Ensign Global University

Ensign Global University (EGU) is a private institution in Kpong, Eastern Region, Ghana, specialising in public health. It was founded and sponsored by Lynette and Robert Gay and describes itself as the first private specialised institution of public health in Ghana. Its guiding pillars are Leadership, Professionalism and Entrepreneurship, and its students are known as Ensonians.

The university's main academic offering is a one-year Master of Public Health (MPH), taught on weekdays or weekends at the same tuition. The MPH includes an Applied Practice Experience (APE) in the field, and the university also runs a Leadership Corps programme, a Summer School and a short Accelerated Certificate Programme in Anti-Human Trafficking. Health2Go is a community engagement initiative combining mobile health outreach with applied practice.

The campus covers 50 acres on the banks of the Volta River in Kpong. It combines academic, residential, wellness and community spaces for graduate learning. Single rooms on campus have a full-sized bed, desk, chair, wardrobe, private en-suite bathroom, air conditioning and Wi-Fi. A Student Welfare Service advises students on academic, personal, financial or scholarship, and housing matters. Recreation includes volleyball, football, a 25 m swimming pool, a fitness centre, a tennis court and a basketball court.

Students come from 12 nationalities, and international applicants are supported with Ghana student visas after acceptance. The university's partners include Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) as an academic partner and the University of Utah and the Center for Business, Health, and Prosperity as strategic partners.

The university is accredited by the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC). The MPH is also accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH); this accreditation applies solely to the MPH degree programme, and EGU presents itself as the first institution in Africa with CEPH accreditation.