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The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) has clarified that it does not recognise all Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) certificates issued by the Swiss Management Centre (SMC) University from Switzerland. Also not recognised by GTEC is the Top-up Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) awarded by Universidad Central de Nicaragua (UCN). This latest public notice issued by GTEC, and dated October 21, 2025, supersedes all previous communications issued by the erstwhile National Accreditation Board (NAB) and the current GTEC on this matter. This was contained in a notice signed and issued by Prof Ahmed Jinapor Abdulai, the Director-General of GTEC. On Monday, October 20, 2025, GTEC published a list of 50 foreign tertiary institutions that it does not recognise due to accreditation and quality assurance breaches. GTEC therefore advised all heads of tertiary institutions and the public against engaging people with certificates from such institutions and explained that the said institutions have not met the required standards to operate or award academic qualifications recognised in Ghana. Following that, GTEC has received numerous enquiries regarding the recognition status of the Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) awarded by Swiss Management Centre (SMC) University; and Top-up Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) awarded by Universidad Central de Nicaragua (UCN). Attached below is the full details from the GTEC notice NON-RECOGNITION OF DOCTOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (DBA) FROM SWISS MANAGEMENT CENTRE (SMC) UNIVERSITY AND DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (PHD) FROM UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE NICARAGUA (UCN) Further to our letter dated 20th October 2025, concerning the non-recognition of certain tertiary education institutions by the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC), the Commission has received numerous enquiries regarding the recognition status of the following qualifications: Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) awarded by Swiss Management Centre (SMC)University; and Top-up Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) awarded by Universidad Central d e Nicaragua (UCN). The Commission wishes to inform all Heads of Tertiary Institutions that it does not recognize the following qualifications: The Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) awarded by Swiss Management Centre (SMC) University; and The Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) jointly awarded by Universidad Central de Nicaragua (UCN) and Swiss Management Centre (SMC) University. Accordingly, any such qualifications obtained from the above-mentioned institutions are not recognized by the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission for academic or professional purposes. This notice supersedes all previous communications issued by the erstwhile National Accreditation Board (NAB) and the current GTEC on this matter.
