00.

In October 2023, UG announced that level 200 and level 300 students in the Colleges of Basic & Applied Sciences, Education and Humanities with CGPA below 1.00 would be  withdrawn.

The university’s Academic Affairs Directorate at the time reminded affected students to check their provisional transcripts and warned they would receive withdrawal letters if their CGPA was below the minimum prescribed.